Day 3

Thursday, June 20, 2024

What does it mean to teach in Philadelphia in these times?

Key Readings:

★ Muhammad, G., (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. New York, NY, Scholastic. . [Chapter 5]

Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black women leaders. Arch Street Press. [Background & Interviews]
Pitts, J. (2020, May 15). Teaching as activism, teaching as care. Teaching Tolerance.
Garcia, A., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2015). Introduction: What it means to pose, wobble, and flow. In Pose, wobble, flow: A culturally proactive approach to literacy instruction (1-15). Teachers College Press.
Reed, S. (2013). A teacher activist’s response to schools closing. PennGSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 10(1).
Puntel, C. & Rosser, B. (2020). Lettersto Each Other: PhilWP Teacher Consultants explore digital discourse in these times.... PhilWP Blog.

Additional Readings:

Ladson-Billings, G. (1992). Reading between the lines and beyond the pages: A culturally relevant approach to literacy teaching. Theory into Practice, 31(4), 313-318.
Rivera-Amezola, R. (2020). Preservation and education: Teacher inquiry and the “family and community stories” project. Language Arts, 97(5),324-329.

Morning Session Writing into the Day Activity

Dr. Kellie Barnes presenting on her project, (In)visible Architects of Freedom Digital Archive Project

Educator Javaha Ross presenting on how to work with Primary and Secondary Sources

9:30 - 10:00

Writing into the Day

Using today’s focus question as your inspiration, we will write a series of 6-word stories.
Round 1: 10 minutes to write 6-word stories
Round 2: 10 minutes to move around the room, sharing your 6-word stories with each other
Round 3: 10 minutes to share at least one 6-word story with the whole group.
We'll put all the stories together

10:00 - 10: 45

Morning Session 1

Cultivating Genius, ch. 5 (Toward the Pursuit of Intellect)
How might you use one of the picture books provided to ‘bridge’ to a book, term, concept, or idea in your own classroom?

10:45 - 11:30

Morning Session 2

Pose, Wobble, Flow
- Consider a teaching pose that’s important to you OR a pose that you’d like to try in the coming year; complete the worksheet provided

11:30 - 12:15