Conference Program 

Thursday, April 30

Morning Keynote

Wavering and pushing: Languaging nationality in a high school LGBTQ+-themed literature course--Mollie Blackburn

Session 1

Storytelling Their Way: Empowering Student Voice Through Multimodal Expression--Marcia Ranft--Presentation & Additional Materials

Writing, AI, and Student Agency: A Problem of Practice -- Paul Kratwell--Presentation & Additional Materials

Using the MCA Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) to Help Create Classroom Assessment Rubrics--Anne Roth Reinhardt, Kristin Bauck, Tony Aarts, Jen Behnke --Presentation & Additional Materials

How to Actually Teach Writing, Not Just Assign It--Megan Bayrd--Presentation & Additional Materials

Amplifying Every Voice: From the Classroom to the Page--Burke Scarbrough & Hiawatha Smith--Presentation & Additional Materials

Changing it Up: New Texts for Old Classics--Steven Fisher, Kate Green, Suzy Kaback, Sierra Gilbertson, Abigail Mooney, Alyssa Richter--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 2

Hear Them Read: Empowering Fluency Through Collaborative High School Partner Routines--Chelsea Bowker & Emily Schmit--Presentation & Additional Materials

African American English in the Classroom --Daryl Parks--Presentation & Additional Materials

Teaching English in Rural Communities--Allison Wynhoff Olsen--Presentation & Additional Materials

Department Chairs, Unite!--Cynthia Lotze--Presentation & Additional Materials

Integrating Computer Science with ELA through MDE CS-Integrated Standards--Tom Cozzolino--Presentation & Additional Materials

Teaching Diverse Texts in Complex Times--Jenna Pomraning & Jen Behnke--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

Writing from a Place of Responsibility  --Ari Tison

Session 3

Minnesota Writers:  Reading like a Writer--David Beard--Presentation & Additional Materials

Whose Voices Are Missing? Creating Space Through Literature--Hiawatha Smith & Crystal Wise--Presentation & Additional Materials

Back on the Shelf: Reinstating Banned Books to Our Classrooms--Lisa Ortmann, Stephanie Rollag Yoon, & Daryl Parks--Presentation & Additional Materials

Grade-Appropriate Literacy Building Activities for High School--Katherine Greene & Chelsea Bowker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Getting Real: Authentic Learning in the English/Language Arts Classroom--Tanya Miller--Presentation & Additional Materials

Media Literacy Discussion, Resource Sharing--Rachel Malchow Lloyd--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 4

An Improvisational Ethos: How Teachers Can Embrace It in Non-Performative Ways--Sequoia Black--Presentation & Additional Materials

Poetry Out Loud: Amplifying Voices--Mary Hillmann--Presentation & Additional Materials

What does the READ Act Mean for Minnesota’s Secondary ELA Educators?--Kristin Bauck, Chris Bretz, Jennifer Wazlawik, Amy Maki, Anna Gross, & Rachel Moeller--Presentation & Additional Materials

Drop Everything and Read Indigenous with the Native American Lives Series--Corey China & Jason Bresette--Presentation & Additional Materials

Engagement Through Enjoyment: Rethinking Higher-Level Teaching--Autumn Miles & Brooke Froehle--Presentation & Additional Materials

Friday, May 1

Morning Keynote

Teaching English in Place: Talk, Belonging, & Community--Allison Wynhoff Olsen

Session 5

Students Want the Racial Literacy that Comes from Them--Abigail Robalski--Presentation & Additional Materials

PBS News Student Reporting Labs: Multimedia Storytelling for Research, Writing, & Civic Engagement--Trina Moore--Presentation & Additional Materials

ELA Standards Bundling Workshop--Kristen Bauck--Presentation & Additional Materials

Theatre Arts and Critical Literacy in the Elementary Classroom--Wendy Richards--Presentation & Additional Materials

Teaching Rural Diversity Through Literature--Trinity Johnson, Merideth Klingbeil, Ivy Matejcek, & Sophie Statsman--Presentation & Additional Materials

Differentiating to Support Learners with Foundational Reading Needs --Anna McNulty Taylor--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 6

Cultivating Word Consciousness through Morphology in Grades 3-12--Anna McNulty Taylor--Presentation & Additional Materials

From Lived Experience to Literary Voice: Teaching Voice Through Immigrant & Refugee Graphic Narratives--Kathy Seipp & Mila Mostova--Presentation & Additional Materials

Radically Including People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Literary Classroom--Rachel Lieberman & Shinoa Makinen--Presentation & Additional Materials

Teaching Narrative through Role-playing Games (RPG)--Jon Geimer--Presentation & Additional Materials

 Rural ELA Teachers: Discussion & Collaboration Session--Sierra Gilbertson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

Compass Coaching to Create Strong Educational Partnerships--Tracy Byrd