Forming & Reforming Early Reading, Writing and Talking for Early Childhood Educators

This course provides early childhood educators with early reading, writing and talking strategies that create positive literacy experiences. It is an overview of the Penn Literacy Network (PLN) frameworks of The Five Early Reading Writing Talking Processes and The Four Lenses of Learning. Participants gain an understanding of developmentally appropriate practices based on engaged and reflective teaching and learning frameworks and strategies. Participants are asked to bring a classroom book to each session. Assignments include ongoing journals, readings, practical lessons and a final project.

Coursework includes on the job learning competencies focused on the implementation of active learning for young children. The PLN frameworks, The Five Early Reading, Writing and Talking Processes and The Four Lenses of Learning, are integrated into these learning experiences. Participants also gather evidence-based artifacts of student learning that are generated from lesson try-outs based on course content. Online Schoology class sessions are part of the required coursework in addition to face-to-face sessions.