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A two-day workshop for Georgia K-8 teachers, administrators, counselors and teacher educators focusing on more effective teaching practices to reach children from poor and working-class families will be held at the University of Georgia Nov. 12-13.

The program titled, “The Other Side of Poverty,” will focus on research-based teaching practices sensitive to working-class and poor children and families; explore children’s literature and adult literature about social class and poverty; and provide classroom ideas for incorporating social-class related content. This is the second presentation of the workshop which drew great interest this past summer.

Keynote lecturers will include two award-winning UGA faculty members Stephanie Jones, an associate professor and Mark Vagle, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s department of elementary and social studies education.

Jones

Jones, a professional developer, educational consultant, and former elementary school teacher is the author of Girls, Social Class, and Literacy: What Teachers Can Do to Make a Difference and co-author of The Reading Turn-Around: A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction. Her research aims at helping teachers and administrators better meet the needs of poor and working-class students and families.

Vagle

Vagle, a former elementary and middle school teacher and middle school administrator is co-editor of Developmentalism in Early Childhood and Middle Grades Education: Critical Conversations on Readiness and Responsiveness. His research focuses on the powerful ways moment-to-moment classroom interactions influence student learning—and seeks to provide teachers and administrators with ways to identify and reflect on the implications of such interactions.

The workshop, hosted by The CLASSroom project @ UGA, will be held from 1-6 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 13 in Room G62 of the River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Road, Athens.

The deadline to register for the workshop is Nov. 11.  The registration fee is $200 per participant or $150 per participant for schools sending 10 or more people. Each participant will receive 1 PLU. For registration information, visit: www.coe.uga.edu/outreach/PD