A conversation with Heather Hebard about the social justice implications behind how literacy is defined and taught.
From Library to Submarine and Back Again
Getting kids reading takes more than a little doing—it requires making the library somewhere students want to be.
Big Idea: Redefining Literacy
We’re getting ready to launch Season Four of the Seed Field Podcast and we’re putting together two mini-episodes that revisit interviews from Season Three and pull out the themes that consistently run through them. If there’s hope in anything, there is hope in children as educators. As our school systems focus on producing certain test scores, checking boxes, and sometimes treating students as products rather than people, we have education experts like the three guests from this mini-series on “literacy” who challenge teachers to take an individualized approach, to meet students where they are, and encourage their curiosity.
Jazmine Casey, MA in Teaching
I was a preschool teacher for seven years and then I decided to take myself to the next level and get into elementary school. I chose Antioch because I really…
Promoting Literacy Education as a Key for Social Justice
“Students come to Antioch to be justice educators,” says Heather Cheney, a core faculty member and chair of the MA in Teaching program at Antioch Seattle. “I mean, it’s part…
Antioch Spotlight: MA in Teaching Alum Jeff Imboden
We recently caught up with Jeff Imboden, an alum of Antioch New England. He graduated with his MA in Teaching in 1975 and applied it to his career as a…
S3E8: Expanding Our Definition of Literacy is Necessary for Justice
Words are how we tell our stories, form our identities, and advocate for ourselves within society. But are schools doing a good job preparing students to be confident, empowered writers? In this interview with the literacy expert Heather Hebard, she discusses how writing education and literacy education are unequally distributed across our nation’s schools, and she challenges our understanding of what counts as literacy. Join us in this conversation to learn about the unequal ways that different kinds of literacy are accorded power in our society, and what we can do to change that.
Clearing Pathways to Success for Black Boys and Educators of Color
“If I’m serving Black boys in a classroom, then everybody else is getting served too,” says Kyla Crawford, a teacher and librarian in Tukwila, Washington. Crawford, who graduated in 2017…
Multicultural Children’s Literature Celebration 2020
Featured Author/Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie Antioch University Seattle School of Education is hosting two community events as part of their Multicultural Children’s Literature Celebration. This yearly event, which brings well-known…
AUS Alum Nichole Klocksiem and PsyD Faculty Dr. Dana Waters Participate in GeekGirlCon Panel
AUS Masters of Teaching alumna Nichole Klocksiem organized a panel called Queer and Geeky Educators Q&A for GeekGirlCon, an event that empowers girls to pursue their “geeky’ passions, whatever they…
MAT Alum Jason Moss is Madrona Elementary Teacher of the Year
Jason Moss, an alum of the AUS School of Education’s MAT Program, received the “Teacher of the Year” award at Madrona Elementary for the 2018-19 school year. The recipient of…
Letter of Interest Signed for First ARTC Cohort
The first cohort of the School of Education’s Alternative Route to Teacher Certification (ARTC) program is close to graduating and becoming teachers! The ARTC program represents a strong partnership between Antioch University…