This 2-hour workshop is designed to guide educators in the application of Critical Reader Response (CRR) as a curricular tool for literacy development and social justice awareness. The presenters will capitalize on the NCTE Writing Workshop model for bilingual Language Arts instruction (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, writing). Participants will be presented with strategies and multimodal resources and approaches to engage learners in socially conscious literacy engagement. Through bilingual multicultural children’s literature and culturally relevant multimedia, participants will employ tools that can be incorporated into classroom instruction. CRR problematizes and disrupts hegemonic and deficit discourse that permeates educational settings and society.
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All educators and children are makers. Through the DoSeum’s MCL PD, educators will learn about Maker-Centered Learning and the Development of Self through an overview of Harvard Graduate School of Education’s maker-centered research initiative: Agency by Design and their discoveries about maker-centered learning experiences. Educators will gain a deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of maker-centered learning by engaging as learners in thinking routines to explore the parts, purposes, complexities, people, and interactions of objects, such as simple machines, and systems, such as circuits and school.
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A caring teacher who understands dyslexia is a LIFELINE for a dyslexic student. Educators will build a rudimentary understanding of Dyslexia to equip them with necessary information to inform their practice. Through the Dyslexia Simulator, educators will develop sympathy for dyslexic people. Dyslexia is a reading disability, not a thinking disability. Educators will be equipped and empowered to close the action gap by advocating for Dyslexic students to establish best teaching practices that will positively impact all students.
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To prepare students to distinguish between the flood of true and false narratives, many of which make questionable claims to truth based in pseudoscience or inaccurate math, teachers will focus on integrating literacy throughout the STEM subjects. Throughout this session, The DoSeum will explore the connections between STEM and Literacy. Educators will engage as learners in writing and reading activities that connect to STEM. Educators will also begin designing their own STEM and Literacy activity.
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All children are curious, and all children naturally use STEAM to pursue their curiosity and creativity. Our challenge as Educators is to cultivate and nurture our student’s natural curiosity and STEAM tendencies. Throughout this session, we will explore four performative, inquiry-based, and creative methodologies that can be utilized within STEAM learning. Educators will gain a deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of STEAM and inquiry and how they are connected.
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