Program
Design
Information
Program Manager: Tamika Easley
Program Advisor: Dr. Jen McLaughlin Cahill
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Fieldwork Placements (Fall 2023):
- Philadelphia Writing Project (PhilWP): Fall Intern.
- Scholastic Art & Writing Awards School / Virtual Outreach.
- Friday Night Writes: Writing Coach.
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Professional Development:
- Celebration of Writing and Literacy 2023.
- PhilWP Leadership Team Meetings.
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My responsibilities:
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Coordination & Planning.
Friday Night Writes.
Venue: Zoom / GSE
Meetings with Philadelphia Writing Project leadership team, followed by a weekly meeting with supervisor Barrett Rosser.
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Weekly agenda postings and delegation of tasks.
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Timelines, and decision-making through consensus.
Venue: Guttman College House
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Weekly sessions of engaging activities combining play and learning with adolescents.
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Feedback on writing.
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Word games and social activities from the pool of resources.
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Weekly writing prompts.
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Week of Writing.
Venue: GSE Building
Poetry activities and quick, on-the-go creative writing prompts incorporating multimodality through digital and tactile resources.
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​A daily session was held, 12-1 each day to promote the event on
Oct 20th, 202 -
​Attended the Oct 20th events and lent support as needed.
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School Outreach for the Scholastic Awards.
Venue: Hybrid (online / Philadelphia schools)
A set of digital resources curated, compiled and maintained for use by Philadelphia teachers and adolescents.
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Workshops with students.
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School visits to disseminate information.
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Google Drive space for asynchronous access by stakeholders
Courses
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Fall 2023:
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Code: EDUC 5300
Title: Literacy in Action
Instructor: Dr. Alesha Gayle.
Code: EDUC 5333
Title: Forming and Reforming the
Elementary Literacy Curriculum.
Instructors: Dr. Claire Wan &
Dr. Jacqueline Winsch.
Code: EDUC 6329
Title: Teaching English Language &
Literacy in Middle & Secondary Schools.
Instructor: Dr. Amy Stornaiuolo.
Code: EDUC 7323
Title: Multicultural Issues in Education.
Instructor: Dr. Vivian Gadsden.
​Spring 2024:
Code: EDUC 5916
Title: Quantitative Ethnography &
Epistemic Network Analysis.
Instructor: Dr. Amanda Barany.
Code: EDUC 6381
Title: Literacy & Illustrated Texts: Picturebooks, Comics & Graphic Novels.
Instructors: Dr. Jen Cahill.
Code: EDUC 5152
Title: Video Games & Virtual Worlds
as Sites for Learning.
Instructor: Dr. Mamta Shah.
Code: EDUC 6306
Title: Literacy Research, Theory
& Practice.
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Whitelaw.
​Summer 2024
(tentative):
Code: EDUC 5558
Title: Developmental Theories: Applications with Young Adults.
Instructor: Dr. Laronnda Thompson.
Code: EDUC 7531
Title: Risk, Resilience & Prevention Science.
Instructor: Dr. Autumn Brown.