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EU449 M: Teaching Students of Refugee Backgrounds

4 months ago

Waterloo, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time
Position Summary : This course explores the diverse backgrounds of refugee students, including barriers that impact their English language acquisition (e.g., limited formal education and first language literacy development). Through equitable assessment and instructional practices, Teacher Candidates will learn how to identify and affirm students’ linguistic assets, as well as knowledge students have gained from life experiences, cultural perspectives and prior learning contexts. These best practices include student-centred and trauma-informed strategies for supporting refugee students of different ages, languages and literacy backgrounds. The course also provides a framework for balancing universal design for learning with explicit language and early literacy instruction.

Successful candidate will work with the course lead in order to provide consistency across sections.

Assets for a successful candidate: Doctoral degree in education or related discipline; post-secondary teaching experience in teacher education; Teaching in Ontario schools using trauma informed strategies; School leadership experience in early literacy instruction with Multi-lingual learners

Qualifications – Required: Master’s degree in education or related discipline; Bachelor of Education and/or K – 12 Teaching Certification; K – 12 teaching experience in supporting refugee students and/or students with limited formal education

Qualifications – Discipline: Education or related content area

Qualifications - Areas of Specialization:

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Salary: $4603.20 for 0.25 credit course

Application Deadline: June 15, 2024