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School of Education Spring Literacies Conference 2019 Critical Literacies: Building Bridges to Empower All Learners March 8-9, 2019 UAB Hill Student Center 1400 University Blvd Birmingham, AL 35294 Collaboratively Presented by: The MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference & The Red Mountain Writing Project
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School of Education
Spring Literacies Conference 2019 Critical Literacies:
Building Bridges to Empower All Learners
March 8-9, 2019 UAB Hill Student Center 1400 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35294
Collaboratively Presented by:
The MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference & The Red Mountain Writing Project
MMFLC Literacies Conference 2019
Greetings
On behalf of t h e UAB Maryann Manning Family Literacy Center, welcome to the f i r s t annual MMFLC Spr ing Li te rac ies Conference , former ly the 21st Centuries Learning Conference sponsored by the Red Mountain Writ ing Project and the MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference. This year, we honor and celebrate the 30th annual MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference and continue its legacy within the new conference framework!
Please note the following: • The format of the conference is the same each day. • Make a second choice in case you find your first choice is full. • Consider bringing a cushion for your comfort. • STI-PD code and conference certificate can be found in the back of the program. • Consider a donation to the Maryann Manning Family Literacy Center.
This event would not be possible without the support of our vendors; please take time to visit their booths. Enjoy the conference to its fullest; we are glad you are here!
Conference Steering Committee, 2019
Janet Bavonese, JSU Leslie Cowell, Faulkner State Amy Hoagland, Samford Vivian Givhan, UAB Lori Johnson, UNA Lynn Kirkland, UAB Rebecca McKay, Talladega Gayle Morrison, HCS Allison Newton, Judson Pat Nix, Retired Julie Paul, UAB Tonya Perry, UAB Diana Prutzman, BCS Sue Seay, Retired UAB Toni Shay, LexAmi Brandi Smith, ACS Joel Smith, BCS Jennifer Summerlin, UAB Cecil Teague, Retired Clark Underbakke, HCS Katie Watkins, BCS Mariah Weber, UAB Kristie Williams, BCS Amanda Rodriquez, ACS
Conference Co-Chairs, 2019
Kelly Hill & Sharonica Nelson
MidSouth Vendors Alabama Literacy Association BBB Educational Enterprises, Inc.
Benchmark Center for the Collaborative Classroom Heinemann Kia's Closet LexAmi Little Professor Book Center London's Touch Okapi Educational Publishing Stenhouse & Booksource UAB, Curriculum & Instruction
Dr. Maryann Murphy Manning
The 30th Annual MidSouth Reading and Writing Institute is dedicated with love and
admiration to Dr. Maryann Murphy Manning. She began her career as an energetic and passionate classroom teacher in Nebraska. Maryann’s career choices would eventually lead her to the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she spread her love of literacy and learning to teachers, colleagues, professional friends and graduate students. Her dedication and commitment to lifelong learning were contagious. MidSouth became her venue for bringing prominent educators to the Southeast, enlightening our views on literacy education for all learners.
Maryann was elected International Reading Association’s President for the year 2015- 2016. She was excited about sharing her goals for the organization and literacy learning around the world. She passed away while participating in the Asian Literacy Conference in Bali, Indonesia. She died while doing what she loved! It was also foreseeable that in 2015, IRA would present her with a special service award for her long time, dedicated service to the organization. Later, the IRA Maryann Murphy Manning Outstanding Volunteer Service Award was endowed and is given annually to dedicated members who have a lifelong commitment to the Association.
Maryann’s accomplishments and acts of generosity knew no bounds. Her longtime friend and colleague, Kenneth Goodman, offered words of encouragement to all who admire and miss her—We owe it to Maryann to renew our own commitment to carry on where she left off. The best tribute we can give her is to try to fill the void she left with our own hard work. The Maryann Manning Family Literacy Center has been established as a means to continue her work.
Thank you, Maryann! We love you! We miss you!
