tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58256426893703936342024-03-04T22:20:14.939-08:00Early Childhood Education AssemblyAn Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English to support the needs of those who work with young children. Contact us at eceassembly@gmail.comeceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-58276903371263571982013-02-22T13:37:00.001-08:002013-02-22T13:37:58.586-08:00ECEA yearbook submission deadline extended
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The deadline for submissions for the 3rd annual ECEA Yearbook is moved to March 17th at midnight. Questions? Contact Carol Felderman at <span class="s1"><a href="mailto:cbfelderman@gmail.com">cbfelderman@gmail.com</a>.</span></div>
eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-87389949696196978392013-02-05T08:51:00.001-08:002013-02-05T08:51:45.798-08:00Valuing Julia<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>Valuing Julia: A
student teacher’s experience coming to know an English Language Learner through
the use of a dialogue journal<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Emily Douglass,
Senior, Early Childhood Education<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The University of
South Carolina <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>Julia began her standardized reading test at
8:45 a.m. She finished 12 minutes later at 8:57 a.m., a test that took most of
her classmates 60-90 minutes to complete. She scored the lowest out of all of
her classmates. It was at this moment when I realized that this student, full
of potential that had yet to be discovered, had already begun her plunge into
the gaping cracks of our education system (Field Journal Entry, 9/14/12). <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The previous
observation took place while completing my second semester of student teaching
in the fall semester of my senior year. The student, Julia, is a third grade
female English Language Learner from Puerto Rico. From the beginning of my time
in my Early Childhood Program at the University of South Carolina, I realized
that English Language Learners and second language acquisition was something
that I was very passionate about. After the previous observation, I quickly realized
the growing disconnect between what we as educators expected Julia to know and
how we actually helped her to learn those things in the classroom. The
observations I made of Julia led me to think critically about how she was being
supported as an English Language Learner in her school and classroom. I decided
to ask the following question and conduct an Action Research Project in my
student teaching classroom: How can I
effectively teach and support third grade English Language Learners to foster
second language acquisition while allowing students to retain a
positive sense of identity through the use of an interactive dialogue journal?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Connection to the Literature<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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The differences we
have as human beings should be viewed as a viable asset to our learning, not a
hindrance. Classrooms should be a place that children feel comfortable to be
themselves. Children should be able to see themselves represented in all
aspects of the curriculum. According to Eugene Garcia’s article <u>¡Ya Basta!:
Challenging Restrictions on English Language Learners</u>, “We will not get the
education of these students right until we jettison the “English-only” ideology
and implement policies and practices that respect their linguistic and cultural
diversity and guarantee their civil rights and educational opportunities,”
(Garcia, p. 50, 2011). Garcia (2011) states that we must stray away from the
restrictive-language education environments where English Language Learners are
discouraged and even shunned for speaking or reading in their native languages.
According to Sarah Shin’s article <u>Teaching English Language Learners:
Recommendations for Early Childhood Educators</u>, allowing children to read
and write in their first language ultimately facilitates the child’s ability to
read and write in English (Shin, 2010). “If at all possible, English learners
should first be taught to read in the language they know best (their native
language) while learning English. This is because it is difficult for children
to read in a language that they don’t already speak,” (Shin, p. 14, 2010). <o:p></o:p></div>
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After reviewing
important literature on how to best support English Language Learners, I chose
to focus my attention on the use of one strategy in particular: the use of
interactive dialogue journals. According to Joy Kreeft Peyton’s article <u><span style="line-height: 150%;">Dialogue Journals: Interactive Writing To Develop
Language and Literacy</span></u>, “A
dialogue journal is a written conversation in which a student and teacher
communicate regularly (daily, weekly, etc., depending on the educational
setting) over a semester, school year, or course. Students write as much as
they choose and the teacher writes back regularly, responding to students'
questions and comments, introducing new topics, or asking questions. The
teacher is a participant in an ongoing, written conversation with the student,
rather than an evaluator who corrects or comments on the student's writing,”
(Peyton, 1993). By using interactive dialogue journals with English Language
Learners, teachers are able to aid a student in practicing their English skills
in a non-threatening manner. These journals act a place where students can
freely write whatever they want without focusing on the mechanics of their
writing (Peyton, 1993). The teacher’s responses in the journal act as a model
for Standard American English usage (Peyton, 1993). “With non-literate
students, there is no initial pressure to write. Students can begin by drawing
pictures, with the teacher drawing pictures in reply, perhaps writing a few
words underneath or labeling the pictures. The move to letters, words, and
longer texts can be made when students feel ready,” (Peyton, 1993). The student
mainly dictates the direction in which these dialogue journals lead and the
teacher simply responds by making statements or asking questions. Shin
(2010) also suggests incorporating an interactive dialogue journal into the
classroom. “Done regularly, the dialogue journal encourages English learners to
practice writing in English without overly worrying about mistakes, and to
learn new vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and idioms that are the basis for
further literacy development,” (Shin, p. 19, 2010). The use of interactive
dialogue journals in a classroom provides another context for language and
literacy development for English Language Learners. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I
introduced this interactive dialogue journal to Julia on October 2, 2012. I
explained to her that she and I would be writing back and forth to each other.
