AlphaGraphe

Speech-Language Pathologist / Psychologist / Researcher

In 2019 Michèle was awarded with the Faculty of Health Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2023, Alex-Andrée was presented with a Literacy Leader Award by the International Dyslexia Association of Ontario for her engagement in promoting awareness and understanding of structured literacy programming.

Michèle holds a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology and a PhD in Human Studies (Cognition & Communication). Her doctoral studies centered on the design, standardization and validation of a screening tool designed for use amongst franco-ontarian students entering JK with a range of exposure to the language of instruction.

Associate professor at Laurentian University's School of Speech-Language Pathology and Speech-Language Pathologist for over 25 years, Michèle Minor-Corriveau has been working with students with reading and writing difficulties or performing research on this topic for the better part of the last 2 decades. Passionate about promoting the best practices in reading and spelling instruction in French minority-language settings, she has co-founded and co-authored over 60 resources associated to AlphaGraphe, a scope & sequence for teaching the alphabetic principle in French. She has also co-authored the teaching resource Oral Language at your Fingertips (OSLA, 2014). She has also adapted Teaching Reading is Rocket Science (Moats, 2020) and Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices (Spear-Swerling, 2018). Many French- and English-language school boards across Canada have solicited her expertise given her pragmatic approach to teaching reading and writing, along with her research on the topics of outcome measures and student achievement as they pertain to curriculum expectations, including but not limited to the mastery of French syntactic skills. To read her blog posts : www.micheleminorcorriveau.com All resources are open access and created in compliance with the most recent advances in the science of literacy. Alex-Andrée Madore is a registered Clinical and School Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. She currently serves as the lead psychologist at the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario in Sudbury, and is a member of the Association of Psychology Leaders in Ontario Schools. She has worked in a non for profit agency setting and in schools providing psychological services to children and youth across the north since 2009. She also volunteers on the board of directors of the Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury. She is passionate about helping parents/guardians and teachers in French-minority language settings embrace the science behind teaching reading and writing. She believes in open access to high-quality, evidence-based, and research-informed materials for teachers so that they may support every student’s right to read. More information on the 60+ AlphaGraphe resources she has co-created is available on her website, www.childpsychologynorth.com and YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@alexpsyscolaire