MMFLC Literacies Conference 2019 - Keynote Speakers Nell Duke
Nell Duke’s work focuses on early literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty. Her specific areas of expertise include development of informational reading and writing in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education. She has served as Co-Principal Investigator of projects funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, among other organizations. Duke has been named one of the 50 most influential education
scholars in the U.S. in EdWeek. Her most recent books are Inside Information: Developing Powerful Readers and Writers of Informational Text through Project-based Instruction and Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to 5, Second Edition.
Liza Jessie Peterson
Liza is an actress, playwright, poet, author and youth advocate who has been steadfast in her commitment to incarcerated populations both professionally and artistically for over two decades. Her critically acclaimed one woman show, The Peculiar Patriot, premiered at The National Black Theater in Harlem for two separate runs, and was nominated for three Audelco Awards.
Liza is author of ALL DAY: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island (Hachette). She was featured in Ava DuVernay’s Emmy award winning documentary The 13th (Netflix) and was a consultant on Bill Moyers documentary RIKERS (PBS).
Don Tate
Don Tate is an award-winning illustrator of numerous critically acclaimed books for children, including Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Charlesbridge, 2016); The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch (Eerdmans, 2015); The Cart That Carried Martin, (Charlesbridge); Hope’s Gift, (Penguin), and many others. He is also the author of Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree, 2015); It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw (Lee & Low Books, 2012), both books are Ezra Jack Keats award winners, and most
recently, Strong As Sandow: How Eugen Sandow Became The Strongest Man on Earth (Charlesbridge, 2017).
Leila Christenbury
Leila Christenbury is Emeritus Commonwealth Professor of English Education at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (Emerita) where she taught English methods, young adult literature, applied English linguistics, and the teaching of writing. For seven years she was director of the Capital Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project. A past president of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and a past editor of English Journal, her research has been recognized by the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English; the James N. Britton Award for Inquiry in English Language Arts; and the Edward B. Fry Book Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literacy Research.
Ken Lindblom
Ken Lindblom is Professor of English and, until recently, served as Dean of the School of Professional Development, at Stony Brook University and led the university’s teacher and leader education programs. He currently teaches courses in English, rhetoric, and communication. A member of NCTE since 1989, Ken was editor of English Journal from 2008-2013. He is co-author of three other books about teaching English and has published over two dozen articles, book chapters, and peer-reviewed blog posts on the subject.
Friday, March 8th, 2019 Day-‐‑at-‐‑a-‐‑Glance TIME ACTIVITY ROOM
8:00 – 8:30 REGISTRATION AND VENDORS Hill Center 3rd Floor
8:30 – 8:45 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Ballroom
8:45 – 9:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Nell Duke Literacy Activism: Pedagogy that Empowers
10:00 – 11:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS I (60 MINUTES) Nell Duke *FEATURED SESSION
Effective Literacy Pedagogical Practices (PK-2)
Ballroom D Trey Veazey
Visually Rendered Narratives: The Pedagogical Power of Wordless Books (K-8) Ballroom C
Dr. Taajah Witherspoon Social Justice Through Mathematical Reasoning (STEM, K-8) Ballroom B