I told her that she did not need to worry about spelling or using correct
grammar when she writes to me. I explained to her that the main reason I wanted
to do this with her is because I wanted her to practice writing and I wanted to
learn more about her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Research
Findings<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">After the
conclusion of my time in my classroom, I collected Julia’s interactive dialogue
journal and I coded her writing for patterns. I looked for different patterns
in her writing, which included things that drastically changed, things that
slightly changed, and things that stayed relatively the same. I found three key
patterns throughout her writing that drastically changed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Penmanship</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The first
was penmanship improvement. I analyzed a work sample from Julia’s interactive
dialogue journal on October 3, 2012, only the second day of this project. In
this work sample, I took note of Julia’s illegible penmanship. Most of the
words she had written were too light to even read. She also did not begin her
writing against the left hand margin. In this work sample, her penmanship was
very poor. I analyzed another work sample from October 12, 2012. I used this
work sample as a comparison piece to the previous work sample. In the second work
sample, Julia’s penmanship had drastically improved. All of her words are
legible. They are neat and her letter formation demonstrates that of a third
grader. Her writing also begins up against the left hand margin. Julia’s
penmanship continued to improve throughout her interactive dialogue journal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Quantity
of Writing<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The
second major improvement I observed in Julia’s writing was the amount of
writing she was producing. I analyzed a work sample from October 4, 2012, two
days after our project began. In the work sample, I have written to Julia at
the top of the paper and she has responded to me near the bottom. She has only
written six lines of writing. I used a comparison work sample from October 17,
2012 where I observed an enormous increase in her amount of writing. In the
second work sample, Julia has filled an entire page with her writing. Her
writing begins on the first line of the page and ends on the last line. Julia’s
amount of writing continued to increase from this point on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Descriptive
Language<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The final
key pattern I found in Julia’s interactive dialogue journal was her use of
descriptive language. I analyzed a work sample from October 2, 2012, the first
day of Julia’s interactive dialogue journal. In this work sample, I have
written to Julia and asked her to write me a few words or phrases in Spanish,
her native language. She returned the journal to me with eight sentences
written in Spanish. I asked her to translate them to me and what I realized was
Julia had written commands that she would typically hear her mother say to her
and her brother and sisters. This was an interesting finding because during
that time in our classroom, we were discussing commands. It was fascinating to
see how Julia incorporated the current curriculum into her interactive dialogue
journal in her native language. I also analyzed a work sample from November 1,
2012 in which Julia used scientific language to describe her ecosystem project.
She used words such as biotic and abiotic to describe the insects and materials
in her ecosystem. She also described the process we used to build the
ecosystem. This use of scientific language is astounding coming from a student
who did not have the firmest grasp on the English language. We spent
approximately three weeks discussing our ecosystem projects and to see Julia incorporate
this project into her interactive dialogue journal, made me realize that this
project can incorporate all aspects of the curriculum and can be integrated
throughout the entire day. I fully believe that this interactive dialogue
journal helped Julia become more comfortable with writing, reading, and
speaking English.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I believe
that my action research findings directly correlate with the literature I
reviewed for my project. </span>“We will not get the education of these
students right until we jettison the “English-only” ideology and implement
policies and practices that respect their linguistic and cultural diversity and
guarantee their civil rights and educational opportunities,” (Garcia, p. 50,
2011). <span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I
removed the English-only ideology from this project and replaced it with a safe
haven for writing. A place where Julia could write about whatever she wanted
without focusing on the mechanics of writing in whatever language she wanted.
From this, Julia delivered writing that was free from fear, pure, and
authentic. She became excited about writing and asked me if she could write in
“our journal” whenever she had free time. She became more adventurous with her
writing topics and she demonstrated confidence in her word and sentence
choices. She understood that she could write about whatever she wanted and she
would not be penalized or chastised because of misspelled words or improper
grammar. I believe that Julia felt valued during this project and that made her
even more comfortable to write without fear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">ARE YOU AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR
COMMITTED TO THOUGHTFUL, STUDENT-CENTERED, CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE LITERACY
TEACHING?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO IS?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apply for a scholarship to
this year’s NCTE conference in Las Vegas, NV!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Application Deadline: October 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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NCTE’s Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA) is awarding
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">two $150 scholarships to the 2012 NCTE
Conference</b> to teachers of children in preschool and early elementary
grades. The conference scholarship award will support teachers who:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Include children’s languages, cultures, and
backgrounds in the curriculum</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Embed the teaching of literacy skills within
authentic opportunities for reading and writing</div>
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</span></span></span>Create spaces for children to inquire into their
interests and the world around them</div>
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The winners of the scholarship will receive a monetary award
($150) to support conference attendance and the opportunity to write an entry
regarding their experiences at the NCTE Day of Early Childhood for the ECEA
blog. </div>
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Applications will be reviewed by the ECEA Professional
Development Committee. Applications should include the following:</div>
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</span></span></span>A letter (1-2 pages) addressed to the ECEA
Professional Development Committee describing the nominee’s commitment to early
literacy teaching and learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Applicants may also include photographs or examples of student work that
illustrate their early literacy pedagogies.</div>
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</span></span></span>Nominee’s contact information, including grade
level taught.</div>
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</span></span></span>Nominees must be members of the Early Childhood
Education Assembly </div>
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Both third-party nominations and self-nominations will be
considered.</div>
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Applications are due by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October 15, 2012</b> and can be submitted
via email to María Paula Ghiso, ECEA Professional Development Committee Chair
(ghiso@tc.edu)</div>
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eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-7959099537187284862012-08-24T12:31:00.001-07:002012-08-24T12:31:25.976-07:00The previous three posts included 1) the Opening & Closing sessions and
the Business Meeting on Saturday, the Day of Early Childhood, at the
upcoming conference as well as 2) the other sessions on that day plus 3) the Friday sessions that are also EC. Following are additional EC sessions on Saturday and Sunday. As before, this is a draft - let me know if changes are
needed. And please publicize!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Additional EC Strand Sessions</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Saturday, November 17</span></u></b></div>
