Daily Agendas & Readings
Daily Agendas & Readings
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What does it mean to teach in these times?
What does it mean to teach in these times?
Key Reading
Pitts, J. (2020, May 15). Teaching as activism, teaching as care. Learning for Justice. https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/teaching-as-activism-teaching-as-care
What are our literacy roots/routes?
What are our literacy roots/routes?
Key Readings
Delpit, L. (2006). Lessons from teachers. Journal of Teacher Education, 57, 220-231.
Style, E. J. (2014). Curriculum as encounter: Selves and shelves. English Journal, 103(5), 67-74.
Additional Readings
What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
Key Readings
Lytle, S. L. (2008). At last: Practitioner inquiry and the practice of teaching: Some thoughts on "Better." Research in the Teaching of English, 42(3), 373-379.
Lytle, S., Portnoy, P., Waff, D., & Buckley, M. (2009). Teacher research in urban Philadelphia: Twenty years working within, against, and beyond the system. Educational Action Research, 17(1): 23-42.
Additional Readings
What does a critical literacy classroom look like?
What does a critical literacy classroom look like?
Key Readings
Baldwin, J. (1963). A talk to teachers. The Saturday Review, 39(42-44, 60).
Vasquez, M. (2017). Writing to disrupt inequities. In Critical literacy across the K-6 curriculum (pp. 37-51). Routledge.
Additional Readings
What does it mean to teach in these times?
What does it mean to teach in these times?
Key Reading
Nieto, S. (2003). Teaching as autobiography. In What keeps teachers going? (pp. 22-36). Teachers College Press.
Additional Reading
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press. [Introduction]
What are our literacy roots/routes? What have Black women leaders in Philadelphia taught us about our literacy roots/routes?
What are our literacy roots/routes? What have Black women leaders in Philadelphia taught us about our literacy roots/routes?
Key Readings
Alim, H. S., & Paris, D. (2017). What is culturally sustaining pedagogy and why does it matter? In D. Paris & H. S., Alim (Eds.), Culturally sustaining pedagogies: Teaching and learning for justice in a changing world (pp. 1-24). Teachers College Press.
Muhammad, G. E. (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic. [Chapters 1 and 2]
Additional Readings
Clayton, C. (1989). We can educate all our children. The Nation, 249(4), 132-135.
Muhammad, G. E. (2015). "Inducing colored sisters of other places to imitate their example": Connecting historic literary societies to a contemporary writing group. English Education, 47(3), 276-299.
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
Key Readings
Ballenger, C. (2009). Introduction. In Puzzling moments, teachable moments: Practicing teacher research in urban classrooms (1-9). Teachers College Press.
Garcia, A., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2015). Introduction: What it means to pose, wobble, and flow. In Pose, wobble, flow: A culturally proactive approach to literacy instruction (pp. 1-15). Teachers College Press.
Additional Readings
Bain, R. B. (2006). Rounding up unusual suspects: Facing the authority hidden in the history classroom. Teachers College Record, 108(10), 2080-2114.
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
What does a critical literacy classroom look like?
What does a critical literacy classroom look like?
Key Readings
Jefries, H., & Thomas, E. E. (2019). Teaching slavery through children’s literature — Part 1, Season 2, Episode 5 [Audio podcast]. Learning for Justice. https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/teaching-slavery-through-childrens-literature-part-1
Barton, K. C., & Levstik, L. S. (2004). Why don’t more history teachers engage students in interpretation? Social Education, 67(6): 358–361.
Additional Readings
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
Janks, H. (2010). Orientations to literacy. In Literacy and power (pp. 21-33). Routledge.
Smith, C. (2020). How culturally responsive lessons teach critical thinking. Learning for Justice, 64, 51-54.
How do we center healing and justice in our classrooms and curricula?
How do we center healing and justice in our classrooms and curricula?
Key Readings
Ginwright, S. (2018). The future of healing: Shifting from trauma informed care to healing centered engagement. Medium.
Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2021). Racial literacy: A policy research brief. James R. Squire Office, National Council of Teachers of English.
Stevenson, H. (2014). Introduction: Schooling racial illiteracy. In Promoting racial literacy in schools: Differences that make a difference (pp. 1-24). Teachers College Press.
Additional Readings
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
Brazas, C., & McGeehan, C. (2020). What white colleagues need to understand: White supremacy doesn’t stop at the teachers’ lounge door. Learning for Justice, 64, 55-58.
What does it mean to teach in these times? How can advocacy and activism be central to teaching?
What does it mean to teach in these times? How can advocacy and activism be central to teaching?
Key Readings
Muhammad, G. E. (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic.
Additional Readings
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
Lieberman, A., & Friedrich, L. (2010). Epilogue. In How teachers become leaders (pp. 95-102). Teachers College Press.
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What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
What is inquiry? How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?
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