Choose your Text:

• 31 Things Your English Learners Want You to Know by Monique Harrison Henderson. 145 pages.  

• The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades  by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler.  352 pages.  Audiobook listening length: 9 hours.

• Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning.  By Gholdy Muhammad.  224 pages.  Audiobook listening length: 8 hours 24 minutes. 

Objective and Method: 

Participants will gain new or strengthen existing beneficial perceptions and practices to engage with their multilingual learners (and all students) more effectively.

Participants will read/listen to one of the three offered texts and choose any choice-board activities to complete 15 hours of engagement. All participants will submit a time log.  (Note:  If a participant takes 15 hours just to read the book, a tangible artifact will still need to be produced and presented.)

Details

• Limited Capacity: Seats are limited to 50 participants and fill up fast, so early registration is encouraged.

• Registration Deadline: June 8, 2026

• Book Study Ends: July 31, 2026

• Online, Self-Paced, Google Classroom 

• Choose and order your book.

Credit Option #1:

• Grad Credit:

  • Engage with your book and the choice board activities for at least 15 hours. 

  • If taking the class for graduate credit ($45 through USF), instructions will be available in Google Classroom shortly after the course begins. 

Credit Option #2:

• Continuing Education Hours Certificate (CECH):

  • Complete all activities as directed in the Google Classroom to earn 15 CEH Certificate. 

NOTE on CREDIT:

Register for up to two titles. Earn one grade credit and/or one CECH Certificate. No, we are not able to award two graduate credits. Thank you! 

Registration

To register: 

• •  Join our Google Classroom (CLICK THERE! Or enter this code in your own Google Classroom suite:  nkdoscrs )  

  • And complete the registration questionnaire.

  • Look at page 2 for the syllabus! 🙂

  • Receive your university credit or CEUs.

Questions: Please contact:

• Casualene.meyer@k12.sd.us

• gwyneth.fastnacht@k12.sd.us