What is everyday advocacy? Introducing everyday advocacy. Why it matters -- Working in ways that are smart, safe, savvy, and sustainable -- Centering advocacy in secondary ELA instruction. Creating a buzz about reading : growing mindsets / Alaina Feliks -- Advocating for a third space : Shifting the narrative surrounding secondary school writing centers / Jeffrey Austin -- Post, share, tag, comment, tweet : Harnessing social media for professional development and advocacy / Kristen R. Strom -- Composing advocacy as teacher-writers / Christine Dawson, Christina Ponzio, Nora Liu Robinson, Jillian VanRiper, Kelly Hanson -- Beginning with the local: Connecting personal growth with advocacy / Rick Joseph -- An open door: Twitter as an advocacy tool for teachers and students / Janelle Bence -- Centering advocacy in English teacher education. "But we're not the experts yet" : preservice teachers build a foundation for everyday advocacy -- "A practice of passion" : Advocacy in online spaces / Jennifer S. Dail and Shelbie Witte (with Linda Latuszek, Victoria Thompson, and Adam Watson) -- Upcycling the edTPA : Practicing rhetorical argumentation and advocacy through teacher performance assessments/ Christine M. Dawson and Anny Fritzen Case -- Writing into identity and action : Advocacy thought authorship / Sarah Hochstetler -- Sustainable advocacy: Blogging to effect change / Leah A. Zuidema -- After the walkout: Everyday advocacy meets political advocacy / Robin Fuxa -- "I must be fearless" : Connecting teacher research and advocacy / Cathy Fleischer -- Conclusion: Expanding the scope of everyday advocacy.
Summary:
"What counts as professionalism for teachers today? Once, teachers who knew their content area and knew how to teach it were respected as professionals. Now there is an additional type of competency required: in addition to content and pedagogical knowledge, educators need advocacy skills. In this groundbreaking collection, literacy educators describe how they are redefining what it means to be a teaching professional. Teachers share how they are trying to change the conversation surrounding literacy and literacy instruction by explaining to colleagues, administrators, parents, and community members why they teach in particular research-based ways, so often contradicted by mandated curricula and standardized assessments. Teacher educators also share how they are introducing an advocacy approach to preservice and practicing teachers, helping prepare teachers for this new professionalism. Both groups practice what the authors call "everyday advocacy": the day-to-day actions teachers are taking to change the public narrative surrounding schools, teachers, and learning"-- Provided by publisher.
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