Conference Program (PDF)

Thursday, May 4

Morning Keynote

Including Respectful Representations of Native American Literature in the Classroom--Dawn Quigley

Session 1

A Trauma-informed Framework for the Culturally-sustaining English Classroom--Danielle Kubasko Sullivan--Presentation & Additional Materials

Agency, Equity, and Engagement through ELA:  Learning to analyze, adapt and develop high quality instructional materials--Suzy Kaback & Katherine Panning--Presentation & Additional Materials

Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Look In, Look Up, Look Out--Susan Decker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Ungrading in a Graded World--Neil Witikko--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 2

A Shared Journal Project Between First Graders and Preservice Teachers--Ariri Onchwari & Lee Anne Heikkinen--Presentation & Additional Materials

AAPI Literature Suggestions and Resources: Reflections from MCTE's Diverse Books Reading Group--Sierra Gilbertson, Jacqueline Arnold, Suzy Kaback, Steve Fisher, & Kathryn Hoffmann-Thompson --Presentation & Additional Materials

Building a Reading Culture--Katie Laugen & Kelsey Didrikson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Instructional Best Practices that support the 2020 ELA Standards--Leigh Nida, Jenny Wazlawik, & Chris Bretz--Presentation & Additional Materials

The Importance of Phonics in our Younger Grades: Why and How?--Emily Speer & Ann Marie Zeimetz-Schultz--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

Using Film to Unlock Textual Literacy--Robert Bryant Crisp--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 3

Climate Justice Where You Are: Place-Conscious Stories for Developing Climate Literacy--Nick Kleese--Presentation & Additional Materials

Fresh Approaches to Read-Alouds--Valerie Walker & Suki Jones Mozenter--Presentation & Additional Materials

Going Beyond Figurative Language: Poetry Strategies To Deepen Comprehension--Angela Hase--Presentation & Additional Materials

No-Stress Differentiation--Jennifer Augustine--Presentation & Additional Materials

Reconsidering  Minnesota History through Dakota Narratives: Part One--Lee Fisher, Maria Asp, & Tessa Flynn Henderson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 4

Bringing a Mindfulness Practice into the Secondary Classroom--Melissa Cournia--Presentation & Additional Materials

Children’s and Adolescent Literature as a Culturally (and Career) Sustaining Force for Good--Jake Knaus--Presentation & Additional Materials

Cross-Cultural Competence and Caring For: Building Teacher-Student Relationships in an Urban High School--André Borka--Presentation & Additional Materials

The Book Rationale: One Tool in the Fight Against Censorship--Jacqueline Arnold & Rachel Malchow Lloyd--Presentation & Additional Materials

Reconsidering  Minnesota History through Dakota Narratives: Part Two--Lee Fisher, Maria Asp, & Tessa Flynn Henderson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Friday, May 5

Morning Keynote

From the Classroom to the Page and Back Again--Nicole Kronzer--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 5

1 + 1 = 1.  Sentence Combining Made Easy--John Atella--Presentation & Additional Materials

Authors Supporting Teachers: Eight Activities to Foster a Love of Reading and Social Awareness--Rebecca K.S. Ansari, Juliana Brandt, Payal Doshi, & Rina Heisel--Presentation & Additional Materials

Poetry In Real Life: Making poetry accessible for young students--Ellen Fee & Cristeta Boarini--Presentation & Additional Materials

Reading Worlds and Words: Building and Sustaining Culturally Diverse Learners' Vocabularies--Terrance Kwame-Ross--Presentation & Additional Materials

Teaching Literature During the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture and Troubled Texts in Troubling Times--Deborah Appleman--Presentation & Additional Materials

Theme and the Informational Text: Cognitive Strategies to Support Analytic Writing--Lee Fisher & Anna Lehn--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 6

Bundling Benchmarks in the 2020 ELA Standards--Leigh Nida, Jenny Wazlawik, & Chris Bretz--Presentation & Additional Materials

Notable Tradebooks: Integrating Social Studies and Diversity in Read Alouds--Hiawatha Smith--Presentation & Additional Materials

Outdoors Outspoken: Immersive Environmental Justice Learning Through Writing--Ellen Fee & Cristeta Boarini--Presentation & Additional Materials

Supporting and Sustaining Multigenre Writing--Burke Scarbrough & Bethany Carroll--Presentation & Additional Materials

Taking the First Steps Toward Equity--Angela Hase--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

Writing, Reading, and Teaching the Stories In-Between--Shannon Gibney