Sponsored by the UC Davis School of Education and the Yolo County
Office of Education, the Academic Literacy Project hopes to serve
as a resource for K-12 teachers and administrators, community
college and university instructors, and educational researchers
on the topic of academic literacy. Each February, the Academic
Literacy Project highlights its work in a one-day Academic
Literacy Summit for regional educators in order to provide a
venue for discussion among these often separate communities of
educators. The Summit aims to share research-informed practices
related to teaching academic literacy, especially related to
addressing the literacy needs of culturally and linguistically
diverse students.
Despite research and documented exemplary practices in the
values of diversifying texts, instruction, and assessments to
meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse youth
in K-12 schools, current policies, tests, and resources often
do the opposite–narrowing, limiting, and constraining what
teachers and students can do. Within this context, we need to
hold on to what we know of best practice and continue to
examine ways to meet the learning needs of all youth.
Have you had the opportunity to try ideas you learned at the
Academic Literacy Summit in your classroom or with teachers at
your school?
If so, please share these with us! We would like for this to
become an interactive site where you can share your ideas, lesson
plans, and questions with other educators and get feedback. We
would also like it to be a place where you can come when you are
looking for ideas to use in your own classroom and at your site.
If you have something you would like to share or you have
comments about how we can improve this site, please Contact Us.
