Join Carla España, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and Puerto Rican/Latinx and Latin American Studies, Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; and Luz Yadira Herrera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education, School of Education at California State University, Channel Islands in conversation with David Bowles, Author and Teacher, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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This edWebinar defines translanguaging pedagogy and describes the different ways picture books, middle grade, and young adult novels foster dynamic language practices. Viewers see examples from these texts and learn ways to support bilingual and multilingual students using their entire linguistic repertoires.

The presenters examine language study charts featuring language practices across different languages and cultures. Reading in community plans are also shared to highlight the ways classroom communities can be created and sustained using books from the PRH Translanguaging Collections.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, ELL curriculum directors and teachers, ELA curriculum directors, and literacy specialists. 

About the Presenters

Carla España, Ph.D. is a New York-based educator from Chile, researcher, writer, and co-founder of the En Comunidad Collective. Dr. España partners with K-12 schools and teacher preparation programs to support teachers, librarians, coaches, and administrators. Her teaching, writing, research, and workshops live at the intersection of critical literacies, bilingual/multilingual education, children’s literature, language ideologies, curriculum development, Latinx studies, and teacher education. Dr. España is Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and Puerto Rican/Latinx and Latin American Studies in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Luz Yadira Herrera, Ph.D. is a teacher, researcher, author, and co-founder of the En Comunidad Collective. Dr. Herrera has over 16 years of experience in the education of emergent bilinguals in both mainstream and bilingual settings. She is currently an assistant professor of bilingual education in the School of Education at California State University, Channel Islands. Dr. Herrera’s teaching and research are in culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy, translanguaging, critical pedagogies, and bilingual education policy. She is the co-author of En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students with Dr. Carla España.

About the Moderator

David Bowles grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He’s the author of several award-winning titles, including They Call Me Güero; The Smoking Mirror; the 13th Street series; Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico; and the upcoming companion to They Call Me Güero, They Call Her Fregona. His picture book debut, My Two Border Towns, is available in English and Spanish. In 2020, David co-founded #DignidadLiteraria, a grassroots activist hashtag and movement dedicated to promoting equity for Latinx people in publishing.

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