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Program 04
Culturally Responsive Literacy
Literacy instruction where every student sees themselves in the curriculum.
- Half-day workshop
Practical, classroom-ready strategies for building a K–8 literacy program where texts, instruction, and assessment reflect and affirm the full range of student identities and experiences.
What's included
- Auditing and diversifying classroom and library text collections
- Embedding culturally responsive read-alouds, mentor texts, and mini-lessons across the literacy block
- Applying an asset-based lens to assessment, feedback, and reporting
- Strategies for representation across genres, authors, and lived experiences
- Building teacher confidence facilitating identity-based discussions during literacy instruction