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I.16 <u>PRIME TIME FAMILY
READING TIME: ENGAGING FAMILIES IN AUTHENTIC READING EXPERIENCES</u> </div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Highlighting
families with six to ten-year old children, Prime Time Family Reading Time is
an innovative family literacy program aimed at halting and reversing
intergenerational illiteracy. Conducted in afterschool settings: public
libraries, schools, and community centers, Prime Time reinforces the role of
the family and centers around humanities-themed literature. </div>
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<strong>Participants: </strong></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=506634"><span style="color: black;">Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell</span></a></span></u>, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge <em></em></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=546156"><span style="color: black;">Holly Bell</span></a></span></u>, Louisiana Endowment for
the Humanities, New Orleans <em></em></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=546115"><span style="color: black;">Bobbie Stevenson</span></a></span></u>, Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities <em></em></div>
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J.12 <strong>Title: </strong><u>CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE: iDREAM, iCONNECT, AND iIGNITE WITH iPADS AND E-LITERATURE</u> </div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Investigate
how eBooks and literature apps for iPads can partner with traditional
children’s literature to add another dimension to literacy learning. This
session will examine the theory behind expanding children’s traditional
literature with electronic books (e-books) and literature apps and evaluative
criteria for ensuring high quality e-Literature for children. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></div>
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<u>Peggy Auman</u>, Valdosta State University <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></i></div>
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<u>Janet Foster</u>, Valdosta State University <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></i></div>
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<u>Deb Marciano</u>, Valdosta State University <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></i></div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Studio
Room 6, Grand Arena, Main Floor by Grand
Garden Arena, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Saturday
11/17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Additional EC Strand Sessions</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Sunday, November 18</span></u></b></div>
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L.03 <strong>Title: </strong>“NAPPY HAIR”: REVISITING A
CLASSIC <strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong></div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Presenters will perform
Herron's book, “Nappy Hair”, which was the center of multicultural/African
American controversy since 1998. An interactive classroom session follows with
sharing of K-12 learning modules derived from “Nappy Hair”. Presentation will
also connect African American call and response to oral literature of ancient
epic literature. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Participants: </b></div>
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<u>Carolivia Herron</u>,
Arizona State University</div>
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<u>Neal Lester</u>, Arizona State
University</div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Grand Ballroom Room 121,
Level One, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Sunday 11/18 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM</div>
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L.14 <strong>Title: </strong>IGNITING A PASSION FOR
LITERACY AND MATH THROUGH STORYTELLING </div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Two kindergarten teachers
and a reading teacher share how storytelling plays a critical role in their
work with children in diverse Title I schools. The presenters will share their
work with storytelling in literacy and math to deepen understanding and develop
ownership of learning in today’s changing world. </div>
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<u>Pat Johnson</u>, Fairfax County Public Schools <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></div>
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<u>Katie Keier</u>, Fairfax County
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<u>Kassia Omohundro Wedekind</u>, Fairfax County
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<strong>Location: </strong>Studio Room 3 , Grand Arena,
Main Floor by Grand
Garden Arena, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Sunday
11/18 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM</div>
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eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-69877158710959182562012-08-19T12:21:00.000-07:002012-08-19T12:21:29.618-07:00The previous two posts included the Opening & Closing sessions and the Business Meeting on Saturday, the Day of Early Childhood, at the upcoming conference as well as the other sessions on that day. Here are the Early Childhood sessions scheduled for Friday. Note that the Literacy Playshop session is on Friday, not on Saturday as listed elsewhere! As before, this is a draft - let me know if changes are needed.<br />
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C.18 <strong>Title: </strong><u>WRITING THE
IMAGINATION: TEACHING K-3 STUDENTS TO CRAFT MEANINGFUL REALISTIC FICTION</u> </div>
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participants how to teach K-3 students to write focused, meaningful, realistic
fiction. Participants will leave with a comprehensive overview of the unit,
including: a sequence of whole class mini-lessons, tools for assessment,
predictable teaching for differentiated instruction, and ways to use suggested
mentor texts. </div>
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<strong>Participants: </strong></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=485884"><span style="color: black;">Jenny Bender</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;">,
</span>Northampton Public Schools,
Massachusetts </div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=506229"><span style="color: black;">Mary Bates</span></a></span></u>, Jackson
Street Public
School, Northampton,
Massachusetts </div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=506188"><span style="color: black;">Nancy Harlow</span></a>,</span></u> Leeds Public Schools, Massachusetts
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=1042336"><span style="color: black;">Mary Ellen Reed</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;">,</span> Jackson Street Public School,
Northampton, Massachusetts </div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Room 304, Level Three, MGM
Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Friday 11/16 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM</div>
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D.18 <strong>Title: </strong><u>DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE
READ ALOUD ACROSS THE DAY</u><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong> </strong></div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Read Alouds are not just
for reading aloud. They are an opportunity for learners to experience the power
and uses of text. In this workshop, participants will explore the educational
uses of fiction and informational texts, including: comprehension skills,
author’s craft, and content area knowledge. </div>
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<u>Alexis Czeterko</u>, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project</div>
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<u>Sadia Halim</u>, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project</div>
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<u>Brianna Parlistis</u>, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project</div>
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<u>Katie Wears</u>, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project</div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Room
105, Level One, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Friday 11/16 2:30 PM -
3:45 PM</div>
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E.38 <strong>Title: </strong><u>LITERACY
PLAYSHOP: EXPANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY CURRICULUM THROUGH PLAY-BASED
FILMMAKING AND POPULAR MEDIA</u> <strong></strong><strong></strong></div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>In
this presentation, we introduce Literacy Playshop: a curricular framework that
helps early childhood teachers develop play-based media production and explore
its potential for helping young children—3- to 8-year-olds—respond critically
and productively to a world filled with popular animated films, television,
video games, and other popular media. </div>
