Instructor:Meghan Stinar
Grading Method:

Letter and/or S/U (Combo)

Credits:

3

Department:

EDUC (2000)

Academic Level:

K-12 Professionals

Start/End Dates:

06/12/2023 - 08/20/2023

Completion Date:

08/25/2023

Term:

Summer 2023

Instruction Mode:

Internet Asynchronous (online class)

Cost:

$195

Description

This course offers a book study of current fictional Young Adult Literature (YAL) and middle-grade (MG) literature to help educators increase their knowledge of the diverse students within their own schools and classrooms, and reject a color-blind approach to teaching. Upon completing this course, educators will have reached a deeper emotional intelligence surrounding issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, that will lead them to foster more inclusive and welcoming classrooms and will lead them to a selection of diverse and impactful literature to foreground inclusion and belonging for all of their students. Though this course is asynchronous, participants are encouraged to engage in discussion with others through discussion boards as well as sharing final projects and reflections.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

  By the end of this course, you will be able to:

·       identify your own biases;

·       understand what intersectionality is and how it affects your students;

·       analyze and evaluate texts for authenticity, accurate representation, and bias;

·       synthesize knowledge into an organized project;

Course Texts:

Module 1: Pick the 3 you did not read in Part 1

·       Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

·       Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

·       Red, White, and Whole by Rajani Larocca

·       Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

·       The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

·       Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Module 2 OR 3: Pick 3 of 5 books, must be the module you did not do in Part 1

Module 2: Activism

·       Go With the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

·       Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

·       The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez

·       Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

·       Watch Us Rise by Ellen Hagen and Renee Watson

Module 3: Identity

·       Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhode

·       Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky

·       Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar

·       The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

·       Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Note: Books may be read in whatever format works best for you: purchased, from the library, e-book, and audiobook all work.

"GREAT RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL."

"ENJOYED THE DISCUSSION POSTS AND LOTS OF CHOICES IN WHAT WE COULD READ IN EACH MODULE!"

"IT IS A FUN CLASS WITH FANTASTIC BOOKS TO READ! IT ALSO BROUGHT ME GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MY STUDENTS."

**Registration Instructions**

Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on June 15, 2023.

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