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Professional Development
Learn to identify cultural assumptions in literature and incorporate diverse texts and critical conversations into your practice.
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Literature is embedded with a variety of cultural norms and assumptions. We must choose carefully to provide texts representing our students’ diversity. And as our students read, we need to create space for and help them engage in critical conversations about culture.
Culturally Responsive Literature Instruction is designed for K-12 teachers, literacy coaches, reading specialists, principals, and other school leaders. Drawing from the research of HGSE Professor Pamela Mason, the workshop explores the concept of “critical literacy” as a tool for examining the cultural assumptions embedded within the literature.
During the workshop, participants will learn to take a critical stance when analyzing texts, discover resources for finding and integrating culturally sustaining literature in the classroom, and consider how to invite all students to engage in discussions of culture.
This three-week online workshop includes a mix of self-paced learning, group discussion, and job-embedded application. Activities include:
Cohort learning is a core part of the HGSE experience. Culturally Responsive Literature Instruction is designed to create a community of practice for participants to learn with and from each other.
This online workshop is an asynchronous learning experience with no live components and is designed to be self-paced. All materials are provided and can be completed at times that best fit a participant’s schedule within the three-week program period. Participants should plan to devote a total of 15 hours of work over the three weeks. Participants who complete all individual assessments and contribute to group discussions prior to the end of the course period will receive a certificate indicating completion of 15 clock hours of instruction.
Pamela Mason focuses on the role of culturally sustaining pedagogy in promoting literacy achievement, literacy assessment, and the efficacy of reading specialists and literacy coaches.
This program welcomes registrations from both individuals and teams. First-time registrants need to create a Professional Education account to register.
Individuals: Click the "Register" button at the top of this page to log into your Professional Education account and access the registration page. Proceed with the individual form until submission. Invoices will be immediately available upon the submission of the form.
Teams:
Designate one participant or an administrative staff member as the Coordinator.