The four authors of Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for PreK-3 Classrooms: The Children Come Full will discuss a framework for culturally sustaining early literacy teaching that can support working towards greater equity in schools and resist a deficit-oriented, one-size-fits-all view of children and families. They will share examples of some of the ways that early childhood and elementary educators can create classrooms that welcome, center, and build on the knowledge, experiences, languages, cultures, and ways of knowing and being that all children already bring to school. Jerusha Beckerman, Interim Director of the Art of Teaching program at Sarah Lawrence College, will moderate the conversation between the authors.
2023 Thomas H. Wright Lecture: The Children Come Full: a conversation about culturally sustaining language and literacy practices in early childhood and elementary contexts
Virtual Online
Open to the public
/ Thursday