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  • Calling All International and Foreign-Born Students, Scholars, and Staff

    Mar 5, 2021 8:30 am28 views

    Scholars don’t yet have a good understanding of how international and foreign-born scholars, students, and staff members perceive power harassment (including sexual and non-sexual forms of power abuse). Researchers at the campus' Humanities Research Institute want to change this, and are looking for survey participants.

  • Calling Faculty and Researchers: Apply to Become a DPI Member

    Mar 22, 2022 4:30 pm50 views

    Led by the University of Illinois system, faculty, researchers, and educators play a vital role as DPI members. Request to join DPI by submitting your name, short biography, and CV.

  • Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program

    Mar 19, 2021 2:00 pm59 views

    In July 2020, Chancellor Jones announced a $2 million annual commitment by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to focus intellectual and scholarly talent of our university to examine two of the greatest challenges facing our society and seek new solutions. Recognizing the critical need for universities across our nation to prioritize research focused on systemic racial inequities and injustices that exist not only in our communities but in higher education itself, the Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program will provide support for academic research and the expansion of community-based knowledge that advances the understanding of systemic racism and generationally embedded racial disparity.

  • Cameron McCarthy Invited to Speak at Cambridge University on Elite Schools Research

    Nov 6, 2019 7:00 pm69 views

    Professor of EPOL Cameron McCarthy recently spoke to the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University.

  • Campus awarding social justice scholarships

    Sep 22, 2016 2:15 pm0 views

    The Campus Faculty Association will award up to five $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate students at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus who demonstrate a commitment to social justice in the community. Applicants’ social justice work may take many forms, including volunteer or paid work performed through nonprofit organizations, but can include less formally structured activities.

  • Campus Charitable Fund Drive (CCFD) Ends Nov. 9

    Nov 2, 2018 3:00 pm4 views

    The Campus Charitable Fund Drive (CCFD) is currently underway and ends on Friday, Nov. 9. Indivudials are urged to consider giving to one of the more than 700 charitable organizations that they have a passion for. These organizations are listed in the agency booklet under the 12 umbrella organizations. The minimum contribution is as little as $24 annually, and every gift matters, no matter the size.

    Please see Julie Kellogg in Room 210C of the Education building for inquiries or for needed assistance in completing the online giving form via payroll deduction. Those who want to contribute may also fill out a one-time payment form.

    Online Giving Page

    One-time pledge form

    Agency booklet

    CCFD FAQs

    Agency search by keyword/cause

    GIVING SPARKS HOPE

  • Campus Charitable Fund Drive Underway Through Nov. 9

    Sep 20, 2018 2:45 pm0 views

    The 2018 CCFD campaign kicked off on Monday, September 17 and concludes on Friday, November 9.

    Please join us in considering a gift to any of the more than 700 designated charities to whom you can contribute. It’s easy to give via payroll deduction. Together, we can make an incredible impact.

    Consider the impact a donation makes and how far your dollars go:

         * $2 per pay period can plant 50 trees to help reduce carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.
         * $10 per pay period provides gold, silver and bronze medals to Special Olympics athletes.
         * Your $100 donation will fund research toward a cure for cancer.

    Charities appreciate the UofI CCFD because it saves them time and money so more dollars go to services. There’s something for everybody in the CCFD, and it’s one of the best ways to give to the nonprofits you care about. Visit the CCFD website to find a cause you’re passionate about and give today! Your giving makes a difference.   

    GIVING SPARKS HOPE!

  • Campus Directory Now Available

    Sep 17, 2013 3:45 pm73 views

    The 2013-14 Campus Directory is now available. A PDF of the layout is posted here for download/desktop printing. You may also order bound copies by print-on-demand through Document Services. Bundles of 10 are available for $20 each. Visit the Document Services ordering system. (You will need your NetID and Active Directory password). 

  • Campus Is Going Smoke & Tobacco Free Beginning August 26

    Aug 21, 2019 10:30 am59 views

    Starting the first day of instruction for the fall semester, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus will be smoke & tobacco free. The new effort builds upon the smoke-free policy that was successfully implemented in 2014, banning the use of all smoke-producing tobacco products on campus.

  • Campus' New Mental Health & Wellness Website Launches, Centralizes Resources

    Jul 30, 2021 10:30 am59 views

    Public Affairs at Illinois announces the launch of the centralized Mental Health and Wellness website: https://wellness.illinois.edu/ for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community.

