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NMSU Borderlands Early Literacy Day to be held April 25
The second annual Borderlands Early Literacy Day (BELD) conference will be held April 25 in O'Donnell Hall on the New Mexico State University campus.
The theme of the conference is "Hearing the Voices of all Children: Revaluing Early Literacy." Professors and graduate students will present sessions on early literacy including presentations on the importance of family literacy, early literacy development and how children's imaginations are part of early literacy. Bilingual sessions will be included.
The keynote speaker will be Yetta Goodman, who will discuss critical literacy lessons. Goodman is a regent's professor of education at the University of Arizona. In addition to her research in early literacy, miscue analysis and in exploring reading and writing processes, she has popularized the term kidwatching, encouraging teachers to be professional observers of the language and learning development of their students. She is a major spokesperson for whole language and in her extensive writing shows concern for educational issues and research with a focus on classrooms, students and teachers.
The conference is open to the community. Teachers, students, caregivers and families are expected to attend.
The registration fee is $20 before April 13 and $25 after.
For more information, contact Michelle Saenz, program coordinator for the Alliance for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, at 646-1348 or at micsaenz@nmsu.edu.
Written by Julie M. Hughes.