Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia College of Education will host two workshops for Macon area educators-one focusing on effective teaching methods to reach students from poor and working-class families and the other on high-quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children-on December 6-7 at the MaconCentreplex in Macon.
“The Other Side of Poverty in Schools,” an intensive, one-day workshop, will focus on developing research-based teaching practices, reflecting on formative assessment across the curriculum, incorporating social class-related content and formulating ideas for establishing positive relationships with working-class and poor families. Workshop participants will:
• Learn about the five principles for change to better meet the needs of working-class and poor students
• Develop research-based teaching practices sensitive to working-class and poor children and families
• Reflect on formative assessment of working-class and poor students across the curriculum
• Take away powerful classroom ideas for incorporating social class-related content
• Get ideas for establishing positive relationships with working-class and poor families
“The Reading Turn-Around Program,” is a one-day workshop designed for teachers in elementary grades, instructional coaches, literacy coaches, administrators, after-school specialists, tutors and administrators who want to provide the highest-quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children. Workshop participants will:
• Learn about the social class-sensitive, five-part framework for differentiated instruction in reading;
• Examine how social class and poverty play a role in reading and language in the classroom;
• Analyze social class and poverty in popular culture, media, and literature through critical reading practices;
• Design learning opportunities around working-class children’s literature;
• Create a concrete plan for individualizing reading instruction for “struggling” readers and enhancing literacy for all students