Literacy Education in a Post-Pandemic World:
Envisioning a New Norm
All workshops are virtual; see descriptions below.
SUPPORTING LITERACY LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE POST-PANDEMIC CLASSROOM
In this session, participants will examine engagement in effective and meaningful technology integration to increase opportunities for literacy learning and accelerate student growth. Presenters will highlight instructional practices and supports that teachers can use to best facilitate literacy learning through and with technology tools. Participants will reflect on their own classroom technology use and apply their learning through group discussion and activities.
4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 29
Dr. Christina Madda & Dr. Sana Ansari
Fee: $25
Supporting students' social-emotional well-being through literacy practices
This workshop engages participants in supporting students’ social-emotional well-being, which is particularly important as schools reopen post-pandemic. Participants will learn and discuss important issues including affective domains of learning, core components of social and emotional learning, culturally responsiveness and funds of knowledge, and literacy as a social, multimodal practice. Examples and strategies for application will be interwoven into the discussion and group activities.
4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 13
Dr. Hsiao-Chin Kuo
Fee: $25
What Does Anti-Racist Literacy Instruction Look Like?
In this session, we will explore some of the essential components of anti-racist literacy instruction, including examination of implicit bias and selection of quality reading materials. We will discuss the literacy needs of children of color in the U.S. and how pedagogy and curriculum can be designed to meet those needs. After this sharing of information, we’ll open the session to a rich discussion among participants.
4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 20
Dr. April Nauman
Fee: $25
embracing students' multiple languages and literacies
This workshop offers an asset-based lens through which teachers can view their students' languages and literacies. Participants will gain tools for enacting anti-racist classroom policies and praxes, learning about concepts of translanguaging, (anti)assimilation, and the classroom as a site of negotiation. We will engage with examples of asset-based teaching strategies and anti-racist literacy resources while planning for insight into students' language and literacy funds of knowledge.
4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 27
Dr. Jill Hallett
Fee: $25
