Graduate Course: EDU 526 - Respectful Tasks in the English Language Arts Classroom K-12

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  • Price: $800.00
  • Dates: July 10 - 13, 2017 class meetings. Course end date July 28, 2017.
  • Professors: Lenore O'Donnell
  • Location: McDonald Elementary, Warminster, PA

The Common Core Standards outline a shift in how reading should be taught to prepare all students for the demands of college and the workforce. Yet, most curriculum and reading programs focus too much on whole group methodologies. Most children withdraw from reading when they perceive that success is not possible, especially when the perception is based on the real life experience of repeated failure. Respectful tasks are learning experiences matched to the diverse needs of the student. In other words, ”tasks which are respectful of the learner.” These tasks help bring kids on board so they’re willing to be part of an ELA classroom in which teachers provide multiple and flexible means of engagement to motivate students to learn. This course is designed to help educators, K-12, incorporate respectful, differentiated tasks into their current reading programs. Participants will walk away with a variety of researched-based, instructional strategies that support and enhance specific grade level content. Through interactive discussions, group activities, and research on-line, you’ll be able to decide how you will utilize, maintain, and organize the differentiated approach to reading instruction. This course is a must for 21st century educators, who want to motivate students to become life-long readers. You’ll be reaching your diverse learners with respectful tasks in no time flat, with countless take away materials to utilize in your classroom immediately.