Dr. Anette Mohan & Dr. Grace Jepkemboi Strategies for Teachers to Empower Developing Writers (PK-5) Ballroom A
Debbie Simms Empowering Students to Be the Change/ I Am Not what you See! (6-12) Rm 309
Dr. Cora Causey & Dr. Amelia Spencer “Please Keep Talking!”: Oral Language as the Missing Link in Literacy Learning (PK-5) Rm 314
Dr. Robin Parks Ennis Classroom Engagement is Critical for Literacy Success! Strategies to Help Facilitate Keeping all Students Engaged (Special Populations, PK-12)
Rm 203
Charlsie Wigley & Emily Cook Are Your Classroom Texts Windows, Mirrors, or Sliding-Glass Doors? Incorporating Effective Culturally Relevant Literature and Literacy Strategies in Classrooms. (PK-12)
Rm 220
Dr. Shannon McCarthy Barriers to Family Engagement in a Multi-Stressed School and Strategies for Addressing Them (9-12)
Rm 101
11:15 – 12:15 LUNCH, VENDORS, AND BOOK SIGNING 3rd Floor 12:30 – 1:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS II (60 MINUTES)
Don Tate *FEATURED SESSION Round Table Discussion: An Examination of Opportunities and Issues Related to Children’s Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom (PK-6) Moderator: Dr. Allison Newton
Ballroom D
Dr. Lorie Johnson, Lisa Clayton & Linda Armstrong Out of Wonder: A Book Tasting for All Ages (PK-5) Ballroom C
Amanda Cramer & Carla Marchant ST(R)EAM: Ramp Up Your Literacy Lessons with STEAM Integration (STEM, K-5) Ballroom B
Joy Winchester Family Connections to Build Brain Connections (Family Engagement, PK-8) Ballroom A
Amanda Giles Building Pathways to Literacy through ESL and Content Teachers’ Collaboration (ESL, 6-12) Rm 309
Jonathan Bush One on One Intensive Instruction: Partnering for Success in First-Year Writing (6-12) Rm 314
Janet Kaylor & Dr. Marissa Ramirez Stukey Curriculum & Professional Learning: A Partnership to Transform Instruction (PK-5) Rm 203
Kristie Williams Supporting Struggling Readers with Complex Texts: Strategies to Help Students Access Information in Grade-Level or Higher Complex Texts (6-12)
Rm 220
Fredeisha Harper Darrington & Kimberly Green Empowering ALL Learners: Utilizing Culturally Responsive Practice to Promote Literacy (PK-12)
Rm 101
1:45-2:00 WELCOME BACK
Ballroom 2:00 – 3:00 CLOSING KEYNOTE: Don Tate Using Picture Book Biographies in the Classroom
3:00-3:15 CLOSING REMARKS
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 Day-‐‑at-‐‑a-‐‑Glance
TIME ACTIVITY ROOM
8:00 – 8:30 REGISTRATION AND VENDORS Hill Center 3rd Floor
8:30 – 8:45 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Ballroom 8:45 – 9:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ken Lindblom & Leila Christenbury
Ten Reasons It’s (Mostly) Great to be an English Teacher! 10:00-11:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS I (60 MINUTES)
Leila Christenbury *FEATURED SESSION Best Practices for Teaching Literature and Literary Nonfiction (6-12) Ballroom D
Ken Lindblom *FEATURED SESSION Electrify Your Class with Social Media Literacy & Informational Texts (6-12) Ballroom C
Mariah Weber & Faith Kelley Engaging All Families in Literacy (Family Engagement, PK-5) Ballroom B
Dr. Josephine Prado Engaging Multilingual Families in P12 Schools with Human-Centered Design (Family Engagement, PK-12)
Rm 312
Chelsea Herndon “Can You See Me Now?”: A Critical Literacy Approach to Making Hidden Disabilities Visible Through Young Adult Literature and Mirrors, Windows, and Doors. (Special Populations, 6th-Adult)
Rm 314
Katie Ligget 25 Innovative Reading Strategies that Stick (PK-5) Rm 316
Janet Kaylor & Dr. Marissa Ramirez Stukey Creating Authentic Job-Embedded Professional Learning Opportunities to Transform Adult and Student Learning (PK-5)
Rm 204
Vanessa Vega & Dr. Sharonica Nelson Critical Engagement in the English Language Arts Classroom: Real Teachers, Real Talk (PK-12)
Rm 206
11:15-12:15 LUNCH, VENDORS, AND BOOK SIGNING 3rd Floor 12:30-1:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS II (60 MINUTES)