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Karen Wohlwend, Indiana University</div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Room
303, Level Three, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Friday 11/16 4:00 PM -
5:15 PM</div>
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eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-49661651135100944902012-08-16T17:43:00.003-07:002012-08-16T17:44:52.613-07:00Here are additional sessions on the Day of Early Childhood. (See the previous post for the opening and closing sessions and the business meeting.) This is a draft - let me know if changes are needed. And publicize, publicize, publicize!<br />
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G.17 <b>Title: </b><u>DOES IT REALLY MATTER
HOW KIDS THINK? IDEAS AND INSIGHTS INTO HELPING STUDENTS GROW AS READERS <b><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b></u></div>
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<b>Description: </b>This interactive session
will focus on how young children think about reading and about themselves as
readers and the relationship that it has on their reading progress. We will use
video clips and artifacts to discuss ways to help children develop 'generative
theories.' <b>Participants: </b></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=523894"><span style="color: black;">Diane Stephens</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;">,</span> University of South Carolina, Columbia
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<u>Kelly Still</u>, Lexington Richland
School District</div>
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<u>Tara Thompson</u>, Lexington Richland
School District</div>
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<b>Location: </b>Room 302, Level Three, MGM
Grand <b>Time: </b>Saturday 11/17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM</div>
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G.20 <b>Title: </b><u>WRITER'S WORKSHOP IN
PRE-KINDERGARTEN: CULTIVATING TEACHER LEADERSHIP AND LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT IN A
STATE AND FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM</u> <b></b></div>
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<b>Description: </b>This panel presentation
will provide a glimpse of a multi-year project in which teachers in a federally
state subsided prekindergarten program and a university instructor explore
writers workshop in three diverse classrooms. </div>
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<u>Erin Miller</u>, University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Heather Silver</u>, Horrell Hill Elementary</div>
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<u>Hannah Stair</u>, Horrell Hill Elementary</div>
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<u>Lori Tilley</u>, Horrell Hill Elementary</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Location: </b>Room 307,
Level Three, MGM Grand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>Saturday 11/17<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:30-AM – 10:45AM</div>
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G.21 <b>Title: </b><u>UNDERSTANDING
OURSELVES AND OTHERS: HOW GLOBAL PICTUREBOOKS HELP CHILDREN DREAM, CONNECT,
IGNITE! <b><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b></u></div>
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<b>Description: </b>In
this session the presenters share how they used art and writing experiences
with global children’s literature to help pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and
first grade children understand themselves as cultural beings and how then
studying another culture further enhanced and enriched the children’s
intercultural understandings of themselves and others. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Participants:</b></div>
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<u>Prisca Martens</u>, Towson University</div>
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<u>Stacy Aghalarov</u>, Pot Spring
Elementary School</div>
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<u>Margot Clarke-Williams</u>, Pot Spring
Elementary School</div>
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<u>Michelle Doyle</u>, Pot Spring
School</div>
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<u>Laura Fuhrman</u>, Pot Spring
School</div>
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<u>Christie Furnari</u>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pot
Spring School</div>
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<u>Jenna Loomis</u>, Pot Spring
School</div>
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<u>Liz Soper</u>, Pto Spring School</div>
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<u>Darlene Wolinski</u>, Pot
Spring School</div>
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<u>Ray Martens</u>, Towson University</div>
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<b>Location: </b>Room
304, Level Three, MGM Grand <b>Time: </b>Saturday 11/17 9:30 AM
- 10:45 AM</div>
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H.08 <b>Title: </b><u>TEXTS
DON'T WRITE THEMSELVES-AUTHORS (AND ILLUSTRATORS!) DO: REFRAMING THE IDEA OF MENTOR TEXTS IN THE
WRITING WORKSHOP</u> <b></b></div>
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<b>Description: </b>While
the term mentor texts is popular, in fact, it’s the authors and illustrators
who are mentors, not the texts themselves. Two teachers of writing join a
beloved mentor, award-winning writer and illustrator Marla Frazee, to show how
powerful mentorship can be in a writing workshop for beginning writers. </div>
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<u>Lisa Cleaveland</u>, Jonathan Valley Elementary School
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<u>Marla Frazee</u>, Beach Lane Books </div>
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<u>Katie Wood Ray</u>,
Independent Author and Consultant </div>
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<u>Allyn Johnson</u>, Beach Lane Books -
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<b>Location: </b>Premier
Ballroom Room 313, Level Three, MGM Grand <b>Time: </b>Saturday
11/17 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM</div>
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I.15 <u>CONSTRUCTING CRITICAL
KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSE IN THE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE ELEMENTARY
CLASSROOMS WITH CRITICAL AND GLOBAL TEXTS </u></div>
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<b>Level: </b>Elementary
<b>Topic of Interest: </b>Literature <b></b></div>
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<b>Description: </b>The
purpose of this conversation is to ignite conversations and response around
critical and global texts in classrooms. The presenters will facilitate
discussion of international texts, critical conversations, and tools needed to
create analytical learning. Examples will be examined in groups. These groups
will come back together and synthesize understandings. </div>
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<u>Jeanne Fain</u>, Middle Tennessee State
University</div>
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<u>Bobbie Solley</u>, Middle Tennessee
State University</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Location: </b>Room 304, Level Three, MGM Grand <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>Saturday 11/17 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM</div>
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J.17 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Title: </b><u>CARING PRACTICES IN EARLY LITERACY CLASSROOMS:
CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL NOTIONS</u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Level: </b>Elementary<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Topic of Interest: </b>Other</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Description: </b>Caring relationships are foundational to literacy
teaching/learning. However, when families ways of using and supporting
literacies and learning are not valued in classrooms, caring environments
cannot be achieved. This panel shares stories from diverse settings to suggest
a new definition of caring from a critical and culturally relevant perspective.</div>
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<u>Gloria Boutte</u>, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
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<u>George Johnson</u>, South Carolina State University
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<u>Kindel Turner Nash</u>, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
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<u>Dinah Volk</u>, Cleveland State
University, Cleveland, OH</div>
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<u>Susi Long, </u>Chair</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Location: </b>Room 307, Level Three, MGM Grand <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>Saturday 11/17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM</div>
