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Courses and Workshops for English Educators at the University of Arkansas
FALL 2009, LITERACY, LINGUISTICS, AND STANDARD ENGLISH
Teachers in Northwest Arkansas may be interested in taking a new graduate course, "Literacy, Linguistics, and Standard English," being offered by Professor David Jolliffe on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8:50 in the Fall 2009 semester. After a brief introduction addressing two questions (What is literacy? What is linguistics?), students will study structural, historical, social, and political issues related to issues of Standard English, African American English, and Latino/a English. Students will write brief response papers, take two exams, and write a substantial paper. Students will have the OPTION (not required) to tutor readers and writers at a new site of the Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative at the Nonprofit Center for Northwest Arkansas in Rogers. Students taking this option may write about their tutoring experience in lieu of the second examination and base their final papers on their tutorial work. For additional information about the course, please get in touch with Professor Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu or 479-575-2289.
Offered by David Jolliffe, Professor of English and Curriculum and Instruction, Brown Chair in English Literacy; and Chris Goering, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. Contact Jolliffe (djollif@uark.edu, 479-575-2289) or Goering (cgoering@uark.edu, 479-575-4270) for additional information about individual courses or workshops.
SPRING 2009:
ENGL 6973, SEMINAR IN READING THEORY AND WRITING THEORY. Tuesday evenings, 6 to 8:50 p.m., from January 13 through April 28. Instructor: David Jolliffe
CIED 599V, Sec. 1, REPRESENTATIONS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION IN POPULAR FILM. Wednesday evenings, 5:30 to 8:20 p.m., from January 14 through April 29. Instructor: Chris Goering
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SUMMER 2009:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, LITERACY + DRAMA = COMMUNITY BUILDING. June 9 through June 12, Doubletree Hotel, Little Rock. Workshop Leaders: David Jolliffe and Kassie Misiewicz
CIED 599V, NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WRITING PROJECT SUMMER INVITATIONAL INSTITUTE. June 29 through July 23, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville campus. Leader: Chris Goering
CIED 599V, NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WRITING PROJECT OPEN SUMMER INSTITUTES. Nine days each, dates to be announced in Van Buren, Mountain Home, and Fayetteville. Leader: Chris Goering
CIED 5683, ADOLESCENT LITERATURE. July 6 through August 6, 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Monday through Friday. Instructor: Chris Goering
SUMMER 2009 OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, K-12:
PRE-AP WORKSHOP FOR RISING SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS: WRITING ANALYTICALLY ABOUT LITERATURE. August 3, 4, 5, 6, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Instructor: David Jolliffe
KIDSWRITE I FOR RISING 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH-GRADERS. June 15-25. Contact Lacinda Files (lfiles@sdale.org)
KIDSWRITE II FOR RISING 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH-GRADERS. July 13-17. Contact Lacinda Files (lfiles@sdale.org)
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COURSES:
The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project
Professing Literature
The Structure of Present English
An Introduction to Literacy
Seminar in Discourse Analysis
PAST CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:
November 16-17, 2007 "Raising ACT Scores in English, Reading, and Writing,"
a free workshop for teachers, counselors, and parents presented by Bernard Phelan, Homewood-Flossmoor (IL) High School. Friday afternoon and Saturday hours to be determined. Professional Development Credits awarded. Little Rock School District Instructional Resource Center, 30th and Martin Luther King Drive, Little Rock, AR. To help secure admission to higher education, Arkansas high school students need to score well on the ACT Examination. Bernie Phelan, a veteran high school English teacher, will share the details of his 20-year track record of helping to raise the scores of marginal and at-risk students. For more information, contact David Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu or 479-575-2289.
October 12, 2007 "A Hands-On, Early Start on Literacy: Getting Your Pre-School Child Ready to Read and Learn,"
a free workshop for parents, teachers, and caregivers presented by Judy Fox, Curriculum Specialist, Washington County (MD) Schools. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with continental breakfast and lunch provided. White River Rural Health Wellness Center, 905 N. 4th St., Augusta, AR 72006. Families are children's best first teachers. This workshop will offer ways for families to discover learning opportunities within the everyday routines of young children. From sorting laundry to singing the alphabet; from writing in the shower to reading in the grocery--this workshop presents a family-friendly way to help children be ready to learn to read and write. For more information, contact Joy Lynn Bowen at Joy.Bowen@wrrhc-ar.org or 870-347-1137.
July 17-19, 2007--Improving Literacy in the Content Areas: A Workshop for Secondary School Teachers of English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Technology, focusing on the development of curricular and pedagogical strategies to improve reading, writing, and language abilities among students. This workshop will be held in West Helena, AR, at the Great River Educational Service Cooperative. Contact David Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu for more information.
July 9-12, 2007--Promoting Authentic Intellectual Achievement in the Secondary Content Areas: A week-long, intensive graduate course for teachers of English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Technology. This course will be offered in Fayetteville. Contact David Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu for more information.
Improving Literacy in the Content Areas: A Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers of English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Technology
June 20-23, 2006, Embassy Suites, Rogers, Arkansas
The University of Arkansas will offer a four-day Professional Development Institute for secondary school teachers of English/language arts, science, social studies, mathematics, and technology from June 20 through June 23, 2006, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Rogers, Arkansas. The Institute will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. David Jolliffe, the Brown Chair in English Literacy at the University of Arkansas, will direct the Institute.
Keynote speaker for the Institute will be Steven Zemelman, co-author with Harvey Daniels of Subjects Matter: Every Teacher’s Guide to Content-Area. Reading. A consultant on school improvement in Chicago, a facilitator of the Chicago Schools Alliance, and the Director of the Illinois Writing Project, Zemelman is the author of History Comes Home: Family Stories across the Curriculum and has guided the founding of a number of small secondary schools in Chicago.
The work of the Institute will be hands-on. Each of the four-days of the Institute will focus on a different topic: developing inquiry units to support literacy instruction, improving reading in the content areas, incorporating writing in the content areas, and connecting language awareness to reading and writing in the content areas. Participants will have the opportunity to work with other teachers in their content area, guided by specialists in the field, to develop materials, methods, strategies, and plans for use in secondary school classrooms.
The cost of the Institute is $150 per person. This fee includes all materials, including a copy of Subjects Matter, plus lunch daily and morning and afternoon breaks. Participants will be responsible for transportation to Rogers, lodging, and dinners. Breakfast is provided for participants staying at the Embassy Suites.
To register for the Institute, please copy the attached form and phone, fax, or mail to the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Arkansas as indicated. The maximum number of attendees must cap at 200. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Please register early to ensure participation.
A block of rooms is being held at the Embassy Suites under the name of the University of Arkansas Literacy Program at the rate of $129 per night.To reserve lodging, please call the Embassy Suites in Rogers at (479) 254-8400 prior to May 20, 2006.
During Fall Semester 2006, Professor David Jolliffe will offer a graduate course, "An Introduction to the Theory, Practice, and Teaching of Literacy," at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. For more information, write Professor Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu or call him at 479-575-2289.
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Copyright © 2005 David Jolliffe
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