Liza Jessie Peterson & Panel *FEATURED SESSION Courageous Conversations: Past and Present Pipelines to Prison for Adolescent Males of Color and Strategies for Disrupting Them (PK-12)
Alumni Theater
Leila Christenbury **Repeat from morning session
Best Practices for Teaching Literature and Literary Nonfiction (6-12) Ballroom D
Ken Lindblom **Repeat from morning session Electrify Your Class with Social Media Literacy & Informational Texts (6-12) Ballroom C
Amanda Cramer & Carla Marchant Intentional Innovation: Facilitating Integrated Learning Experiences (STEM, PK-5) Ballroom B
Diana Prutzman & Katie Watkins Growing Readers through Shared Reading (PK-5) Rm 314
Dana Evans Creative Book Response: Connecting to Books Using Visual Literacy (PK-8) Rm 316
Kaitlyn Allen & Jessica Pilgrim Enhancing Multicultural Literacies through Oral Storytelling in Pre-K (PK-K) Rm 204
Brandi Smith & Amanda Rodriguez Accommodating Reading and Writing in Content Classes (ESL, 6-12) Rm 206
Poster Sessions Rm 318 1:45-2:00 WELCOME BACK
Alumni Theater
2:00-3:00 CLOSING KEYNOTE: Liza Jessie Peterson Finding Light in a Dark Place: Teaching the Marginalized and Empowering Them to Reach Beyond Their Circumstances
3:00-3:15 CLOSING REMARKS
Friday, March 8th, 2019
8:00 – 3:00 Registration and Vendors 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Dr. Kelly Hill UAB, MMFLC Director Dr. Sharonica Nelson UAB, Red Mountain Writing Project Opening Remarks Dr. Autumn Tooms Cypres Dean, UAB School of Education Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. Rebecca McKay Dean, Talladega College Keynote Address Friday, March 8th, 2019 8:45-9:45, Ballroom Keynote Speaker: Nell Duke Title: Literacy Activism: Pedagogy that Empowers Description: In the world outside of schools, reading and writing are important tools to address individual, community, and societal needs, opportunities, and interests. In the world inside of schools, too often reading and writing achieve none of these things. In this presentation, Duke discusses ways we can build curriculum and engage in pedagogy that empowers students to use reading and writing as powerful tools within and beyond school walls. Concurrent Sessions I Friday, March 8th, 2019 10:00 – 11:00 Nell Duke Room: Ballroom D University of Michigan *FEATURED SESSION Title: Effective Literacy Pedagogical Practices (PK-2) Description: PKindergarten through grade 2 are crucial years for literacy development, and they have been the subject of a huge amount of research and development. Still, important shortcomings in our instruction at these grade levels remain. In this presentation, Duke will identify some key instructional pitfalls to avoid in the PK - Grade 2 years—and what to do instead!
Trey Veazey Room: Ballroom C Affiliation: The Walker School Title: Visually Rendered Narratives: The Pedagogical Power of Wordless Books (K-8) Description: Wordless picture books are the perfect tools for increasing student achievement in all facets of literacy from comprehension & visual narrative frames to -- yes! -- fluency & vocabulary.
Dr. Taajah Witherspoon Room: Ballroom B Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Social Justice Through Mathematical Reasoning (STEM, K-8) Description: In this session, the participants will explore how to engage students in mathematics through Social Studies content. At the conclusion of this presentation participants will be able to utilize social studies content to make mathematics lessons more meaningful, connect current events and historical content to children's current experiences for their respective grades, and explore a framework to implement a unit of study that focuses on social justice through mathematics.
Dr. Anette Mohan & Dr. Grace Jepkemboi Room: Ballroom A Affiliation: Alabama A&M University & University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Strategies for Teachers to Empower Developing Writers (PK-5) Description: The presentation describes strategies that educators can use to help students believe in their potential as developing writers.
