Arts-based Reading & Writing with Heritage/Bilingual Learners
Arts-based Reading & Writing with Heritage/Bilingual Learners course we will bring together arts-integration, strengthening the multiple language literacies of multilingual and emergent bilingual youth, and critical pedagogies for growing and sustaining biliteracy. We will examine the wide range of what “counts” as literacies, focusing in particular on multimodal and multilingual literacy practices that are connected with vibrant community arts practices. We will explore how the visual arts, movement, soundscapes, and written/oral arts can be infused in our language and literacy teaching. All participants will collaborate with others at similar comfort and confidence levels to create arts-integration plans that can be implemented in their current teaching contexts.
Tues/Thurs | Summer 2020 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm (CST)
Meeting Dates
- June 16, 18, 23 & 25
- July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 27 & 30
Limited to the first 30 registrants.
Registrations accepted online until 6/2/20, at noon.
Cost Information
Fee - $TBA
Included in the Fee: The event fee includes instruction.
Early Bird/Group Discount: Save $50 if registered by April 30 for Early Bird discount OR save $50 if three (3) from the same school or organization register. Only one discount available per registrant. Discounts will NOT be combined.
Prior to Attending Information
Login to Online Session
A few days prior to the event you will receive an email from the director indicating the steps you will need to take to join this event. Please contact cesevents@uww.edu if you do not recieve this email 24 hours before the event starts.
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We receive many questions from registrants. We have prepared a page with answers to our frequently asked questions about registering and attending an event.
Prerequisite
This course is designed for people who have taken the Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education course (through UW-Whitewater or the CARLA Summer Institute). If you are interested in this course, but have not yet taken Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education, contact the instructor for options. Instructor email cushingj@uww.edu.
Required Book
There are two books we will be using for this course. You can access the eBook version of one for free through our library (your instructor will contact you with login information). The other is available for rental through Amazon eBook rentals. Both are also available for purchase through Amazon or the publishers’ sites.
- The Arts and Emergent Bilingual Youth: Building Culturally Responsive, Critical and Creative Education in School and Community Contexts by Chappell & Faltis (2013). Routledge Press. (you will have free access through UWW library during the course – instructor will send you login code). Also available to rent or purchase through Amazon and Routledge https://www.amazon.com/Arts-Emergent-Bilingual-Youth-Culturally/dp/0415509742.
- Art as a Way of Talking for Emergent Bilingual Youth: Foundation for Literacy in PreK-12 Schools by Berriz, Wager, & Poey. Routledge Press. ( Available to rent for $12 through Amazon, or for purchase Amazon and Routledge: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Talking-Emergent-Bilingual-Youth-ebook-dp-B07KRKK817/dp/B07KRKK817/)
Outcomes
- Expand our definitions of biliteracy to include: multimodal forms, translanguaging literacies, culturally responsive literacy practices
- Explore ways the following arts-based instruction connects to growing healthy and confident multilingual literacies:
- Visual arts
- Body movement (including theater and dance)
- Poetics Music
- Create ways to integrate community arts practices into our multilingual classrooms to strengthen literacy practices
- Develop confidence about utilizing critical literacies, media literacy, and racial literacies in growing and strengthening print literacy in multiple languages
What You Will Need to Attend
- Required book
- A computer, tablet, or smartphone
- A reliable internet connection (hard-wired connections work best)
- A microphone (external mics preferred)
- Webcam
6 week Certificate Course
Arts-based Reading & Writing with Bilingual/Heritage Learners will be video-based and real-time. We will use Webex (like Zoom or Skype) and Google Classroom to create as close to an in-person environment as we can. Meetings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-7pm CST, with small group meetings based on student schedules.
Course Credit
Do not register on this site if seeking course credit.
- Current UW-Whitewater students seeking graduate or undergraduate credit please register using WINS.
- Non-UW-Whitewater students seeking credit please contact Continuing Education Services before registering at contined@uww.edu.
- If you have a non-teaching degree and are seeking initial teaching licensure, please education@uww.edu before registering.
- If you have teaching license and are seeking additional licensure in world (heritage) language education, please email education@uww.edu before registering.
Instructors
Jenna Cushing-Leubner
Assistant Professor
J. Eik Diggs
Teacher
