Academic Literacy Summit: A Call to Action in Practice & Policy
February 6, 2008
University of California, Davis
Activities & Recreation Center
REGISTER NOW
Early registration by January 15, 2008 = $75.
Late registration by January 18, 2008 = $100.
WHAT IT IS:
An intensive one-day Summit on ways to improve the academic literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse students in California schools. The Summit will feature:
- ways to help hard-working students who just can’t keep up
- how to meet the full range of literacy and language abilities in a classroom
- ideas to improve programs to meet academic literacy needs of all students at all grade levels
Download the Schedule of Breakout Sessions
Download Descriptions of Breakout and Keynote Sessions
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
The language and literacy demands of all content areas can challenge students, especially English language learners and those who need literacy support for school learning. We all need to learn more about how to equip ourselves and others with ways to develop students’ academic literacies—and how to mine the multiple literacies students bring from their home backgrounds.
WHAT THE SUMMIT OFFERS
- Nationally renowned keynote speakers with creative research-based approaches to thinking about language and literacy issues in the classroom
- Panels of local teacher-researchers with strategies for how to use inquiry in the classroom to inform instruction
- Breakout workshops with regional and national experts, partnered with practicing teachers, with research-based strategies and approaches for specific classroom contexts
- The opportunity to enhance the field’s understanding of academic literacy and help establish a regional research agenda relevant to experiences of local schools, by participating in built-in discussions and reflection throughout the day.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Russlynn Ali, EdTrust West
The achievement gap, policy, and strategies for change in our work on promoting effective literacy development
Mary Schleppegrell, University of Michigan
The language of schooling and its challenges, and how we can support students of all grades and levels of English language development in their subject matter learning
Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Brown University
Academic Literacy: The Challenges from Oral Language
PAPERS TO READ IN PREPARATION
The following papers provide helpful background and context for the Summit. Click on the title of the paper to download it.
"Theory and Practice in the Development of Advanced Literacy."
M. Cecelia Colombi and Mary J. Schleppegrell, UC Davis
"'You Have to Be Bad or Dumb to Get in Here': Reconsidering the In-School and Out-of School Literacy Practices of At-Risk Adolescents."
J. David Gallagher, Michigan State University
"Academic Literary: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering California's Public Colleges and Universities."
Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California
"Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades."
Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Co-Sponsored by:
The UC Davis School of Education, Institute for Academic and Adolescent Literacies and CRESS Center, Woodland and Yuba Community
Colleges, and the Yolo County Office of Education