  • Campus Thefts: Take Precautions

    Sep 6, 2013 11:45 am139 views

    There have been an unusually high number of thefts reported on campus this semester. Please be mindful of your surrondings and personal belongings. Additionally, please lock your office doors everytime you leave your office. University equipment has also been reported stolen. If you see any suspicious activity, please report it to the nearest Administrative Office or Campus Police.

  • Campus-wide Student Memorial Ceremony

    Mar 14, 2019 1:45 pm39 views

    The Office of the Dean of Students invites all university community members to gather to remember and honor students in our Illinois student family who have passed away in the last year. Taking place on Thursday, March 28 at 5 p.m. in Illini Union Room C, this ceremony will include selected readings, vocal performance, and more.

    Please RSVP for this event.

  • Canned food being accepted at Education Building through Sept. 28, 2015

    Sep 25, 2015 8:45 am21 views

    Education students, staff, and faculty members are encouraged to contribute canned food donations during the eighth annual "Cans Across the Quad" food drive. Drop off your food Sept. 21-28 at Room 110 in the Education Building.

  • CAS 587 / EPS 512—Learning Publics: Theory, Performance, Practice

    Nov 7, 2017 10:15 am8 views

    A spring seminar exploring the meaning of public arts and humanities, public higher education, and public life.

  • CCB 2020 Gryphon Lecture - "(Re)Presenting Korea: The Carpenters and the White American Imaginary" - Sarah Park Dahlen

    Nov 4, 2020 11:00 am12 views

    The Center for Children's Books will host its 2020 Gryphon Lecture on Thursday, November 12 at 4:30 pm. Associate Professor Sarah Park Dahlen of St. Catherine University will speak about the travel writer and journalist Frances Carpenter and her influence on Asian American Youth Literature (see the attached abstract to learn more). Interested attendees will find a Zoom link to the event on the CCB website on November 12.  

  • CCB 2021 Gryphon Lecture: "Transnational Networks and the Spread of Early Modern Children’s Books"

    Apr 12, 2021 10:30 am0 views

    Please join us virtually at the CCB on Thursday, April 15, at noon for Professor Matthew Grenby's 2021 Gryphon Lecture, "Going Global: Transnational Networks and the Spread of Early Modern Children’s Books." Professor Grenby's talk will examine the international networks through which children's books circulated the globe during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, evolving in form as they intersected with new cultural contexts. 

    M.O. Grenby is the Dean of Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle University and Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies. His books include The Anti-Jacobin Novel (2001) and The Child Reader (2011); he is co-editor of the Companion to Children's Literature (2010) and Popular Children's Literature in Britain (2008). 

    The Gryphon Lecture is an endowed talk given annually at the Center for Children’s Books. It features a leading scholar in the fields of youth literature, media, and culture. 

  • The now-familiar likeness of Phillis Wheatley that appeared as the frontispiece to her 1773 Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral is an image of, by, and for Black children. The iconic poet, born in the Senegambia region of West Africa, was kidnapped into slavery at the age of seven or eight. Her first published poem appeared when she was a teenager, and she was no more than twenty when her volume of poetry was published in London. Tracing how Wheatley has been pictured in early Black periodicals, educational materials, pageant plays, and contemporary children’s literature, we see how she has been imagined not only as a Black woman writer but specifically as a child creative—someone whose literary acumen was surprising to white adults because of the various intersectional positions of oppression she occupied. Reading these repetitions and reverberations of Wheatley’s image across time shows how picturing Wheatley became a practice for celebrating and fostering creativity among Black children.

    CCB 2022 Gryphon Lecture: "Picturing Young, Gifted, and Black: Phillis Wheatley’s Image and the Creative Black Child"

    Mar 25, 2022 10:00 am5 views

    On April 8, 2022, Brigitte Fielder, associate professor in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will give the 2022 Gryphon Lecture. Attendees may participate virtually over Zoom.  

  • CCB Speaker Series - "A Nasty, Biting Thing: The Wayward Child as Collaborator”

    Sep 29, 2020 3:30 pm2 views

    On October 8, Professor Victoria Ford Smith will present a virtual lecture as a part of the Center for Children's Books 2020-21 Speaker Series. Please consult the linked flier for more information. We hope you can join us! 