Debbie Simms Room: 309 Affiliation: Simmons Middle School Title: Empowering Students to Be the Change / I Am Not what you See! (6-12) Description: Hitting every aspect of Alabama's observation form, you will walk away with an engaging, thought-provoking lesson that utilizes technology culminating in creation of a powerful, insightful poem. This session can easily conform to any grade.
Dr. Cora Causey & Dr. Amelia Spencer Room: 314 Affiliations: University of Alabama at Birmingham & Birmingham Southern University Title: “Please Keep Talking!”: Oral Language as the Missing Link in Literacy Learning (PK-5) Description: This session will share ideas learned from Ugandan students and teachers regarding the importance of oral language. The ideas will spark conversations about promoting meaningful student talk in the classroom. Shared strategies will support growth for all learners in the areas of oral language, problem-solving, literacy, academics, and social development.
Dr. Robin Parks Ennis Room: 203 Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Classroom Engagement is Critical for Literacy Success! Strategies to Help Facilitate Keeping all Students Engaged (Special Populations, PK-12) Description: Teachers face the ongoing challenging of keeping students engaged in literacy activities. This can be a challenge for students with behavioral challenges, those with reading deficits, and/or English language learners. Low-intensity instructional strategies are tools that teachers can use within the classroom to promote the engagement of all students. During this session, we will go over a step-by-step guide on how to implement several key strategies – high-probability request sequences, precorrection, opportunities to respond, instructional choice, behavior specific praise with examples of how to implement each during reading instruction. Free access, online resources will also be shared.
Charlsie Wigley & Emily Cook Room: 220 Affiliations: Chelsea Middle School, Shelby County Schools & Jackson Olin, Birmingham City Schools Title: Are Your Classroom Texts Windows, Mirrors, or Sliding-Glass Doors? Incorporating Effective Culturally Relevant Literature and Literacy Strategies in Classrooms. (PK-12) Description: Teachers will learn how to incorporate culturally relevant literature and literacy strategies to increase student engagement and achievement.
Dr. Shannon McCarthy Room: 101 Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Barriers to Family Engagement in a Multi-Stressed School and Strategies for Addressing Them (9-12) Description: This presentation will discuss the results of an evaluation of high school stakeholders’ perspectives of family engagement in an urban school. Stakeholders involved included parents, administrators, staff, and faculty. This research took place in a school climate with unique challenges, including few existing community partnerships, few formal family involvement programs, and a high percentage of families living in poverty. Specific barriers discussed by stakeholders to family engagement in this type of school will be discussed, as well as some preliminary strategies to begin to address these barriers. Lunch & Vendors 11:15 – 12:15 AUTHOR SIGNING Concurrent Sessions II March 8th, 2019 12:30 – 1:30 Don Tate Room: Ballroom D Author *FEATURED SESSION Title: Round Table with Don Tate Description: Round Table Discussion: An Examination of Opportunities and Issues Related to Children’s Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom. (PK-6) Moderator: Dr. Allison Newton
Dr. Lorie Johnson, Lisa Clayton, & Linda Armstrong Room: Ballroom C Affiliation: University of North Alabama Title: Out of Wonder: A Book Tasting for All Ages (PK-5) Description: You are cordially invited to a Book Tasting at the Literary Café. Join us as we sample different genres, taste test a variety of new titles and explore ways to incorporate powerful mentor texts across the curriculum. Are you looking for new ways to motivate reluctant or striving readers and writers? Are you searching for new titles to capture your readers and inspire your writers? Then pull up a chair, grab a menu, and indulge in a four-course review of delicious children's literature guaranteed to leave you asking for seconds.
Amanda Cramer & Carla Marchant Room: Ballroom B Affiliation: Shades Mountain Elementary School Title: ST(R)EAM: Ramp Up Your Literacy Lessons with STEAM Integration (STEM, K-5) Description: Through the use of literature, Google Apps for Education, coding apps, and various tools (Dash & Dot, Sphero, Beebots), participants will gain ideas on how to seamlessly incorporate the newly adopted Alabama Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards using authentic and meaningful contexts that empower students and engage them in the learning process.
