| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| November 23, 2022 | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
In this session, you will be given an opportunity to become more cognizant of the thinking you - as a discipline specialist - use as you engage with text. There is a need to assist secondary discipline specialists to teach students to engage with discipline-specific texts as discipline specialists, for there are students who struggle with comprehension of these texts. Most discipline specialists are experts in their subjects, not experts in literacy instruction, and have received little or no preservice teacher education to prepare them to teach discipline-specific literacy practices. If discipline specialists become more cognizant of how they read discipline-specific texts, such as science textbooks, mathematical problems, historical documents, or novels, they may be better equipped to instruct students to think as discipline specialists and become better readers.
Teachers grade 7-12, School-based Administrators, Educational Coaches, Instructional Coaches, District Leaders