  • CCSS Presents: October I-Watch Presentations

    Sep 19, 2014 1:15 pm20 views

    Come join Campus and Community Services for our upcoming I-Watch Presentations. I-Watch is a campus initiative that helps students and faculty to become more familiar with their surroundings and aid in reporting suspicious activity and crime. It also helps students to stay safe on campus and know what to do in case they run into criminal activity. Follow this link to register to come to the workshop. If you have friends who want to join in as well, you can tell them to come on by even if they are not registered. 

  • Celebrating the life of Dick Williams (1914-2016)

    Oct 6, 2016 3:00 pm19 views

    The Illinois School of Architecture will hold a gathering in Chicago to celebrate the life of former architecture professor A. Richard "Dick" Williams, who passed away on May 27 in Tucson, Ariz.

     

  • Center for Children's Books (CCB) Annual Book Sale

    Mar 22, 2022 2:15 pm3 views

    The Center for Children's Books (CCB) is hosting its Twentieth Annual Book Sale on Monday, April 4, 2022 from 11am-6:30pm. The sale will take place in the first floor lobby of the new iSchool building, located at 614 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820. The new building is a 2 minute walk directly east of the old building where the sale has been held in the past. Thousands of new children's books for youth of all ages will be available. Our titles represent the full spectrum of children's publishing in fiction and non-fiction: board books, picture books, easy and transitional readers, chapter books, series fiction, novels, activity books and kits, non-fiction series, mass-market paperbacks, and more. Books sell for $1-5, with other items priced as marked. We strongly recommend wearing a mask while inside the iSchool building. All proceeds support the CCB and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, a review journal for youth literature. If you have questions or need more information, please contact Anna Wiegand at bccb@illinois.edu.

  • Center for Children's Books Galley Giveaway

    Sep 17, 2021 11:15 am6 views

    Join the Center of Children’s Books on Monday, September 27, in the iSchool courtyard (501 E. Daniel Street) for our Galley Giveaway from noon to 6 p.m. 

  • Center for Children's Books Speaker Series: The Technical and Narrative Potential of Audiobooks

    Aug 31, 2020 9:45 am16 views

    This semester, the Center for Children's Books will host several virtual lectures presented by visiting scholars on a variety of topics connected to literacy and youth services. On September 17, Matthew Rubery will lead a talk about the technical and narrative potential of audiobooks for children.

  • Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment holding Fourth International Conference

    Sep 13, 2017 1:00 pm0 views

    September 27-29, 2017 in Chicago

    Heightened community unrest sparked by the death of unarmed citizens; disproportionate inequities in education, poverty, health care, and rates of incarceration; and an intensely divisive U.S. presidential election require even more vigilant attention from our global CREA community. It is critically important that we focus on the generation, analysis, and usage of substantive evidence “that matters” in the evaluations and assessments we undertake. To address the issues our communities face, we are compelled and responsible to raise questions about what is being done to correct inequities and aggressively translate this evidence into action that has meaningful impact on our collective future. 

    Therefore the Evidence Matters: Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Translating to Action and Impact in Challenging Times   will focus on the following areas:

    - Program evaluation, measurement and assessment as sources of evidence

    - Challenging the status quo regarding whose evidence matters. Cultural responsiveness as foundational to more equitable public policy

    - Moving from evidence generation to advocacy and action. Policies and practices of influence and consequence in the quest for social justice

    - Ethical challenges in complex areas of inquiry; whose justice is advanced?

    Find out more!

  • Center for Education in Small Urban Communities presents at Public Engagement Symposium

    Mar 5, 2015 11:15 am28 views

    Come to the Public Engagement Symposium March 10, 2015, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, to see the work of units across campus are doing to engage the local communities. The Center for Education in Small Urban Communities will be presenting its programs in a poster including activities with the local schools in professional development and SOAR as well as outreach to the extended area with the Youth Literature Festival and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Creative Expressions Competition.

    Come out to learn more about how our College and the University reach out to work with the local and area communities.

