Providing a high-challenge curriculum for all students By Brian Dare When we take a moment to consider the range of texts students are expected to compose and comprehend in any schooling context, we begin to understand the enormity of the meaning-making challenge that all students face as they …
What is scaffolding? The metaphor used to capture the way in which a teacher provides particular kinds of support within the interactions taking place between teacher and student is that of ‘scaffolding’. The scaffolding can be provided through: programming and planning over the longer-term …
16 teachers joined us at the Catholic Leadership Centre from 22 to 26 May 2017 to be trained as tutors as part of the Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC) Tutor Training. We received some overwhelming feedback. I believe it is one of the best professional development programs …