Role of the English as an Additional Itinerant Teacher

An EAL itinerant teacher:

• offers pull-out services to support English language learning for students

• Collaborates and pre-plans with classroom teachers to provide direct in-class language support where deemed appropriate.

• provides resources for ELL students.

• Helps students learn about their school community.

• Assesses and reports on a student’s English language development.

• Works in collaboration with school staff to promote displays, holidays and other cultural activities to celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity of the school population.

• Collaborates with staff to create optimal learning opportunities for all our ELL students. 

LEARN Introduction and Rationale 

LEARN is a literacy and numeracy program for immigrant students who have had little or no prior schooling. The course is based on grades K-6 language art and math outcomes and aims to build literacy skills to a transitional level. Due to gaps in formal education, they do not have the literacy and/or numeracy skills to integrate into an age appropriate grade . These students may be EAL students or may speak English as their mother tongue. 

Goals of LEARN: 

• To prepare students with the literacy and numeracy skills to be able to integrate successfully into an age appropriate grade or graduate. 

• To prepare students with the literacy and numeracy skills needed for their day-to-day lives.