Rethinking Literacy Interventions - Using Assessment To Inform Our Practice In The Junior Classes (P)
DATE: Monday, 7 February 2022 TIME: 7pm - 8pm VENUE: Online Via Zoom
“The use of early-intervention and prevention programmes helps mitigate the development of learning, social and emotional difficulties” (SEN Guidelines, 2017, p.14).
This webinar will focus on how we can best use our time for early interventions in the junior classes. The impact of Covid-19 is evident in every classroom and it is time to rethink our interventions to help bridge those gaps. Doing what we have always done just because we have always done is no longer serving our pupils. This webinar will be of interest to anyone who would like ideas on how to refine their school-based Literacy Interventions so that identified gaps in learning can be targeted, particularly for those at School Support Level.
Tutor: Karen Riordan
Karen has been teaching for the last 16 years in a co-educational school, having both classroom and SEN experience. She has a special interest in working with children with additional needs having spent nine years as a Special Education Teacher and is currently training as a Play Therapist and Creative Psychotherapist. She has a particular passion for differentiated instruction having completed her thesis on ‘One size doesn’t fit all!’ Karen has thoroughly enjoyed facilitating Teacher Professional Development workshops on various Literacy Initiatives, namely Literacy Lift Off and Guided Reading for the past ten years with Clare Education Centre and looks forward to meeting new teachers virtually through her newly developed webinars.