Microcourse 4: Creating Word Conscious Classrooms

Microcourse 4: Creating Word Conscious Classrooms

This final microcourse highlights comprehensive approaches to creating language-rich environments where curiosity about words is embedded throughout the day and across all content areas.

This is Microcourse 4 of a four part microcredential that empowers educators to design language-rich learning environments where the intentional exploration of words is seamlessly embedded across whole-class instruction, small-group collaboration, and independent application. Microcourses may be taken individually. Badges and certificates of participation will be given for completion of each microcourse. To earn the microcredential, learners must complete all four microcourses. There will be a $125 fee for each microcourse, or $425 for all four microcourses.

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Learning Objectives

• Design classroom environments that maximize daily opportunities for students’ incidental word learning.
• Cultivate a classroom culture that actively fosters curiosity and playfulness with words by encouraging metacognitive discussion and exploration of word origins, functions, and connections.
• Integrate effective vocabulary instruction into all subject areas and throughout the entire school day to ensure consistent and varied exposure to new words and concepts.
• Develop practical, culturally responsive communication strategies for connecting with families and the community to honor and leverage diverse language practices in support of students' academic vocabulary growth.

Registration

Format:  Asynchronous Online Microcourse

Price:  $125

For more information, questions or to register:  Email tcacademy@tc.columbia.edu

Please Note: This microcourse has rolling registration. Once registration is complete, learners will have 6 months to complete their chosen course.