1. GRDG526: Language, Literacy, and Diversity in American Education
Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher
Dr. Gloria E. Jacobs

2. Agenda Share field trip experiences Discuss readings
Share literature reviews
Course evaluation

3. Field Trip
What did you do?
What did you learn?

4. The conferences
NCTE - lot of how-to on digital media and language arts
LRA - interesting ideas

5. Access Paradox
If we teach children the dominant discourse, we are reinstantiating that discourse thus perpetuating its position as the power discourse. However If we don’t teach children the dominant discourse, we are limiting their access to that discourse and thus perpetuating their risk of marginalization 5

6. Literacies Scrapbooking as a new literacy (Chandler-Olcott)
Critical Engagement as the merger of Critical Literacy and New Literacies (Lewis, Beach, Dockter, Scharber, & Causey)
Constrained/Unconstrained reading processes and appropriate theoretical and instructional approaches
How kids use E-books for differentiated instruction

7. Bullied
Documentary from Teaching Tolerance

8. Small Group Discussion
What specific ideas from the readings and video can you take into your practice?
What self knowledge do you need, and how can you use reflection to help you strive toward being a culturally relevant teacher?

9. Break

10. Roundtables Lucia, Cristin, Cindy Meghan, Jeannie, Michelle
Jessica, Jacque, Alyssa, Robin
Karyl, Angie, Brandon
Shannon, Kristina, Sarah, Amanda
Danielle, Stacy, Robin

11. Go forth Be self aware and reflective
Strive to be a culturally relevant teacher
Advocate for your students
Teach your students to use the power of text to advocate for themselves and their community

12. Course Evaluation