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J.25 <b>Title: </b><u>RECONNECTING,
REIGNITING, AND REALIZING THE DREAMS WE DREAMED </u></div>
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<b>Level: </b>Teacher
Education, Elementary <b>Topic of Interest: </b>21st-Century
Literacy <b>Description: </b>Presenters will discuss how
collaboratively writing a literacy standards document for The National Board of
Professional Teaching Standards reignited their passions as educators and
impacted their classroom practice and research in early childhood language and
literacy development with particular focus on English language learners and
visual and digital literacy. <b>Participants: </b></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=500904"><span style="color: black;">Donna Mahar</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;">,</span>
State University
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<u><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=507227"><span style="color: black;">Stella Nowell</span></a>,</span></u><span style="color: black;"> </span>University of Wyoming Lab School, Laramie </div>
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<i><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Becky McGraw</span></u></i><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Cherokee County
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<i><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Jonathan Gillentine</span></u></i><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Rev. Benjamin Parker
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<i><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Jennifer Strachan</span></u></i><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Montgomery County
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Here's a preview of the <b>Opening and Closing sessions of the Day of Early Childhood,</b> plus <b>the Business Meeting</b>. Saturday, November 17 at the NCTE conference. Note that we're working to have the Closing session and the Meeting in the same room! You will be receiving emails with the whole updated schedule in the future. For now, I'll be sharing info on sessions in this blog a bit at a time so stay tuned.</div>
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This is a draft, pieced together from different sources, so please email me at d.volk@csuohio.edu if changes need to be made. </div>
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F.15<strong> </strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OPENING SESSION DAY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD</b></div>
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<strong>Title: </strong><u>MAKING THE UNCONVENTIONAL
CONVENTIONAL: LITERACY, IDENTITY, AND SOCIAL ACTION </u></div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>The presenters will share
strategies that lift literacy learning by honoring and expanding students'
cultural/linguistic interests and identities and bringing family, community,
and heritage practices into learning to promote academic achievement
authentically. The presentation will feature powerful strategies that help
children take action to make the world a better place. The words and work of
children will be highlighted as teachers describe how they successfully bring
unconventional teaching methods to life within a standards-driven world. </div>
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<u>Susi Long</u>, University
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<u>Janice Baines</u>, Carver Lyon Elementary, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Carmen Tisdale</u>, Carver Lyon Elementary, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Heidi Mills</u>, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Chris Haas</u>, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Jennifer Barnes</u>, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Tim O’Keefe</u>, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC</div>
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<u>Michelle Kimpson</u>, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, SC</div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Room 304, Level Three, MGM
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K.18<strong> </strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CLOSING SESSION FOR THE DAY OF EARLY
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<strong>Title: </strong>YOUNG
CHILDREN'S LITERACY PRACTICES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS <strong></strong><strong></strong> </div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>Children
are becoming increasingly involved in the use of online games and virtual
spaces. In this session, presenters examine young children’s literacy practices
as they engage in virtual worlds, such as Webkinz and Club Penguin, and play
with related toys and artifacts. Implications for early childhood classrooms
will be examined. </div>
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<strong>Participants: </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><u>Rebecca Black,</u></span><u style="color: #444444;"> </u>University
of California, Irvine <em></em></div>
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<u>Anne Burke</u>, Memorial
University <u><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=1033777" style="color: black;">Julia Gillen</a>,</span>
Lancaster University, UK<em><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u style="color: black;">Guy Merchant</u>,</span> </span></span><span style="color: black;"></span>Sheffield Hallam University, UK<em> </em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<em><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Tolga Kargin</span></u></em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Indiana
University, Bloomington,
IN </span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<em><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Karen Wohlwend</span></u></em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Indiana
University, Bloomington, IN </span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<em><u><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Vivian Vasquez</span></u></em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, American University, Wash,
DC – Discussant</span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<strong>Location: </strong>Room
307, Level Three, MGM Grand <strong>Time: </strong>Saturday 11/17 4:15 PM
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SIG.13 <strong>Title: </strong><u>EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ASSEMBLY BUSINESS MEETING</u><strong></strong><strong><br /></strong></div>
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<strong>Description: </strong>This
is the Business Meeting of the Early Childhood Education Assembly. The Early
Childhood Assembly provides a home at NCTE for all who work with young
children. We look forward to engaging in dialogue as we seek to support
teachers of young children with a strong emphasis on promoting thoughtful
practices that enhance the teaching and learning of young children within and
across diverse communities. Please join us! </div>
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<strong>Participants: </strong></div>
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Chair: <u>Mariana Souto-Manning</u>,
Teachers College, Columbia
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Assistant Chair: <u><span style="color: black;">Dinah Volk</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/speaker_info.php?speakerid=491078"><span style="color: black;"></span></a>,</span></u> Cleveland State
University</div>
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Treasurer: <u>Laurie Katz</u>, Ohio State
University </div>
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Secretary: <u>Carol Felderman</u>: American University</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Location</b>: Room 203, Level Two, MGM Grand <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>Saturday 11/17 5:45PM-7:00PM</div>
