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How one university gives pre-service teachers hands-on training – with Dr. Jodi Nickel

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TRT Podcast #159: How one university gives its pre-service teachers hands-on training – with Dr. Jodi Nickel

Dr. Jodi Nickel shares her journey from balanced to structured literacy, and describes how her university pairs teacher candidates with struggling readers in a successful tutoring program.

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Recommended resources

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  • Information about Mount Royal University’s tutoring program
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  • Dave Pelc’s Where Do I Start? (A Suggested SOR Scope and Sequence)

Dr. Nickel’s publications

Nickel, J., & Chadwick, J. (2022). Tutoring to build teacher candidates’ competence as reading teachers. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 30(3), 312-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2022.2070990

Webber, C.F., & Nickel, J. (2022). A vibrant and empowering context for teacher leaders. International Journal for Leadership in Learning 22(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.29173/ijll2

Burns, A., Danyluk, P., Nickel, J., Kendrick, A., Kapoyannis, T., & McNeilly, E. (2022). Aligning goals for certification and professional growth: Building cooperation among Bachelor of Education programs in Alberta. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 69(1), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v68i1.70703

Nickel, J. & Crosby, S. (2021). Professional identity values and tensions for early career teachers. Teaching Education, volume pending, DOI: 10.1080/10476210.2021.1895107.

Nickel, J. & Jacobsen, M. (Eds.). (2021). Preparing teachers as curriculum designers. Canadian Association for Teacher Education. https://cate-acfe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Preparing-Teachers-as-Curriculum-Designers_ebook_FINAL.pdf

Dean, Y., Nickel, J., Miller, J., & Pickett Seltner, R. (2021). Creating an academic ecosystem where chairs can thrive: A call for action in post-secondary institutions. Brock Education, 30(2), 99-115. https://DOI.ORG/10.26522/BROCKED.V30I2.875

Nickel, J. & Zimmer, J. (2019). Professional identity in graduating teacher candidates, Teaching Education, 30(2), 145-159. DOI: 10.1080/10476210.2018.1454898

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Filed Under: Podcast, Science of reading, Structured literacy Tagged With: first grade, second grade, third grade, kindergarten

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