Mount Saint Mary College, the Mid-Hudson Reading Council, and Vassar College will present “Reading Above the Fray,” a virtual talk with author Julia B. Lindsey, on Thursday, October 19 from 4 to 5:45 p.m.
The talk is open to the public. To register, email mhreadingcouncil@gmail.com.
Mount Saint Mary College students, faculty, and staff can register by emailing Rebecca.Norman@msmc.edu
Lindsey is an early literacy consultant, former elementary teacher, and dog-lover. She specializes in supporting districts, curriculum publishers, and program developers in giving children access to high-quality, research-based foundational reading experiences. Julia’s work also focuses on ensuring that children receive culturally sustaining and empowering literacy instruction from an early age. Seeing the need for children to apply phonics in meaningful texts, Lindsey offers a new framework for thinking about books for beginning readers: Beyond Decodables.
The talk is being presented on the Mount’s side by the college’s Collaborative for Equity in Literacy Learning (CELL). Established in 2012, CELL provides tutoring and out-of-school literacy activities for children pre-school to grade 12 with a focus on reading, conversation, and activities. It explores multicultural books, offers family literacy programs, and more. Each semester, Mount teacher candidates, graduate and undergraduate, help instill a love of reading in local youth as part of their community fieldwork requirement.
For more information about the Mount, visit www.msmc.edu