MELIT - One Size Does Not Fit All: Responsive Teaching for Every Student

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Manitoba Early Literacy Intervention Teachers (MELIT)

Conference Title: One Size Does Not Fit All: Responsive Teaching for Every Student

Location: Hilton Winnipeg Airport and Suites,1800 Wellington Ave, Winnipeg, MB

Date: October 20, 2023

Program
09:00 am - 09:15 am - Welcome and AGM
09:15 am - 10:15 am - AM Keynote: Karen Boyd - The Reading Landscape
10:15 am - 10:45 am - Break
10:45 am - 11:45 am - Session 1 (a choice of 4 sessions)
11:45 am - 01:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 am - 02:15 pm - PM Keynote 1: Dr. Niigaan Sinclair - TBD
02:15 pm - 02:30 pm - Break
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm - PM Keynote 2: Dr. Allyson Matczuk - Creating a Community of Support: Transfer and Transitions for Students
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm - Wrap up/Book Draw

Membership and Conference Fees
MELIT Conference Fee (In-Person)............................…..$110
MELIT Conference Fee (Virtual).................................…..$90
MELIT Membership & Conference Fee (In-Person)......$95
MELIT Membership & Conference Fee (Virtual)...........$80
MELIT 2023-2024 Membership Fee .………….................$20
MELIT Executive Member In-person.................................$20
MELIT Executive Member Virtual .....................................$20

Lunch is provided, included in registration fee. If you have any food allergies or restrictions and did not enter them into your member profile previously, please do so immediately.

Cancellation Policy: A $10.00 cancellation fee will be applied. No refunds will be issued after "October 16, 2023".

For more information please check our website MELIT Manitoba: melitmanitoba.com for conference schedule, detailed session descriptions and fees.
For Registration Information, please send a message to Helen Proulx: helen.proulx@sjasd.ca

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Sessions - 9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Keynote AM: The Reading Landscape

Landscapes can be welcoming and full of life, or treacherous and uninhabitable. How can the Manitoba ELA curriculum help teachers and students to view literacy as a thriving ecosystem that values all of the parts to support growth for both students and teachers.

Presenter: Karen Boyd, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Programming RETSD


VIRTUAL Keynote AM: The Reading Landscape (7 spots remaining)

Landscapes can be welcoming and full of life, or treacherous and uninhabitable. How can the Manitoba ELA curriculum help teachers and students to view literacy as a thriving ecosystem that values all of the parts to support growth for both students and teachers.

Presenter: Karen Boyd, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Programming RETSD


Sessions - 10:45 AM-11:45 AM

AM - 1: Running Records as the Ultimate Tool

In this session, we will examine records noticing how the student initiates literacy processing, finding evidence of their inner control. From this sensitive analysis, we will design instructional emphases with the goal of drawing a new way of working into the child’s repertoire.

Presenters: Jennifer Flight, Literacy Consultant Manitoba Education Reading Recovery Trainer CIRR Western Region and Dr. Allyson Matczuk


AM - 2: Indigenous Literacy Responsiveness

This session will address aspects of literacy through a lens of indigeneity with understandings pertaining to context, nonverbal cues, silences/pauses, along with subconscious knowledge. This workshop session is reflected within Indigenous sources of information (msv) to support the path to literacy learning.

Presenter: Gloria D. Sinclair


AM - 3: Responding to Multi-Lingual Learners: Revealing Strengths

Join us as we honor the diverse strengths of multi-lingual Ukrainian newcomer learners in order to respond effectively. Using a language learning lens, we can observe for and respond to children's prior history of learning opportunities and extend the literate path for these children.

Presenter: Jennifer Chetyrbok, Teacher Dauphin Manitoba and Tracy Genik, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader MVSD


AM - 4: Innovative Projects in Response to Student Needs

This session will give participants an opportunity to circulate around in 15-minute time slots to a variety of inquiry-based, responsive teaching-based projects led by various presenters. This session will provide a smorgasbord of ideas and inspirations.

Facilitator: Helen Proulx, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader SJASD


VIRTUAL AM - 1: Running Records as the Ultimate Tool

In this session, we will examine records noticing how the student initiates literacy processing, finding evidence of their inner control. From this sensitive analysis, we will design instructional emphases with the goal of drawing a new way of working into the child’s repertoire.

Presenters: Jennifer Flight, Literacy Consultant Manitoba Education Reading Recovery Trainer CIRR Western Region and Dr. Allyson Matczuk


VIRTUAL AM - 2: Indigenous Literacy Responsiveness

This session will address aspects of literacy through a lens of indigeneity with understandings pertaining to context, nonverbal cues, silences/pauses, along with subconscious knowledge. This workshop session is reflected within Indigenous sources of information (msv) to support the path to literacy learning.

Presenter: Gloria D. Sinclair


VIRTUAL AM - 3: Responding to Multi-Lingual Learners: Revealing Strengths

Join us as we honor the diverse strengths of multi-lingual Ukrainian newcomer learners in order to respond effectively. Using a language learning lens, we can observe for and respond to children's prior history of learning opportunities and extend the literate path for these children.

Presenter: Jennifer Chetyrbok, Teacher Dauphin Manitoba and Tracy Genik, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader MVSD


Sessions - 1:00 PM-2:15 PM

Keynote PM 1: Dr. Niigaan Sinclair

presentation description yet to come

Presenter: Dr. Niigaan Sinclair


VIRTUAL Keynote PM 1: Dr. Niigaan Sinclair (7 spots remaining)

presentation description yet to come

Presenter: Dr. Niigaan Sinclair


Sessions - 2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Keynote PM 2: Creating a Community of Support: Transfer and Transitions for Students

Moving between supplementary support in individual or small group settings and the classroom context can be challenging for our most vulnerable students. How can we ensure smooth transition and maximize the transfer of newly learned literacy processes into multiple contexts? How can we ensure students have a sense of security on a day-to-day basis and after supplementary support ends? Collaboration, cohesion, cooperation and caring!

Presenter: Dr. Allyson Matczuk


VIRTUAL Keynote PM 2: Creating a Community of Support: Transfer and Transitions for Students (7 spots remaining)

Moving between supplementary support in individual or small group settings and the classroom context can be challenging for our most vulnerable students. How can we ensure smooth transition and maximize the transfer of newly learned literacy processes into multiple contexts? How can we ensure students have a sense of security on a day-to-day basis and after supplementary support ends? Collaboration, cohesion, cooperation and caring!

Presenter: Dr. Allyson Matczuk