Joy Winchester Room: Ballroom A Affiliation: Alabama Department of Early Child Education Title: Family Connections to Build Brain Connections (Family Engagement, PK-8) Description: How do you build a strong lifelong learner? Build the family’s role in the child’s learning from birth through teenage years. These connections should be a focus for all children at every age. We will look at simple ways to build family connections at different ages, how to truly value and respect culture authentically in the classroom, and how to support families in their role as their child’s first teacher.
Amanda Giles Room: 309 Affiliation: Simmons Middle School Title: Building Pathways to Literacy through ESL and Content Teachers’ Collaboration Description: This session explores how ESL and content teachers collaborate to create literacy and language based activities for ESL students in mainstream middle school classrooms. (ESL, 6-12)
Jonathan Bush Room: 314 Affiliation: Western Michigan University Title: One on One Intensive Instruction: Partnering for Success in First-Year Writing (6-12) Description: This presentation focuses on an innovative first-year writing program that remediates failing students, mid-semester, by allowing them to work one-on-one with a faculty member to successfully complete the course.
Janet Kaylor & Dr. Marissa Ramirez Stukey Room: 203 Affiliation: Huntsville City Schools Title: Curriculum & Professional Learning: A Partnership to Transform Instruction (PK-5) Description: Learn how one district is transforming instruction by partnering with their curriculum as a catalyst for teacher learning and increased equity and accessibility for students.
Kristie Williams Room: 220 Affiliation: Birmingham City Schools Title: Supporting Struggling Readers with Complex Texts: Strategies to Help Students Access Information in Grade-Level or Higher Complex Texts (6-12) Description: One of the CCRS, ELA/Literacy shifts is the regular practice with complex text and its academic language. However, it can be difficult to support students who read below grade level. This session will provide best practices and strategies that help struggling readers gain information and be successful when reading complex texts.
Fredeisha Harper Darrington & Kimberly Green Room: 101 Affiliation: Fairfield City Schools Title: Empowering ALL Learners: Utilizing Culturally Responsive Practice to Promote Literacy (PK-12) Description: Would you like to foster diversity and multicultural learning through literacy practices in your work with all learners? This session will provide teachers with resources, tools, and strategies which promote and support literacy along with student equity and cultural acceptance utilizing a transformative perspective to pedagogy. Closing Session Friday, March 8th, 2019 1:45-3:15, Ballroom Keynote Address: Don Tate Title: Using Picture Book Biographies in the Classroom Description: As an illustrator, words frightened Don Tate. After all, artists create pictures, they don’t write stories. So how did a non-word person go about writing award-winning picture books (one that he did not illustrate)? Don will reveal all of that. How do creators of picture book biographies find and then zero in on the right information? How illustrators find their writing voice? And what about research—what to include and leave out? In answering these questions, Don shows how picture books are the ideal format to use to teach school subjects in elementary, middle and high school because it piques students’ curiosity visually with a well-told story, it presents complex issues in a more straightforward way, and picture books promote multiple perspectives through the narrator’s voice in revealing the narrative. Introduction of Keynote Dr. Allison Newton Judson College, Assistant Professor Closing Remarks: Dr. Sharonica Nelson
Saturday March 9th 2019 8:00 - 3:00 Registration and Vendors 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Dr. Sharonica Nelson UAB, RMWP Opening Remarks Dr. Jennifer Ponder Department Chair, UAB SOE, C&I Keynote Speaker Introduction Dr. Tonya Perry UAB School of Education Keynote Address: March 9th 2019 8:45-10:00, Ballroom Keynote: Dr. Leila Christenbury & Dr. Ken Lindblom Virginia Commonwealth University & Stony Brook University Title: Ten Reasons It’s (Mostly) Great to be an English Teacher! Description: Based on their work in Making the Journey, Ken and Leila talk about how they first became teachers and ten reasons they still love the profession. They end this lively keynote with a list of challenges everyone in the classroom faces today and offer some advice and practical strategies. Audience members are invited to share their insights. Concurrent Sessions I March 9th 2019 10:00 – 11:00 Dr. Leila Christenbury Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Ballroom D Title: Best Practices for Teaching Literature and Literary Nonfiction *FEATURED SESSION Description: Using research from Making the Journey and Continuing the Journey 1, Leila talks about classical, multicultural, contemporary, and YA literature as well as literary nonfiction of all kinds. Selection and teaching will be highlighted, and participants are invited to share their insights.
