Rural Literacies

Matching Readers and Texts

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Suggs talks with Jennifer Weirthwein about how she helps learners find books, media, and texts that interest them and develop a love of reading.

Systems Thinking and Literacy

Dr. Cassandra Walker Suggs talks with guest Dr. Peter Stiepleman about literacy lessons learned throughout his career as a teacher and superintendent. Topics include the value of shared scope and sequence, the differing needs of teachers with varying levels of experience, family engagement, and systems thinking.

Supporting Emerging Bilingual Students

We talk to Gelene Strecker Sayer about her experience teaching English as a second or other language to emerging bilingual and multilingual students in Missouri.

Disciplinary Literacies

In this episode, hosts Dr. Cassandra Suggs and Dr. Shea Kerkhoff discuss what disciplinary literacies are and why it is important to teach literacy in each content area.  We explain the difference between content area literacy and disciplinary literacies and give examples from science, social studies, and ELA>

Rural Literacies

Dr. Robert Petrone talks with us about what rural literacies are and why rural literacies are important.