  • Chad Lane to Speak at St. Louis Science Center Gaming Event

    Aug 24, 2022 4:00 pm22 views

    “Crafting Interactive Experiences: The Power of Games for Meaningful Engagement and Impact”

  • Champaign County Forest Preserve District seeks seasonal educators

    Feb 9, 2017 2:15 pm44 views

    Applications are now being accepted for various seasonal educator positions at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District. Seeking exceptional candidates for the following positions:

    Nature Day Camp Educator (Homer Lake Forest Preserve)
    Supervise and lead children in various environmental education day camps

    Seasonal Naturalist (Homer Lake Forest Preserve)
    Teach natural history programs for children grades pre-K to 12 at Forest Preserve sites and in local schools

    Campground Naturalist (Middle Fork River Forest Preserve)
    Conduct natural history programs for all ages at the campground on weekends throughout the summer

    Day Camp Educator (Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve)
    Lead Garden, Archaeology, Grand-Prairie Kids, and other summer day camps for children

    Garden Program Specialist (Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve)
    Implement educational programs related to botany and gardening for all ages

    For more details on these and other seasonal positions, visit:

    www.ccfpd.org

  • Champaign Freedom School Q&A Session

    May 18, 2021 11:00 am91 views

    Everyone is invited to learn more about the Champaign Freedom School at an introductory and Q&A session this Wednesday, May 19, at 6 p.m. CST.

  • Kevin Frederick

    Champaign Teacher and Illinois Alum Wins Illinois Reading Council Award

    Jan 17, 2024 9:15 am29 views

    Kevin Frederick, Ed.M. '18 C&I, was honored with the  2024 Jerry Johns Reading Educator of the Year Award.

  • Chancellor Jones' State of the University address

    Nov 7, 2018 11:00 am4 views

    Chancellor Robert J. Jones invites faculty, staff, students and the general public to a State of the University address on Thursday, Nov. 8 from noon to 1 p.m. in Illini Union Rooms A, B and C. Jones will provide a brief overview of highlights of the past year and outline specific ways Illinois is taking control and ownership of our future success. A Q&A session will follow. 

  • Chancellor Michael Aiken to be Awarded at 2019 Convocation

    Apr 10, 2019 10:00 am99 views

    Michael T. Aiken, who served as the sixth chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1993-2001, will be awarded an honorary PhD this spring. Chancellor Aiken’s visionary leadership laid a foundation for transparent strategic planning, robust philanthropic support, experiential learning for students, and support for translational research as an engine of economic development.

  • Change a Life: Be a Mentor!

    Jan 14, 2014 9:01 am31 views

    Change a life; Be a Mentor!  The One-to-One mentoring program for all Champaign-Urbana schools is recruiting and training mentors this month.  Mentors in our program commit to spending one hour a week, during the school year, with their mentee.  New mentors can choose any elementary/middle school in the C-U area, and they will be personally matched with students in our schools by our Coordinators.  Every school has a waiting list of children waiting for a mentor…maybe it’s you!

  • Cherie Avent

    Cherie Avent named to News-Gazette 40 under 40

    Oct 25, 2023 8:45 am40 views

    Avent was honored as one of the top young professionals in our community. She was chosen for professional accomplishments, and community involvement.

  • Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner

    Cheryl Light Shriner Named Goldstick Family Scholar

    Jan 31, 2022 5:00 pm50 views

    Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner has been named the Goldstick Family Scholar, effective February 1, 2022.  She is one of four accomplished scholars from the Department of Special Education to receive this honor, which was established by Phillip C. and the late Beverly Kramer Goldstick to provide sustainable training and research programs in the area of communication disorders in special education.

  • Children (5-17 yrs) Needed for Paid Research Study about Hearing in Noise

    Dec 11, 2019 12:15 pm55 views

    The Department of Speech and Hearing Science is recruiting children for a paid research study about hearing in noise. We're looking for children (5-17 yrs) who speak English as their first language and have no history of hearing loss.

  • Children discover science, programming in IDEALL space

    Jul 5, 2016 8:30 am37 views

    What if the atmosphere was thinner? What if the moon didn’t exist? These scenarios were presented to children ages 10 and up during the June 27-July 1 Science Simulation with Minecraft camp in the IDEALL space of the Education building.

  • China Study Tour Applications Due September 13

    Sep 6, 2013 6:58 pm55 views

    Applications for the China Study Tour (EPS 199, China’s Education Systems Pre-K-16: Teacher Preparation and Experiences in Rural and Urban Classrooms; 3 credit course that meets second half of the semester) are due September 13 (Study Tour in China will be December 28, 2013 through January 14, 2014).  For more information or to receive an application, email Lmorgan4@illinois.edu

  • Chinese Culture and Language Camp

    Mar 17, 2015 12:00 pm845 views

    The Chinese Culture and Language Camp aims to promote early second language development through Chinese immersion in a fun, safe, and stimulating environment by providing bilingual teaching experts of the College of Education and innovative curriculum. The participants will be working in Scholar, an exciting and secure Web writing environment that empowers them to connect, create, and publish.

