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“Making the Invisible Visible” – Intro to RA at Hartnell College!
How can Habits of Mind and Reading Apprenticeship (RA) mutually support one another to help students deepen their confidence, engagement, and fluency with academic texts? This was the inquiry question that recently brought educators together on September 22nd at Hartnell College in Salinas. In a 1-day workshop called “Making the Invisible Visible,” participants (more…)
Intro to RA at CSU Monterey Bay!
To kick off the spring semester, nearly 40 CSU Monterey Bay and Ohlone College faculty members came together to explore discipline-specific literacies through an Introductory Reading Apprenticeship workshop at CSU Monterey Bay on January 17, 2017. These faculty members teach in diverse disciplines and learning contexts, including Cinematic Arts and Documentary Film Production, English, First […]
Intro to RA for ESL at Sierra College!
Sierra College hosted an Introductory Reading Apprenticeship Workshop for ESL. ESL educators convened to learn how the RA Framework and Routines can be used to apprentice English Language Learners, and they engaged in rich discussion of teaching and learning to help our students find greater success. Also, special thanks to Susan Gaer and Tiffany Ingle […]
The Reading Apprenticeship Project launched its first webinar series this Spring. The theme for this 4-part series is Reading Apprenticeship (RA) and Campus Change Narratives; representatives from each college in this series will share how their RA efforts started and the specific steps they took to grow their Reading Apprenticeship program and reach educators […]
Reading Apprenticeship at Orange Coast College
On Friday, February 20, 2015, community college faculty from the Orange County Learning Network gathered at Orange Coast College for an afternoon Reading Apprenticeship (RA) workshop. Current RA practitioners Mario Robertson, Dalva Dwyer, and Susan Gaer offered an overview of the RA framework, which includes the social, personal, cognitive and knowledge-building dimensions. The leaders guided […]
Reading Apprenticeship Continues to Grow in 2015
The Reading Apprenticeship Community of Practice grew tremendously in Fall 2014 and it looks like the same will happen in 2015. To ring in 2015, 3CSN and several California Community Colleges hosted 1-Day Reading Apprenticeship workshops around the state that engaged 150 community college faculty in conversation about academic literacy. To start, in early January, […]
College of San Mateo: What happens when a handful of faculty and a single administrator share a vision for change?
In the summer of 2012, Math and Science Dean Charlene Frontiera from the College of San Mateo (CSM) attended a statewide leadership institute run by the California Community Colleges Success Network (3CSN). She was drawn to 3CSN’s Community of Practice in Reading Apprenticeship and to the idea that students could be apprenticed into more meaningful […]
Equity and Excellence through Reading Apprenticeship
The American Association of Colleges and Universities recently singled out Reading Apprenticeship at Pasadena City College as an example of “inclusive excellence.” Why should you have to be economically privileged to experience a real First Year Experience and be properly introduced and invited to college? At PCC we have demonstrated that all students–regardless of their […]