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eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-44325155366395889772012-08-13T09:51:00.000-07:002012-08-13T09:51:15.460-07:00ECEA's first NCTE conference yearbook published! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ECEA's first NCTE conference yearbook published! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edited by Vivian Vasquez and Jeffrey Wood</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">CONTENTS</b><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Early Childhood Education Assembly Book Series. Acknowledgments. Introducing Perspectives and Provocations, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Vivian Vasquez and Jeffrey Wood</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Locating Themes and Trends of Early Childhood Education in Language Arts, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Laurie Katz, Caitlin L. Ryan, Melissa I. Wilson, and Detra Price-Dennis</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Negotiating Critical Literacies: Toward Full Inclusion in Early Childhood Classrooms, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Mariana Souto-Manning and Carol Branigan Felderman</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Recursos y Practicas Culturales: Reframing Writing as a Social Practice with Puerto Rican Children, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Carmen L. Medina, María del Rocío Costa, and Nayda Soto</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. “How-To” Exercise Playful Power: Young Children Write Their Worlds, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">María Paula Ghiso</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Learning from Artistic Encounters: A Teacher’s Experience with Young Children’s Paintings of Racial Bus Segregation, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Candace R. Kuby</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Transactional Literary Theory in a Diverse School Setting: An Examination of Book-Making with First Graders in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Literacy Course, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Erin T. Miller</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Playing Star Wars under the (Teacher’s) Radar: Detecting Kindergartners’ Action Texts and Embodied Literacies, </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Karen Wohlwend</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">. Appendix: Perspectives and Provocations: Elephants.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More info and to purchase a copy:<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Perspectives-and-Provocations-in-Early-Childhood-Education</span></span>eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-68009326942572274382012-07-05T14:12:00.000-07:002012-09-15T18:10:31.119-07:00Shiny New Membership Pamphlet!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's sometimes tricky to remember that, despite the soaring temperatures we've seen across the country in the past few weeks, the start of school is just around the corner. Those of us behind the scenes at the ECE Assembly of NCTE have been hard at work this summer, prepping for the upcoming school year and have some exciting things in the works!<br />
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One of our summer tasks was to create a shiny new membership pamphlet to help expand our membership. We seek to create a rich conversation around issues and trends in early childhood education and the more voices joining in, the better the conversation. That said, we have a favor to ask: could you help us get our new pamphlet out to people who would enrich our conversation? The complete pamphlet is located <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8Bm9mkp_5opTzExTEx2d1ZyWmM" target="_blank">here</a>, ready to spread the word about our organization.<br />
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A thank you in advance! And now? Let's go enjoy these last few weeks of summer! Personally, I'm going to go find a good book and beach to read it on. Happy summer!eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-64086736805203767042012-06-16T07:24:00.000-07:002012-06-16T07:28:48.781-07:00Board of Directors 2007<span id="goog_937886484"></span><span id="goog_937886485"></span> Chair<br />
Vivian Vasquez, American University.<br />
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Assistant Chair<br />
Mariana Souto-Manning, Teacher's College<br />
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Treasurer<br />
Dinah Volk<br />
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Secretary<br />
Shari Frost, National-Louis University<br />
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Affirmative Action Committee Chair<br />
Carmen Medina<br />
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Members of the Board<br />
Wayne Serebrin<br />
Celia Genishi<br />
Anne Haas Dyson<br />
Susi Long<br />
Jeannine Piacenza<br />
Amy Evanseceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-8748408403955998092012-06-16T06:03:00.001-07:002012-06-16T07:24:44.151-07:00Board of Directors 2009Chair<br />
Vivian Vasquez<br />
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Assistant Chair<br />
Mariana Souto-Manning<br />
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Treasurer<br />
Dinah Volk<br />
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Secretary<br />
Shari Frost<br />
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Newsletter Editor<br />
Jeff Wood<br />
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Affirmative Action Committee Chair<br />
Carmen Medina<br />
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Affirmative Action Committee<br />
Carmen Medina, Chair Indiana University<br />
Rochelle, Dail University of Alabama <br />
Erin Miller South Carolina <br />
Carmen Tisdale South Carolina<br />
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Members of the Board<br />
Victoria Dixon-Mokeba<br />
Amy Evans<br />
Anne Haas Dyson<br />
Celia Genishi<br />
Susi Long<br />
Julia Lopez-Robertson<br />
Becky McGraw<br />
Jeannine Piacenza<br />
Wayne Serebrin<br />
Katie Wood-Ray<br />
<br />eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-78890795087438371022012-05-31T17:42:00.001-07:002012-05-31T17:42:01.944-07:00USC Latino Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Early Childhood Education
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Early Literacy Educator of the Year
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early childhood focusing on language and literacy development. The award is
presented during the NCTE Annual Convention. Submission materials are <b>due in
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Ella is a child immersed in a world where critical literacy matters, a world that is currently banned in the Tuscon Unified School District as school officials cite that the Ethnic Studies classes and books used in those are classes are </span><span style="line-height: 200%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >“designed to promote ethnic chauvinism" (Horne, 2010). <span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span>Ella understands that most textbooks and school curricula are told from a European-American perspective<b style=""> and that it is unfair</b>– unfair to her, to her friends of Color, to her White friends, to children everywhere. She understands that courses like Mexican American Studies and African American History are essential to all of us as we <i style="">must </i>come to see that this country was built by the contributions of far more than the European Americans highlighted in most textbooks and curricula. This is the beginning of a young citizen’s understanding that there are power issues at work as dominant cultural and linguistic groups work to maintain a status quo that reflects a narrow view of what matters. Ella feels strongly that this single story (Adichie, 2009) excludes many voices, and feeling the importance of her own sense of identity, she senses that these new regulations will adversely affect the identities of other children, those who are most often excluded from the dominant narrative – children of Color, children whose native language is not English, and children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.<span style=""> </span>She also understands that her one voice, the voice of a child, matters and can make a difference. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >The Affirmative Action Committee of Early Childhood Education Assembly writes in strong opposition to the recent round of book banning and the banning of the ethnic studies program in Tucson, Arizona.<span style=""> </span>We believe, like Ella, that children who are given a steady diet of dominant perspectives through school curricula and textbooks are unfairly positioned in schools.<span style=""> </span>We believe, like Ella, in the worth and value of multiple perspectives, including those most often marginalized by schools.<span style=""> </span>We believe, like Ella, that we should not continue to marginalize, minoritize, devalue and demean students from already marginalized communities; that we should not keep them from passionate spaces for learning that are grounded in an affirmation of them and the people they represent; rather, we should teach young children the contributions from other cultures are a part of the rich mosaic that is this country. We also believe, like Ella, that children and adults can be peaceful change-agents in the world if they are taught to question the status quo and challenge the assumption that one narrative is fair or that one narrative is enough.<span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;">~ Erin Miller, ECEA <span style="line-height: 200%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Affirmative Action Committee</span><br /><span style="line-height: 200%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><!