IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Position Statements

Teacher Education

Common Core

NCTE Position Statements

 

NCTE position statements sponsored by CLA:

• Resolution on the Essential Roles and Value of Literature in the Curriculum
• Resolution on Preparing and Certifying Teachers with Knowledge of Children's and Adolescent Literature
• Resolution on Literature-Based Reading Instruction

More NCTE resolutions about literature/literacy/reading:

• NCTE Position Statements on Literature
  • Position Statement on the Role of Nonfiction Literature (K–12)
    
  • Statement on Independent Reading
    
  • NCTE Position Statement Regarding Rating or “Red-Flagging” Books
  • Preparing Teachers with Knowledge of Children’s and Young Adult Literature 
  • A Call to Action: What We Know about Adolescent Literacy Instruction

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Children's Literature in Teacher Education

 

The Children's Literature Assembly believes that courses in children's literature play an essential role in teacher education programs. 

VALUE OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES
To support instructors, we have created a document that lists the values of such courses within teacher education.  We encourage instructors to use this document in whatever form will be of use in their own context. 

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES AND THE COMMON CORE
This document highlights the specific Common Core State Standards that are addressed within a children's literature course

SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS SCHOLARLY WORK
This document articulates the scholarship of children's literature

SYLLABI FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES
Visit this resource page for access to a rich collection of undergraduate and graduate children's literature syllabi exemplars

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Children's Literature Resources for Addressing the Common Core Standards

 

MYTHS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE
This document presents an analysis of myths surrounding the implementation of the common core standards.

CCSS ELA and Literacy standards

Common Core State Standards
Appendix A – Background information
Appendix B – Text exemplars and performance tasks
Appendix C – Writing exemplars

Book: Pathways to the Common Core

Calkins, Lucy, Ehrenworth, Mary & Lehman, Christopher (2012). Pathways to the Common Core. Heinemann.

Book: Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (Grades 6-12)

Beach, Richard, Thein, Amanda H., & Webb, Allen. (2016). Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (Grades 6-12).  Routledge.
Companion Website

National council of teachers of English resources

Resource Page

• Resources for Student-Centered Instruction in a Time of Common Core Standards
  

Books

• Sarah Brown Wessling, Crystal VanKooten, Danielle Lillge, Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards:  English Language Arts, Grades 9-12. NCTE.
  
• Tonya Perry, Rebecca Manery.  Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards:  English Language Arts, Grades 6-8.NCTE.
• Jeff Williams, Elizabeth Homan, Sarah Swofford. Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards:  English Language Arts, Grades 3-5.  NCTE
  
• Susi Long, William Hutchinson, Justine Neiderhiser. Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards:  English Language Arts, Grades PreK-2.  NCTE.
  

International Literacy association Resources

• Navigating the Common Core State Standards by Diane Lapp, Julie B. Wise, & Kelly Johnson
• Common Core PD guide by Maureen McLaughlin
  

Worlds of words - Blogs on CCSS and global children’s literature

• Short, K.  CCSS:  Misconceptions about Text Exemplars.
  
• Short, K.  CCSS:  The Complexity of Text Complexity in Global Literature.
  
• Short, K.  CCSS:  Misconceptions about Informational and Literary Texts. 
  
• Short, K. CCSS:  Misunderstandings about Response and Close Reading.
  

Resources by P. David Pearson

Common Core State Standards, Research and the Common Core: Can the Romance Survive? A narrated PowerPoint from a webinar that examines issues on the implementation of the CCSS

Other relevant presentations are available at P. David Pearson's Personal Website.

Join CLA

Membership in the Children's Literature Assembly is open to both individuals and institutions.
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Donate to CLA's Endowment Fund

The CLA Endowment Fund supports original research on children's literature and the dissemination of CLA's Notable Books for the Language Arts

You can make a personal donation or a donation in honor of someone else.

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The Dragon Lode

Published by the International Literacy Association Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group

Visit Pat Mora's Website to learn  about Children's Day, Book Day and find resources for celebrating it.

Exciting Fellowship Opportunities

The International Youth Library Fellowship

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The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship

Franki Sibberson & Mary Lee Hahn

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Sylvia Vardell

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My Juuicy Little Universe | Heidi Mondhorst

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Laura Purdie Salas

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Cynthia Alaniz

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