  • Christina Krist Awarded Top Honor by NARST, A Global Organization for Improving Science Education through Research

    Mar 20, 2023 6:00 pm36 views

    Christina Krist has been selected to receive the NARST 2023 Early Career Research Award (ECRA). This honor recognizes Krist’s professional accomplishments as the most significant among other researchers nominated for the ECRA this year.

  • Christopher Span

    Christopher Span to Speak at Pitt School of Education Commencement

    Apr 24, 2024 11:00 am5 views

    Span currently serves as Chief of Staff and Associate Chancellor for Administration and PreK-12 Initiatives at Illinois.

  • Mia Chudzik

    Chudzik Wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award from CEC

    Mar 19, 2024 11:45 am28 views

    Mia Chudzik, a Ph.D. candidate in Special Education, was given the award at the Council for Exceptional Children's Annual Meeting.

  • CI 499 CPC: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

    Aug 19, 2013 2:07 pm84 views

    Instructor: Dr. Dan Hoffman

    Time: Thursdays, 4:00 - 6:50pm

    Location: 37 Education

    Credit: 4 hours

    This Fall, Dan Hoffman, a new member of the Curriculum & Instruction faculty, will be offering a course titled "Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)." This course is designed to introduce the theoretical, pedagogical, and practical aspects of integrating computer science activities into elementary and middle school classrooms. Throughout the semester we'll review current thinking on computer science education and how computer science topics and concepts can impact learning across the curriculum. Students will experience a variety of hands-on activities using child-friendly programming environments including Snap!, Blockly, Tynker, and Hopscotch. No programming experience required. Open to all.

    Flyer: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

  • CI 499 - Critiques of Educational Technology

    Nov 12, 2013 11:00 am93 views

    CI 499 CRITIQUES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

    Technology, from the overhead to the Internet, has played an important role in the history of organized education, often fueled by a romanticized view that it will somehow revolutionize teaching and learning. While many scholars believe technology can transform education, others have questioned its impact— intended or otherwise—on the social, economic, pedagogical, and political aspects of education. In this course, we’ll survey various arguments against educational technology in an effort to clarify our own understanding of its actual and potential value. We’ll examine work skeptical of educational technology as a whole as well as research questioning specific tech-centric initiatives ranging from teaching machines to tablets. Students will leave the course with a deeper appreciation of the gap between practice and promise, while being well-positioned to influence future developments within the field.

    For more information contact Dan Hoffman (dlh2109 [at] illinois [dot] edu)

  • CI 507 CLI: Collaborative Learning and Instruction

    Aug 19, 2013 1:14 pm68 views

    CI 507 CLI: Collaborative Learning and Instruction

    Instructor: Dr. Emma Mercier

    115 David Kinley Hall

    Credit: 4 hours.

    While research on collaboration indicates that it can be productive pedagogic strategy for both learning and problem solving, it is rarely used in classrooms (and often disliked by students). We will explore the research on collaborative learning to understand what we know about it as a pedagogic strategy, what the limitations of the research are when it comes to implementing it in classrooms, and how current directions in the field, and in computer-supported collaborative learning, might be used to further our understanding of the complex nature of collaborative learning in classroom environments.

    Topics will include basic research on collaborative learning, differences between cooperative and collaborative learning, the role of teachers in the collaborative classroom, supporting collaboration practices within groups, and current research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The course will take a critical approach to the literature to build an understanding of the state of this field, and class sessions will include different types of collaborative learning activities.