--EndFragment--> </p>eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-65911156050459658492012-02-27T06:22:00.003-08:002012-04-25T18:38:37.811-07:00ECEA New Officers as of NCTE Convention 2011<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ECEA New Officers as of NCTE Convention 2011:<br /><br />Chair: Mariana Souto Manning<br />Assistant Chair: Dinah Volk<br />Treasurer: Laurie Katz<br />Secretary: Carol Felderman<br />Newsletter Editor Jeffrey Wood<br /><br />Board of Directors<br />Laura Herring<br />Carmen Medina<br />Dahlia Bouari<br />Dana Bentley<br />Siobian Minish<br />Katie Stover<br />Lenny Sanchez</span></span>eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-59563126840682915622012-01-11T11:35:00.001-08:002012-01-11T11:35:21.269-08:00NCTE proposals due January 20thThe date is approaching. NCTE online proposals due January 20. Join the ECEA in Vegas!eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-45768407518743762552012-01-03T06:24:00.000-08:002012-01-03T06:25:14.066-08:00NCTE proposals due January 20thHappy New Year! Submit a proposal for NCTE. Online proposals are due January 20. See you in Vegas!eceassemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782140551661088021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-69482107322203618912011-12-20T12:39:00.000-08:002011-12-20T12:41:42.078-08:00<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual">NCTE's 2012 annual convention</a> is in Las Vegas! Online proposals are due January 20, 2012 (by mail January 12). 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mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;">As I move on to the position of past chair I want to thank all of you for the opportunity to serve in the capacity of interim chair and chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Your encouragement, support, and patience over the past three and a half years have been greatly appreciated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In particular I want to thank <em><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Jean Anne Clyde</span></em> and the Early Childhood Issues Committee of the late 1990s for their vision of an NCTE that welcomes early childhood educators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thanks to Carol Avery for putting the committee in place and Jerry Harste for keeping it going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I am also grateful for time spent with Susi Long with whom I had initial conversations that eventually led to the idea of the ECE Assembly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Debi Goodman, as past chair of the Elementary Section Steering Committee (ESSC), helped create a space for the ECEA at the ESSC table making it possible for us to participate in program planning for the annual convention and bringing to you the Day of Early Childhood. <span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks also goes to </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Laurie Katz, Barbara Z. Kiefer, Detra Price-Dennis, Melissa Wilson, and Patricia Enciso, past co-editors of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Language Arts, </i>who expanded the focus of the journal to include pre-K.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Historically pre-school concerns have not always been addressed in the journal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Laurie and her co-editors even went as far as to devote a special issue that focused specifically on early literacy.</span></span></p> <p class="Default"> </p><br /><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you to Mariana Souto-Manning, Dinah Volk, Carol Felderman and Jeff Wood for the hours of work getting the ECEA off the ground and continuing to help iron out the kinks as we enter into our toddler years. Carmen Medina, Erin Miller and the Affirmative Action Committee have been instrumental in ensuring that issues of diversity and difference are kept at the forefront of our work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And of course thank you to the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">At-Large Members of the Board of Directors</span>;Victoria Dixon-Mokeba, Amy Evans, Anne Haas Dyson, Celia Genishi, Julia Lopez-Robertson, Becky McCraw, Wayne Serebrin, and Katie Wood-Ray.</span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;">It took almost 100 years for us to be recognized in an official capacity at NCTE, so for the next 100 years it behooves us to make sure that early childhood concerns and issues continue to be part of the NCTE agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Here’s to the next 100!</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></span></p> <br />Vivian Vasquez<br />Past Chair<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s400/ecea+bead+logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559464341999902242" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 45px;" border="0" /></a><br />If you presented an EC focused paper at NCTE this year please consider submitting it for publication in the ECEA Yearbook Volume 2.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bazmakaz/ECEA_Yearbook_Call_volume2.pdf">CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS.</a><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-32376676943839014342011-09-19T13:42:00.001-07:002011-10-29T07:39:56.305-07:00, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s400/ecea+bead+logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559464341999902242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 112px; " border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chicago is just around the corner! This year, Mariana Souto-Manning (Assistant Chair) has put together a wonderful Day of Early Childhood program on Saturday., Nov. 19,2011, that includes such early childhood educators and researchers as Lisa Cleaveland, Katie Wood-Ray, <span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Kathryn Whitmore, Susie Long, Dinah Volk, Heidi Mills, and Ann Haas Dyson.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br />The ECEA Business meeting will also be held on </span></span></span><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Saturday, November 19, 2011</strong> from 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm </span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;">at </span></span></span><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >the Chicago Hilton/PDR 3, Third Floor. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Please attend as this is an opportunity for us to imagine possiblities for the ECE Assembly of NCTE.<br /><br />Also, it's an election year! You should have received a link to an electronic ballot by now. If you have not and you are a current member please send us an email at eceassembly@gmail.com<br /><br />Following are the positions we are voting on and a description of what each role entails.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Assistant Chair:</span><br />1. In the temporary absence of the Chair, presides at all business meetings of ECEA and its Board of Directors.<br />2. Assists the Chair with managing the current ECEA Business Meeting at the NCTE Annual Convention.<br />3. Assists the Chair in preparing the Annual Report to NCTE.<br />4. Assists the Chair in planning for ECE involvement at NCTE’s annual convention.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Treasurer</span>:<br />1. Handles all financial transactions of the group.<br />2. Pays bills incurred by ECEA within the budget adopted by the Board of Directors.<br />3. Submits a written financial report that also includes a report on membership at the ECEA Annual Business Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting.<br />4. Notifies the Chair if at any time ECEA appears to violate the proviso that it shall not, without the express permission of the Executive Committee of NCTE, incur any obligation exceeding its funds.<br />5. Assists the other officers and committees in carrying out their responsibilities.<br />6. Serves as the IRS contact for tax-exempt reporting purposes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Duties of the Board of Directors</span><br />1.Sets policies for the general operation of the organization.<br />2.Approves the budget and authorizes additional expenditures.<br />3.May authorize publication of monographs and special publications.<br />4.Sets dues for various classes of membership.<br />5.May propose amendments to the Bylaws.<br />6.Receives reports from officers and committees.<br />7.Plans for ECEA involvement in NCTE’s annual convention<br />8.Communicates with membership through the assembly newsletter or the annual business meeting.<br /><br />Finally, we are awarding a number of membership scholarships. Please click on the link below for information regarding this.<br /><br /><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bazmakaz/ecea_scholarship.pdf">Click here for scholarship form.</a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Vivian Vasquez</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">ECEA Chair.