Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms: Full Schedule

Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms

2025 ELSA France Annual International Conference for Educators

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9:00am CET

Reading Fluency: strategies to help struggling readers (ages 11-18) FULL

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET

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Reading Fluency: The missing link in Secondary? (11-18)
Since the pandemic, reading scores have been falling and this is having a significant impact on students' ability to access the secondary curriculum (11-18). Lots of work is done in the primary key stages, however much of this work to help students read falls away as they begin secondary school. Fluency (the bridge between word recognition and language comprehension) is a crucial element of the reading curriculum and can do a lot to catch up struggling older readers.

Aimed at 11-18

Speakers

Jack Reynolds

Literacy Lead, English teacher and Lead Practitioner, The Charter School East Dulwich, London

My name is Jack Reynolds and I've worked at The Charter School East Dulwich in South London since 2020. I have experience as an English Teacher, Head of Year, Head of English, and Literacy Lead. I'm particularly interested in how secondary schools can tackle literacy challenges through... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET
V207

ENGLISH, Middle School / High School

10:45am CET

Oracy for all Subjects FILLING

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CET

V207

Oracy

High-quality classroom talk is essential to pupils’ thinking and learning. It is also linked to improvements in reading and writing, and overall attainment. This session looks at how encouraging higher levels of quality discourse, and its associated cognitive development, is not solely an issue for the subject of English. After reviewing the most recent oracy research, we will cover practical ways teachers can promote socratic, dialogic and exploratory talk in the secondary classroom.

Teachers from all subjects - Secondary focus (11-18)

Speakers

Jack Reynolds

Literacy Lead, English teacher and Lead Practitioner, The Charter School East Dulwich, London

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CET
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ORACY, Middle School / High School

1:00pm CET

Reading Comprehension: Addressing the Vocabulary Gap (ages 11-18) FULL

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CET

V207

Vocabulary for Reading (11-18)
The vocabulary gap has a passive impact on student performance at school. Research shows that a student needs to understand 95-98% of the words in a text for unassisted comprehension, but often, students arrive with little understanding of Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. This workshop will address ways to address the vocabulary gap.

Ages: 11-18

Speakers

Jack Reynolds

Literacy Lead, English teacher and Lead Practitioner, The Charter School East Dulwich, London

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CET
V207

ENGLISH, Middle School / High School

2:45pm CET

Maths Beyond 'cute' Activities, Worksheets and Rote Learning for our Youngest Learners FULL

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET

V207

This session will explore the mathematical ideas and processes that are important for young learners and the resources, structures and routines that might be used to help children make sense of such abstract concepts. A wonderful opportunity for us to share our practices to consider how mathematics can enhance children's play, and embed a playful approach when investigating the mathematics that surrounds us in authentic ways.

Speakers

Sean Walker

Early Years Teacher, International School of Paris

Sean is an advocate of playful, conceptual and inquiry-based learning. With nearly 30 years of classroom experience, Sean has worked in the UK, USA and now Paris, France. He is currently teaching Early Learners (3 and 4 year olds) at the International School of Paris after teaching... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET
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MATHEMATICS, Early Years

Audience Early Years, Maths, Primary, Play-based Learning