  • CI 507: Digital Learning

    Aug 5, 2013 1:30 pm73 views

    CI 507: Digital Learning
    Dr. Robb Lindgren, robblind@illinois.edu
    Fall 2013
    Monday, 4pm-6:50pm
    15 Education
    Credit: 4 hours

    The emergence of digital media technologies—from the Internet to mobile devices to immersive virtual worlds—is having a profound effect on education, and how we structure environments to help people learn in domains such as math and science. This course examines the intersection of learning theory and the design of interactive technologies for promoting problem solving, creativity, reflection, etc. The course also seeks to prepare students in education, computer science, and other areas of study for the burgeoning space of digital learning design.

    https://blogs.illinois.edu/files/1526/95957/3372.pdf

  • CI 507 SF: Schools and Families

    Aug 3, 2016 1:15 pm33 views

    This course explores the many disconnects between family engagement strategies and families themselves in prekindergarten through secondary school. We will consider impacts of poverty, immigration, racial differences, culture, and school policies. This course is targeted to those students interested in working with professionals (teachers, social workers, counselors, interventionists, etc.) who work in schools with students and families.

  • CI534-Teaching and Learning Geometry

    Nov 5, 2013 7:56 pm29 views

    This course concentrates on the teaching and learning of geometry in middle school and high school by examining the history of school geometry, comparing curricular expectations and rationales for geometry instruction over time.  The course provides an overview of theoretical models regarding the teaching and learning of geometry.  At the same time, the course provides opportunities for discussing practical issues of teaching geometry with work on geometrical problems and laboratory sessions using dynamic geometry. Topics in the course include geometric proofs, students’ interactions with geometric diagrams, and the use of dynamic geometry.  The course is intended for masters’ and doctoral students in mathematics education, graduate students in mathematics, and others with interest in mathematics teaching.  

  • CI535-Teaching and Learning Algebra

    Apr 22, 2014 1:45 pm7 views

    CI535           

    CRN: 59567

    Title: Teaching and Learning Algebra

    Instructor:  Dr. Gloriana González

    Credit hours: 4

    Term: Fall 2014

    Day/Time: Mondays, 5:00-7:50 PM

     

    Algebra I has been described as a critical filter for pursuing further studies in mathematics. The course considers the introduction to algebraic concepts in middle school and the teaching and learning of algebra in high school. Course topics include an examination of historical perspectives on algebra in the school curriculum, a study of the nature of algebra and algebraic thinking, an analysis of teaching strategies for teaching algebra, an examination of Common Core Standards and recent documents by NCTM on algebraic reasoning, and explorations of the use of technological tools to support the teaching and learning of algebra.

  • CI 541: Learning in Science

    Apr 28, 2014 9:15 am10 views

    Instructor:  Dr. David Brown, debrown@illinois.edu

    Time:  Tuesday, 4:30-7:20 FAll 2014

    Location: 4F Education Building

    Credit: 4 hours

    CRN: 59374

    This course looks at major learning theories as they apply to science education.  We will focus on major figures in and theories of learning that have had a substantial impact on science education research and practice, such as behaviorism, Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, information processing theories, situated learning, and constructivism, among others. While the class will tend to focus on examples from science and mathematics, students in areas other than science are welcome. 

     

  • CI 576: ASSESSMENTBASED READING INSTRUCTION

    Nov 25, 2014 12:00 pm31 views

    Day: Mondays
    Time: 5:7:00 pm
    CRN: ONC 62104; RTE 62341
    Credit hours: 4
    Dates: January 20th – March 13th, 2015
    Mode: Online

    Would you like to learn how to connect reading instruction to reading assessment? Are you searching for a
    hands-on experience where you administer reading assessments to students and create and enact an
    individualized instructional plan catered specifically for your student? Are you interested in learning the best
    practices for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction? Would you
    like to consistently engage in discussions that demonstrate how instruction can be modified to cater to English learners? If your answer to any of the previous questions is “yes,” then Assessment-Based Reading
    Instruction is meant for you.

    Assessment-Based Reading Instruction is designed to provide you with:
    • An overview of the nature of reading difficulties
    • Hands-on experience with identifying reading difficulties
    • Experience in responding to the findings from assessment of reading difficulties
    • Experience with considering assessment and instruction as a holistic, interconnected and individualized
    process based on each learner
    • Insight into the ways in which linguistic and cultural diversity impact reading assessment
    • Insight into the ways in which social factors impact interpretations of the results from reading
    assessments

    Assessment-Based Reading Instruction is structured such that assessments are all conducted in the first
    two weeks of the course followed by instruction based on the findings from these assessments. Scholarly
    reading materials will influence your assessment and instructional processes as you progress. Among the
    areas we will explore are orthographic development, emergent/early literacy, word study, text complexity,
    fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, motivation, linguistically and culturally responsive assessment, highstakes testing, and response to intervention.