ECED 385 Advanced Language and Literacy Methods (3 credits)

2. Integrate theories and techniques of language and literacy learning with the major components of reading and writing to create lessons that support the
development of culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse young children.

3. Design formative and summative assessments that measure children’s language and literacy skills and address achievement gaps in local schools.

4. Examine the influence of media and technology on young children’s language and literacy development, selecting developmentally appropriate technological tools for instruction.

5. Analyze multicultural and Native-centered texts—including Since Time Immemorial materials—for cultural authenticity and representation, in order to
design K–3 literacy instruction that supports critical reading and cultural understanding.

6. Evaluate literacy curricula creating instruction and learning experiences that support culturally, linguistically, and ability-diverse children from birth through
grade three, integrating the histories and contemporary voices of Washington’s Tribal Nations and engaging families in the development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

Degree Outcomes
1. Pedagogical Skills: The candidate applied learning theory and incorporates a variety of evidence-based instructional strategies that are individually, culturally, and developmentally appropriate into his/her teaching practices, within and across disciplines.

2. Assessment & Planning: The candidate utilizes a variety of assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation practices in collaboration with colleagues and families to guide the learning and holistic development of each and every child.

3. Content Knowledge: The candidate recognizes and applies the central concepts of the arts, English language arts, health and fitness, mathematics, science, and social studies, and can identify resources to support personal and children’s growth across disciplines.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

Potential Methods
1. Small Group assignment
2. Formal presentation
3. Instructor critique
4. Peer evaluation
5. Peer feedback
6. Written papers
7. Lesson plans
8. Written self-evaluation I
9. Final exam J
10. Case study
11. Environmental critique
12. Flyer/Newsletter