Offered each Spring Semester

ADTED 459:  Interactive Literacy and Parental Involvement:  Supporting Academic Success:  identifies and analyzes current research related to parent involvement in education and parent-child interactive literacy activities. Language diversity of all types will be an ongoing theme, and the course will review research-based teaching practices and activities with adaptations for English language learners and for children with other types of language differences.

Learning Objectives:  Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify key characteristics of parent involvement in a child’s language and literacy development and the literature that informs the value of parent involvement.
• Discuss a variety of supportive literacy and language development activities.
• Discuss research that informs interactive literacy parent trainings.
• Identify and discuss the implications of working with diverse families.
• Identify how relevant life content can be built into literacy activities.
• Appreciate the relevance and importance of professional development.

Course Topics

• Introduction to Parent Involvement
• Perceptions of Parents’ Educational Role
• School-Home Connection
• Fathers Versus Mothers
• Parent Involvement Interactive Literacy Activities
• What Are They?
• Parent Interventions
• Working with Diverse Families
• Media & Digital Literacy
• Health Literacy