Secondary
- Content Area Language and Literacy
- (De)Normalizing Literature
- Dyslexia Guidelines Study Session
(De)Normalizing Literature
The (De)Normalizing Literature Professional Development focuses on approach to lesson design and delivery offers an in-depth understanding of the relationship between recognizing colonialism in our literature and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms.
What you will learn
- Creating a shared understanding and language of equity in the classroom
- Understanding and differentiating text types for cultural responsiveness, sustainability, and social justice
- Developing a shared understanding of reading motivation and what that looks like in the classroom
- Learning to select text and use current texts to validate, affirm, empower, and provide action for students to implement social justice behaviors in and out of school
- Creating a diverse text catalog to support literacy and cultural growth
- Engaging in a culturally responsive cognitive lesson planning process with new and district selected texts