Dr. Ken Lindblom Stony Brook University Room: Ballroom C Title: Electrify Your Class with Social Media Literacy & Informational Texts *FEATURED SESSION Description: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening have been truly changed by social media and the influence of informational texts on our curricula. Ken explores engaging, evidence-based practices for taking up new genres that will complement literature instruction while also tapping students’ interests and improving their digital and informational literacy skills. He will draw from Making the Journey and NCTE’s Continuing the Journey series.
Mariah Weber & Faith Kelley Room: Ballroom B Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Engaging All Families in Literacy (Family Engagement) (Family Engagement, PK-5) Description: We will provide multiple strategies to engage all families through literacy. This will include highlighting the use of family dialogue journals, Family and Child Together Time, family workshops, and technology.
Dr. Josephine Prado Room: 312 Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Engaging Multilingual Families in P12 Schools with Human-Centered Design (Family Engagement, PK-12) Description: Building authentic connections between multilingual families and schools is known to promote student achievement. However, family engagement efforts flounder if transportation or childcare is lacking. Solving old problems requires innovative thinking and collaboration between schools and families. The presenter will guide participants through a Human-Centered Design model that incorporates inspiration, ideation, and implementation in order for both educators and families to align families’ perspectives with solutions that fit their needs.
Chelsea Herndon Room: 314 Affiliation: Auburn University (Special Populations, 6th-Adult) Title: “Can you see me now?”: A Critical Literacy Approach to Making Hidden Disabilities Visible Through Young Adult Literature and Mirrors, Windows, and Doors. (Special Populations, 6th-Adult) Description: A variety of YA titles featuring characters with a hidden disability and strategies to select YAL that authentically represents a disability will be discussed.
Katie Ligget Room: 316 Affiliation: Williamson County Schools Title: 25 Innovative Reading Strategies that Stick (PK-5) Description: Captivate students with original posters and strategy stickers! Come meet the Tackling Tiger Shark, Vocabulary Vulture, Inferencing Inchworm, Vowel Owl, Questioning Quail, Synthesizing Sturgeon, etc.
Janet Kaylor & Dr. Marissa Ramirez Stukey Room: 204 Affiliation: Huntsville City Schools Title: Creating Authentic Job-Embedded Professional Learning Opportunities to Transform Adult and Student Learning (PK-5) Description: Transform instruction by creating opportunities for educators to engage in authentic job-embedded professional learning practices: modified lesson studies, in-depth planning, instructional walks/rounds, and instructional coaching.
Vanessa Vega & Dr. Sharonica Nelson Room: 206 Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Critical Engagement in the English Language Arts Classroom: Real Teachers, Real Talk (PK-12) Description: This session will focus on how English Language Arts teachers create and implement lessons that critically engage students in the curriculum.
Lunch & Vendors 11:15 – 12:15 AUTHOR SIGNING
Concurrent Sessions II March 9, 2019 12:30-1:30
Liza Jessie Peterson & Panel Room: Alumni Theater *FEATURED SESSION Title: Courageous Conversations: Past and Present Pipelines to Prison for Adolescent Males of Color and Strategies for Disrupting Them Description: During this panel conversation, Liza Jessie Peterson will share her experiences teaching black and Latino males at Rikers Island. Local stakeholders will give historical perspectives, current issues, and future plans to disrupt the school to prison pipeline. Audience members will be encouraged to ask questions during the session.
