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The following resources and supports have been, and continue to be, curated and/or developed by WRDSB educators. All resources should be considered within the framework of culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy in which the teacher recognizes who is in the classroom to design practices that better meet the needs of diverse student populations and gives each student an opportunity to succeed.
When making instructional decisions, WRDSB educators should also consider how
to center students and accommodate all students' learning needs in different classrooms; and
direction from the Ontario Ministry of Education related to Program Planning, Cross-Curricular and Integrated Learning, and Transferable Skills influences these decisions.
This framework includes:
building relationships with and between students;
offering a variety of resources that are accessible to each learner and reflect their diverse social and personal identities;
considering the curriculum to be flexible and adaptive to the lived experiences of students so they see themselves and their lives reflected in learning opportunities;
activating and building upon prior knowledge, honouring students' interests, strengths, and lived experiences, and valuing students' questioning as part of a reciprocal approach to knowledge-building;
providing a wide range of methods and opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning, ensuring high expectations, a variety of resources that are accessible to each learner, and appropriate supports; and
working to ensure that the socio-cultural consciousness of students is developed through instructional approaches to inform critical examination and action regarding social justice issues.*
*adapted from "Culturally Responsive Pedagogy," Capacity Building Series, Ontario Ministry of Education, November 2013 and Considerations for Program Planning, Ontario Ministry of Education, accessed June 2023.
When planning for ENL1W, it is important to keep the intended structure and connections between the strands in mind. According to the curriculum,
Strand A is an overarching strand that focuses on literacy connections and applications that will enable students to transfer skills and draw on knowledge from each of the other strands, other subjects, and wider contexts. In strands B through D, students integrate Strand A expectations as they develop and apply their understanding of strand-specific concepts. (ENL1W curriculum, accessed June 2023)
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