Dr. George Georgiou
Mandatory literacy screening in AB: Potentials, struggles, and the way forward
In view of the recent announcement of the BC ministry of education regarding mandatory K-3 literacy screening, Dr. Georgiou will present on a similar policy that has been in place in AB in the last three years. More specifically, he will be presenting on the instruments used, how to implement them, how to score them and how to interpret the scores. Dr. Georgiou will also speak about the challenges associated with this policy and how to bypass the problems that will arise.
Dr George Georgiou is a full professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and the Director of the J. P. Das Centre on Learning and Developmental Disabilities. His research focuses on the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities across languages. In 2020, he was seconded to Alberta Education to oversee the development and implementation of the new English Language Arts curriculum. He is currently in charge of developing local norms for the mandatory K-3 literacy screening in Alberta. For his research he has received several awards including the Killam Professorship, the McCalla Professorship and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. In 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.
Mandatory literacy screening in AB: Potentials, struggles, and the way forward
In view of the recent announcement of the BC ministry of education regarding mandatory K-3 literacy screening, Dr. Georgiou will present on a similar policy that has been in place in AB in the last three years. More specifically, he will be presenting on the instruments used, how to implement them, how to score them and how to interpret the scores. Dr. Georgiou will also speak about the challenges associated with this policy and how to bypass the problems that will arise.
Dr George Georgiou is a full professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and the Director of the J. P. Das Centre on Learning and Developmental Disabilities. His research focuses on the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities across languages. In 2020, he was seconded to Alberta Education to oversee the development and implementation of the new English Language Arts curriculum. He is currently in charge of developing local norms for the mandatory K-3 literacy screening in Alberta. For his research he has received several awards including the Killam Professorship, the McCalla Professorship and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. In 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.