School of Education students collaborate with Wilmington School District on Title I event
Share on: Posted on Monday, May 3, 2021
This April junior early childhood/special education majors from Westminster College’s School of Education designed a Title I family engagement experience for local students and families to learn how to connect learning done at both school and home.
Westminster’s preservice teachers developed multi-disciplinary activities and lessons focused on the theme “What’s the Buzz” for this STREAM science, technology, reading, engineering, arts and mathematics event, which was launched April 6.
Preservice teachers shared read-alouds and aligned age-appropriate writing activities for Wilmington students in kindergarten through sixth grade in the Wilmington Area School District.
URAC Presenter: Researching individualized instuctional strategies
Share on: Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Ashley Russell, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior project, ““How Can Teachers Individualize Intensive Reading Interventions to Ensure Successful Outcomes?”
Russell, a senior education major from Belle Vernon, Pa., worked with an 8-year-old dyslexic student, developing individualized reading intervention strategies to suit the student.
Using the Wilson Reading System, a literacy program for students with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, Russell assessed her student’s strengths and areas of growth to determine the best course of instruction. Russell met with her student twice we week to practice decoding, spelling, reading and writing.