Spring 2022--Building Bridges & Breaking Walls: Literacy for All

Program available in PDF

Thursday, April 28

Session 1

Technology Integration that Encourages and Enhances ALL Student Voices--Karen Moroz--Presentation & Additional Materials

Demystifying the Mystery of “Good Writing”: Meaningful Writing Conferences That Save Time, Reduce Stress, and Get Real Results!--Susan Decker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Wonder and Agency: Best Practices in Environmental Education AND English Language Arts--Valerie Struthers Walker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Mirrors and Windows: The Use of Fiction Writing to Understand the Familiar and the Diverse--Maria Macioce--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 2

My Book Cover: My Story--Gail Erickson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Literature and STEM: K-3, Read, Think and Do!--Ann Marie Zeimetz-Schultz--Presentation & Additional Materials

Supporting Multilingual Learners' Analytic Writing in Mainstream Classes--Lee Fisher--Presentation & Additional Materials

Inquiry to Amplify Student Ownership in the ELA Classroom--Jennifer Plucker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 3

Visual Literacy: Embracing Equity-Minded Practices through the Arts--Nicholle Schuelke--Presentation & Additional Materials

Shifts in the 2020 ELA Standards--Leigh Nida & Lee Fisher--Presentation & Additional Materials

Creating Commentary: Strategies To Push Students Beyond Summarizing--Angela Hase--Presentation & Additional Materials

When Reading Gets Risky: Selecting and Defending Literature for the Classroom--Burke Scarbrough & Rachel Malchow Lloyd--Presentation & Additional Materials

Friday, April 29

Session 4

Supporting Multilingual Learners' Analytic Writing in Mainstream Classes--Alison Humpal & Jess Emery--Presentation & Additional Materials

Bridging Past & Present: Resources for Holocaust Education--Anne McCarney--Presentation & Additional Materials

Networking Using Indigenous Texts Across the Curriculum--MCTE Board Members--Presentation & Additional Materials

Sticking Out Our Necks: Insights and Aid for First-Generation College Students--Whitney Jacobson--Presentation & Additional Materials

How to Make it Make Sense: Protocols for Creating a Safer Space to Discuss Student or Exemplar Work--Tish Jones--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 5

Crossing The Bridge: Strategies for Student Connection--Susan Brooks--Presentation & Additional Materials

Making Sense of Adolescent Literacy--Sara Bailey-Kosters & Tricia Mages--Presentation & Additional Materials

Shifts in the 2020 ELA Standards--Leigh Nida & Lee Fisher--Presentation & Additional Materials

Neurodiverse Books: Changing the Narrative on Disability--Bryan Boyce--Presentation & Additional Materials