Conference Program (PDF)

Thursday, May 1

Morning Keynote

Repurposing ELA for Flourishing and Well-Being--Nafeesah Mohammad

Session 1

Teacher Wellness 101--Susan Decker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Breaking Free from the Norm: Narrative Video Games as Anchor Texts--Kate Green--Presentation & Additional Materials

Chronological Overlaying: A Community-Centered Approach to Literacy and Social Studies Instruction--Crystal Wise --Presentation & Additional Materials

MCTE Intellectual Freedom Panel Discussion--Lisa Ortmann, Danielle Sullivan, Stephanie Rollag Yoon, Gina Bernard, Justin Grinage, Marcia Ranft, & Jessica Wagner--Presentation & Additional Materials

Artificial Intelligence in ELA Teaching and Learning--Kristin Bauck & Sarah Carter--Presentation & Additional Materials

Strategies for Increasing Engagement in Group Work--Sarah Osberg & Lisa Mayes--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 2

Stories Beyond Borders: Amplifying Voices Through Community, Social Justice, and Multilingual Narratives--Tea Rozman--Presentation & Additional Materials

Strengthening Media Literacy in the 2020 ELA Standards and Our Classrooms --Kristin Bauck & Sarah Carter--Presentation & Additional Materials

Outside The Box Ideas To Survive The English Teacher Grind--Kelsey Didrikson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Classroom Dialogue Across Differences--Rachel Malchow Lloyd--Presentation & Additional Materials

Taking Cultural Capital off the Page: Realistic Implementation of Yosso’s Theories--Jalen Giles & Meng Yang--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

Feeling Anti-Racism: How Popular Anti-Racist Books Impede Equity in the Aftermath of George Floyd --Justin Grinage

Session 3

Poetry Out Loud: Breaking Boundaries and Amplifying Voices--Mary Hillmann & Melanie Schmidt--Presentation & Additional Materials

From Story to Action: Connect Literature and Nonfiction Research to show Real World Impact--Ann Kaste & Allison Hackenmiller--Presentation & Additional Materials

Take A Hike; Connecting The English Classroom with the Outdoors--Kathleen C. Westgard--Presentation & Additional Materials

Building Bridges One Morpheme at a Time--Ted Stassen & Tara Ferguson--Presentation & Additional Materials

From Legislation to the Classroom: One District’s Implementation of the Minnesota READ Act--Danielle Stage, Lisa Birno, Hannah Solawetz, Abigail Kroening, & Heather Mac Murracy--Presentation & Additional Materials

Professional Learning as Lab: Middle School Literacy Institutes --Anne Roth & Madeline Vukson--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 4

Teaching Readers through Inquiry: Opening a Unit with Art, Music, and Background Knowledge--Rebecca Chatham-Vazquez--Presentation & Additional Materials

Beyond the Book: Bringing Media into the Classroom--Linda Mork & Emily Mihalik--Presentation & Additional Materials

Defining Evil: Students Contend with the Three Cs Lens (Complacency, Compartmentalization, and Complicity)--Ben Pieper--Presentation & Additional Materials

Fluency with a Purpose: Paraprofessionals Making Reading Practice Authentic--Danielle Stage, Hannah Solawetz, Patty Stadem, & Shamala Brandt--Presentation & Additional Materials

Measured Conversations: Rethinking Assessment with Oral Exams--Jane O'Halloren--Presentation & Additional Materials

Friday, May 2

Morning Keynote

Take Them Outside: Place-Based Writing as a Vehicle for Engagement and Authenticity --Rob & Amanda Montgomery

Session 5

Environmental Education in the 21st Century--Angela Wood--Presentation & Additional Materials

Dispatches from the Future--Luke Gliddon--Presentation & Additional Materials

Think OUT in the Open: Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Environmental & Narrative Writing--Anna Lehn & Jess Emery--Presentation & Additional Materials

How Are Changemakers Made?: What Happens When 3rd Graders Learn About Injustice--Matt Olson & Audrey Lensmire--Presentation & Additional Materials

Literature: A tool for Difficult Topics--Hiawatha Smith & Crystal Wise--Presentation & Additional Materials

Roots of a Novel: Life, Research, Revision--Payal Doshi & Heather Bouwman--Presentation & Additional Materials

Beyond Examples: Leveraging Mentor Texts for Study and Inspiration--Lee Fisher & Angela Hase--Presentation & Additional Materials

Session 6

Breaking the Mold: Curriculum Innovation--Emily Schmit & Chelsea Bowker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Trashy English--Amee Wittbrodt--Presentation & Additional Materials

We Have New Standards! Exploring and Unpacking the 2020 Minnesota Academic Standards in English Language Arts--Kristin Bauck & Tony Aarts--Presentation & Additional Materials

Using Diverse Children’s Literature and YA Text-Sets on the Theme of “Nature and the Outdoors” in Elementary Schools--Lisa Ortmann & Valerie Walker--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lit with Lyrics: Hip Hop in the ELA Classroom--Keenan Jones--Presentation & Additional Materials

Query In, Query Out : Minds Over Murals—Composing with AI & the Elderly--Stephen Markve--Presentation & Additional Materials

It's About Time!: Critical Race Theory as a Literacy Lens, Grades 9-12--Deborah Appleman--Presentation & Additional Materials

Lunch Keynote

The Great Rewrite: Stepping Outside the Lines to Reclaim My Story--Payal Doshi