Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Kennesaw State University
Second Presenter's Institution
Unavailable
Third Presenter's Institution
Unavailable
Fourth Presenter's Institution
Unavailable
Fifth Presenter's Institution
Unavailable
Location
Session 6 (Vernon)
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Relevance
Presenter will provide.
Brief Program Description
Participants will learn critical engagement strategies that, when paired with selected young adult novels, will expand perspectives from within Latinx communities and demonstrate ways for teachers to humanize classroom experiences. Participants will gain pedagogical approaches for cultivating inclusive classrooms where experiences of undocumented youth are honored and engaged, and the voices of Latinx students are amplified through literature and classroom experience.
Summary
Participants will learn critical engagement strategies that, when paired with selected young adult novels, will expand perspectives from within Latinx communities and demonstrate ways for teachers to humanize classroom experiences. Participants will gain pedagogical approaches for cultivating inclusive classrooms where experiences of undocumented youth are honored and engaged, and the voices of Latinx students are amplified through literature and classroom experience.
Evidence
Presenter will provide.
Learning Objectives
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Biographical Sketch
During his eleven years at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Gillis has served as the Field Experience Coordinator and Undergraduate Coordinator for the Department of Secondary & Middle Grades Education and was the Executive Director of the KSU Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults for eight years.
Dr. Gillis has authored two books, Chris Crutcher: A Stotan for Young Adults (with Dr. Pamela Cole) and Sexual Content in Young Adult Literature: Reading between the Sheets. Dr. Gillis' publications have appeared in Teacher Education Quarterly, English Journal, Voices from the Middle, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, The ALAN Review, and Signal Journal. He is the editor of ALAN Picks, a monthly online young adult literature book review page for The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents at NCTE (ALAN) and currently serves as a board member for ALAN.
Presentation Year
2019
Start Date
3-5-2019 1:00 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 2:15 PM
Recommended Citation
Gillis, Bryan P., "Promoting Sensitivity and Understanding in Classrooms with Undocumented Latinx Students" (2019). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 171.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2019/2019/171
Promoting Sensitivity and Understanding in Classrooms with Undocumented Latinx Students
Session 6 (Vernon)
Participants will learn critical engagement strategies that, when paired with selected young adult novels, will expand perspectives from within Latinx communities and demonstrate ways for teachers to humanize classroom experiences. Participants will gain pedagogical approaches for cultivating inclusive classrooms where experiences of undocumented youth are honored and engaged, and the voices of Latinx students are amplified through literature and classroom experience.