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-50822991765856584882011-04-12T08:13:00.000-07:002011-04-12T08:17:34.507-07:00NCTE Chicago 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s400/ecea+bead+logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559464341999902242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 112px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span>Happy Spring! Thank you to those of you who submitted proposals to the early childhood strand for the NCTE annual convention to be held in Chicago in November, 2011. As a result of your submissions, Mariana Souto-Manning, our Assistant Chair and Program Chair was able to create a very strong early childhood strand and Day of EC for the convention!</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">Keep an eye out for updates regarding keynote speakers and other events!</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">Also, please remember to spread the word about ECEA and renew your membership today! </div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-85295354880930502182011-01-07T07:20:00.001-08:002011-01-07T07:28:11.200-08:00Happy New Year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s400/ecea+bead+logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559464341999902242" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZpEv5ME4ZhG-xmAYdikqbwuZtQzk6TMgm4YAe8j8PhJE69BOPUy5qVQANdykC4mTyf4Bdh2Hr8UTm0V9_6peejhpVlBSMpa-ly2tPmblhNsk1S13wGJpVnbctnc5Fk-ZHDUVTfkn2f4/s1600/ecea+bead+logo.png"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span>Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that another year has come and gone! As you plan for the year ahead please remember to renew your membership to the ECE Assembly. Your membership sustains the life of the assembly and we encourage you to spread the word and invite others interested in early childhood issues and advocacy to become members as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you to those of you who participated in the early childhood strand at the NCTE annual convention in Orlando, Florida! We hope many of you have submitted proposals for the 2011 convention!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-40061364124681333182010-09-01T13:48:00.000-07:002010-11-03T07:54:51.480-07:00Welcome to the ECE Assembly of NCTE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhiBv8IaSFk-emjffjyVb2KXK5aZHMgJnxFod7IFi6TIu48bHxxtZ3gczgzjpXlHmOaAIUcBV0fnQCrITX90E98N_80AIXJ5Dk0Ma2iN-SRhBV8QPB_EtWGhG4eOQ5-_BDWW4l0i-4RE/s1600/Picture+14.png"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1S6sKfVgDdKXmWLeJNKQYsq8jLs18bOdsJCjrObOxv9Zp2ljOmllsHMMG6mdySGmlZ26Gx1POBziX4Q0sJ9an4eKPdhHgYQtfo0eOMwsuyN-hjK-nPgXLJOsrfKDq02pnOh4d5P3f7s/s1600-h/ecea+bead+logo.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320995221023938914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1S6sKfVgDdKXmWLeJNKQYsq8jLs18bOdsJCjrObOxv9Zp2ljOmllsHMMG6mdySGmlZ26Gx1POBziX4Q0sJ9an4eKPdhHgYQtfo0eOMwsuyN-hjK-nPgXLJOsrfKDq02pnOh4d5P3f7s/s400/ecea+bead+logo.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a>Thank you to those of you who submitted proposals to present at the NCTE Convention in Orlando! We look forward to seeing you there.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual/ecea">Click here to view the EC sessions.</a></div><div><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual/ecea"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpiTXxjgthq785Y7s3CA6DwdDcpT0PYi3vNBs4b5WYN0rH_J3E3M_TOFqlrVv34QIoKjg0i2PTG_E75EKw_o92v-Nw3wpHFaBX8PN6h_dXLbBhJg36SwEJzDTs4FL9DM-uda8fzoZcis/s400/Picture+15.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535336231958288418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 93px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span> <div><br /></div><div>Thank you to Debi Goodman and the ESSC for welcoming ECEA with open arms and for their ongoing support of early childhood educators!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><br /><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual"></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhiBv8IaSFk-emjffjyVb2KXK5aZHMgJnxFod7IFi6TIu48bHxxtZ3gczgzjpXlHmOaAIUcBV0fnQCrITX90E98N_80AIXJ5Dk0Ma2iN-SRhBV8QPB_EtWGhG4eOQ5-_BDWW4l0i-4RE/s400/Picture+14.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535336236138878418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px; " /></span></a></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div></b></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;"><a href="http://eceassembly.blogspot.com/2009/09/ecea-at-ncte-2009.html">Click here for ECEA events that took place at the 2009 Convention.</a></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-2141835925977157192009-09-17T12:39:00.000-07:002009-11-17T12:39:52.299-08:00ECEA at NCTE 2009It is hard to believe that the NCTE Annual Convention is just around the corner. The Early Childhood Education Assembly has certainly come a long way in a very short period of time. Having recently gained Assembly status, we are especially excited to catch up with all of you at the convention, and talk with you about ways of drawing attention to our early childhood group. Over the past several months the ECEA Board of Directors Officers, has been busy putting together sessions that focus on early childhood education. At the end of this post we will list various sessions to be held on the Day of ECE at the NCTE convention as well as share with you the ECE workshop we are sponsoring as a post convention event.<br /><br /><br /><br />Please check back regularly for any updates.<br /><br />Also, for your convenience in the side bar to the right of this post, you will find information regarding membership in the Early Childhood Education Assembly. We need your support so please share this site with your colleagues, follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook and help us to spread the word about our assembly.<br /><br />We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!<br /><br /><div style="color: black;">Vivian Vasquez and Mariana Souto-Manning</div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color:black;">ECEA Chair and Assistant Chair</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><ul><li>A Day of Early Childhood at the NCTE Annual Convention - <a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual/ecea">Click here and join us!</a><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">November 23, 2009: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color:black;"> Young Children Learning in Diverse Communities: Language and Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers - A Day-Long Workshop.</span> <a href="http://www.ncte.org/annual/workshops#w1">Click here to register.</a><br /></span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><b><br /><span style="color:black;">WORKSHOP DETAILS:</span></b> </span><br />Session: W.01 - 9:00 am to 3:30 pm 11/23/2009<br />Format: Day-Long Workshop<br />Room: Convention Center/Room 201B, Level 2 Topic: Other<br /><br />In this workshop, ten early childhood educators will engage teachers in exploring issues and ideas to support language and literacy learning in preschools, kindergartens, and primary grades across cultural and linguistic communities.<br /><br />Presenter:<br />Gloria Boutte, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Teaching African American English Speakers: Expanding Educators and Student Repertoires'<br /><br />Anne Haas Dyson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Celia Genishi, Teachers College, Columbia University, 'Writing . . . Talking and Playing Between the Lines'<br /><br />Maria Paula Ghiso, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 'Writing that Matters: Explorations in First Grade Authorship'<br /><br />Susi Long, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Home and Community Literacies: Strategies for Learning about Children Beyond Schools'<br /><br />Julia Lopez-Robertson, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Literature Circles: Inviting Critical Conversations in All Classrooms'<br /><br />Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University and Vivian Vasquez, American University, Washington, DC<br />'Critical Literacies in Early Childhood Classrooms'<br /><br />Dinah Volk, Cleveland State University, Ohio , 'Home and Community Literacies: Strategies for Learning about Children Beyond Schools'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825642689370393634.post-50498789999421029272008-09-01T21:34:00.000-07:002012-06-07T19:45:10.624-07:00Affirmative Action CommitteeErin Miller, Chair<br />
University of South Carolina, Columbia<br />
<a href="mailto:dmiller118@sc.rr.com" target="_blank">dmiller118@sc.rr.com</a><br />
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Carmen Tisdale<br />
Carver Lyon Elementary School, Columbia, South Carolina<br />
<a href="mailto:Tisdale_carmen@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Tisdale_carmen@yahoo.com</a>
<br /><br />Eileen Blanco<br />TheraCare, New York, NY<br /><a href="mailto:eileenblanco@gmail.com" target="_blank">eileenblanco@gmail.com</a><br /><br />Wanda Montgomery<br />National Black Child Development Institute<br />Gray Child Care Center, Milwaukee, WI<br />
<a href="mailto:wjmngtown@yahoo.com" target="_blank">wjmngtown@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />Susi Long<br />University of South Carolina, Columbia<br /><a href="mailto:slong@mailbox.sc.edu" target="_blank">slong@mailbox.sc.edu</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0