Dr. Leila Christenbury Room: Ballroom D Virginia Commonwealth University Title: Best Practices for Teaching Literature and Literary Nonfiction **Repeat from Morning Description: Using research from Making the Journey and Continuing the Journey 1, Leila talks about classical, multicultural, contemporary, and YA literature as well as literary nonfiction of all kinds. Selection and teaching will be highlighted, and participants are invited to share their insights.
Dr. Ken Lindblom Room: Ballroom C Stony Brook University Title: Electrify Your Class with Social Media Literacy & Informational Texts **Repeat from Morning Description: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening have been truly changed by social media and the influence of informational texts on our curricula. Ken explores engaging, evidence-based practices for taking up new genres that will complement literature instruction while also tapping students’ interests and improving their digital and informational literacy skills. He will draw from Making the Journey and NCTE’s Continuing the Journey series.
Amanda Cramer & Carla Marchant Room: Ballroom B Affiliation: Shades Mountain Elementary School Title: Intentional Innovation: Facilitating Integrated Learning Experiences (STEM, K-5) Description: Intentional tech integration isn’t rocket science! Participants in this session will explore a number of different ways classroom teachers are integrating technology across the curriculum and inspiring innovation in young learners. Participants will gain experience and leave with examples for meaningful ways to integrate technology across all content areas. Bring a device and get ready for a fast-paced, tech-integrated session that is sure to empower and engage you AND your students!
Diana Prutzman & Katie Watkins Room: 314 Affiliation: Glen Iris Elementary School Title: Growing Readers through Shared Reading (PK-2) Description: This session includes information on the implementation of shared reading in the Pre-K through 2nd grade classroom. Topics include how to innovate and incorporate reading strategies into daily shared reading. Strategies, such as close reading and in-context word study, will be included to show the progression across grade levels with increased rigor to improve comprehension, engagement, and fluency. Participants will watch and discuss shared reading lessons that model specific strategies with multiple examples from grade levels.
Dana Evans Room: 316 Affiliation: University of Alabama Title: Creative Book Response: Connecting to Books Using Visual Literacy (PK-8) Description: Encourage today’s students to connect and respond to children’s literature using visual literacy methods. Preservice teachers explore sharing images to enhance literary meaning-making.
Kaitlyn Allen & Jessica Pilgrim Room: 204 Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bush K-6 and Glen Iris Elementary School Title: Enhancing Multicultural Literacies through Oral Storytelling in Pre-K (Pre-K) Description: Oral story telling is a crucial skill that will enhance students’ literacies throughout their educational careers, and it all begins in Pre-K. In this session, we will discuss the importance of oral storytelling and methods and strategies to enhance the oral story telling of your students. We will share how to make this learning experience meaningful to all students, including dual language learners, by incorporating translanguaging pedagogy and multicultural resources into your everyday classroom experiences. Join us and learn how you can enhance your students’ literacy development!
Brandi Smith & Amanda Rodriguez Room: 206 Affiliation: Thompson High School Title: Accommodating Reading and Writing in Content Classes (ESL, 6-12) Description: We will lead secondary school teachers through specific strategies to support reading and writing. Teachers will learn tools to help students construct academic knowledge of any content area.
Poster Session (All Grades) Room: 318 See Poster Session Insert
Closing Session March 9th 2019 1:45-3:15, Alumni Theater Keynote Address: Liza Jessie Peterson Title: Finding Light in a Dark Place: Teaching the Marginalized and Reaching Beyond Their Circumstances Description: This session will be a mix of short excerpts from Liza Jessie Peterson’s book All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island and an account of her experiences teaching incarcerated students at Rikers Island. Introduction of Keynote Dr. Kelly Hill UAB, Assistant Professor & MMFLC Director Closing Remarks: Dr. Kelly Hill and Dr. Sharonica Nelson
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