Kathleen Roskos teaches courses in reading instruction and reading diagnosis at John Carroll University in Ohio. She served as the Director of Ohio Literacy Initiative at the Ohio Department of Education. Dr. Roskos publishes frequent journal articles on topics such as early literacy development, teacher cognition, and the design of professional education for teachers.
Podcast 1
Dr. Kathleen Roskos, Professor of Education at John Carroll University, invites you to learn about a Tier 2 intervention for preschoolers in this podcast. Early literacy coaches from the Lorain City Schools describe Word Play Time – a Tier 2 vocabulary intervention for preschoolers with vocabulary delays. In a Response to Intervention model, a Tier 2 intervention consists of small group supplementary instruction that occurs in the classroom setting. Word Play Time provides an excellent example of this new approach to serving children with special needs.
Pat Edwards is a Professor of Language and Literacy at Michigan State University. She is also the recipient of the prestigious Michigan State University 2001 Distinguished Faculty Award. She holds a Doctorate in Reading Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the author of two nationally acclaimed family literacy programs.
Podcast 1
This in an introduction to Dr. Edwards and the work she has done in researching and defining the importance of parent, teacher and student involvement through conferencing and clear expectations.
Podcast 2
Dr. Edwards shares her view of adolescent literacy and how to best impact learning in middle school and high school based on the parent and student involvement.
Elizabeth Birr Moje is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Moje teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in secondary and adolescent literacy, literacy and cultural theory, and qualitative and mixed research methods.
Moje also serves as a Faculty Associate in the University’s Institute for Social Research, and a Faculty Affiliate in Latino/a Studies. Her research interests revolve around the intersection between the literacies and texts youth are asked to learn in the disciplines (particularly in science and social studies) and the literacies and texts they experience outside of school. In addition, Moje studies how youth make culture and enact identities from their home and community literacies, and from ethnic cultures, popular cultures, and school cultures.
Podcast 1
This is an introduction to Dr. Moje and the work she has done in understanding and defining adolescent literacy.
Podcast 2
Dr. Moje shares her view of adolescent literacy and how to best impact learning in middle school and high school based on the literature chosen to support learning and discovery.
Podcast 3
Dr. Moje spends more time giving examples of how to pick the right supplemental literature to support learning across the curriculum in middle school and high school.
Podcast 4
Dr. Moje shares information regarding two of her research articles that she recommends as “must reads” to better understand what she has learned from her research and how to put this into practice.
Rebecca Wheeler is an expert on teaching Standard English in dialectally diverse classrooms. Wheeler works with literacy coaches, communication specialists, and classroom teachers K – 14 who want to know “what to do about all those missing –ed's, -s's” in their students' writing.
Wheeler shows teachers how to build on what students do know – Community English – as they add Standard English to their linguistic repertoires. This work transforms teacher practice and holds promise for closing the longstanding achievement gap in our schools. Her book Code-Switching: Teaching Standard English in Urban Classrooms, written in partnership with elementary educator Rachel Swords, offers teachers linguistic insights and practical strategies for the urban classroom.
Podcast 1
This is an introduction to Rebecca Wheeler and the concept of Code-Switching. It becomes clear to the participants that vernaculars are not only okay, but should be embraced and used to help teaching the standard English we are expected to teach.
Podcast 2
Dr. Wheeler shares her work about the African-American students and also emphasizes the vernacular language is found in all classrooms and needs to be addressed in order to strengthen student writing and test-taking.
Podcast 3
Dr. Wheeler will share how to begin incorporating the Code-Switching method into the classroom by giving specific examples.
Podcast 4
Dr. Rebecca Wheeler shares key patterns to look for when beginning to implement the Code-Switching technique in the classroom. She also reinforces the important role of the teacher in making sure students are understood and taught rather than deemed incapable of formal learning.
