Are you interested in engaging with other educators around centering Black students’ brilliance, histories, identities, and cultures in the classroom? Are you looking to move from learning about culturally relevant pedagogy to putting that knowledge into action? Do you have college- and career-ready standards-aligned ELA materials, but know they aren’t enough? Wherever you are at in your journey toward creating more equitable learning spaces for all students, we welcome you to join us in a new asynchronous course this November through mid-February!
This course will explore adapting K-12 standards-aligned literacy materials with a focus on cultural responsiveness. You will engage with the following topics in order to support your growth in purpose, pedagogy, and practice:
- Knowledge of Self and Others, including a focus on Black brilliance
- Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Historically Responsive Literacy Framework
- Equitable Design Thinking
- Building Community
During the first part of this course, we will reflect on ourselves, our students, and our existing literacy instructional materials. Then, we’ll turn to taking action by developing a prototype of materials adaptions using the Historically Responsive Literacy framework with your specific students in mind. Along the way, you’ll learn alongside other course participants in our online platform, test out your prototype with students, and build community during optional live events! For more information, see the course brochure.
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Note: During this course, we will only be using open source and publicly available information to learn about the big ideas of the Historically Responsive Literacy (HRL) framework from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. While purchasing Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy isn't required for this course, it will certainly enrich your experience and you will be provided with “read-along” opportunities from the text as you engage with course content.
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COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 12 hours (self-paced course, with two optional live events)
Course Dates: 11/1/2021 - 2/15/2022
Cost: Free
Primary Audience: K-12 Literacy Teachers (or those who support teachers)
Certificate: You will receive a professional learning certificate after completing all four modules included in this course (Modules 1 and 2 released 11/1/21, Modules 3 and 4 released 12/6/21). All work must be completed by 2/15/22. Additional certificates will be available for attending optional live events. Please reach out to your school district to ensure they will accept these certificates.
See the accordion below to review the requirements, pacing, and syllabus.