The purpose of Language Arts and Pedagogy: Education With Our Community is to support those interested in teaching literacy, writing and literature to secondary and middle level adolescents in local schools and community-based organizations. This program introduces students to the fundamentals of theory and practice for teaching adolescent literature including meeting the literacy needs of multilingual learners and youth who possess a variety of cognitive demands (i.e., neurodiversity). In addition, this program integrates research-based teaching methods informed by Washington state’s Language Arts and WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design & Assessment) standards and strategies, as well as the Since Time Immemorial curriculum. While reading and analyzing a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres, students in this program will design and present language arts strategies by focusing on local community knowledge, voice, assets, arts and the use of multimedia.
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$100 fee covers film screenings ($50) and project supplies ($50)