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Saturday, January 30
 

9:00am EST

100 - On-Demand: Supporting EL Students: Thoughtful Text Selection, Book Introductions, and Prompting
Securing success for EL students by providing carefully selected texts, supportive book introductions, and targeted prompting during guided reading.
Speakers
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Melinda Miller

Professor, Sam Houston State University
Melinda Miller is a Professor of Reading at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. She is a former Reading Recovery teacher and also taught kindergarten, first, and second grades. Additionally, she worked as a Reading Specialist for K-4 students.
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Jolene Reed

Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University
Jolene Reed is an Assistant Professor of Reading at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. She is a former Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and K-5 Literacy Coordinator for a public school district. She has many years of classroom teaching experience in grades K-6.

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

101 - On-Demand: It's All About Trust: Three Methods for Teaching Reading Impactfully
Address trust, engagement, and joy in the impactful teaching of reading. Empower teachers to re-tool their conferencing, assessments, minilessons and read-alouds to create agentive student reading experiences.
Speakers
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Jennifer Scoggin

Literacy Consultant
Dr. Jennifer Scoggin has been working in classrooms as a teacher, researcher and consultant for over 20 years. She holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University, has presented at several national conferences and is the author of Be Fabulous... Read More →
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Hannah Schneewind

Literacy Consultant
Hannah Schneewind has been teaching and consulting for over 25 years. She taught first and second grade in Brooklyn, NY and Westport, CT., and she consults nationally. She is a frequent presenter at conferences such as NCTE, ILA, Literacy for All, and the Connecticut Reading Association... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

102 - On-Demand: Making Instruction Match YOUR Writers: Introducing Four Domains of Responsiveness
Become equipped and empowered to make modifications to curriculum and instruction based on the academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional identities and abilities of YOUR students.
Speakers
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Kelsey Sorum (Corter)

K-1 Co-Teacher, Brooklyn Compass Charter School
Kelsey Sorum spends each day co-constructing joyful learning experiences alongside 26 kindergartners at a NYC progressive public school. Kelsey values the strong voices of young children and knows literacy is a vessel for them to be seen and heard, while developing empathy and perspective-taking... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

105 - On-Demand: Book Introductions: Making the First Read Successful
Clay says designing an introduction 'demands great skill.' Explore various elements of crafting an introduction from planning to delivery so EVERY student is successful. Appropriate for teachers of all experience levels.
Speakers
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Caitlyn White

1st Grade Teacher, Fayette County Public Schools
Caitlyn White has 6 years experience in the classroom. She has taught 5th grade and is currently a 1st grade teacher. Caitlyn recently completed a year-long study aimed at connecting Marie Clay's Literacy Processing Theory to classroom practices. During this time, she taught a student... Read More →
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Amy Emmons

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Fayette County Public Schools
Amy Emmons is a Reading Recovery teacher leader in Lexington, Kentucky, where she works with Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons teachers in both urban and suburban schools. Prior to her initial training as a Reading Recovery teacher in 2006, she taught kindergarten and first grade... Read More →
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Beth Magsig

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Fayette County Public Schools
Beth Magsig is a Reading Recovery teacher leader with Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, Kentucky. She completed her Reading Recovery teacher training in 2006 and became a teacher leader in 2014. Prior to her Reading Recovery training, Beth spent six years as a primary grade... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

106 - On-Demand: Teaching in a Brave Space: Best Practices for Remote Literacy Instruction
Teachers have bravely translated best practices into remote learning experiences; considering learner impact of each. Discover remote learning practices/resources that support literacy development of our most fragile K-2 literacy learners.
Speakers
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Peggy Phillips

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Lexington School District One
Peggy Phillips is the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader for Lexington School District One. Peggy’s 25 years of teaching experience includes working with at-risk students at the pre-k, elementary, middle, and high school level in a traditional school setting as well as several years... Read More →
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Kris Gillaspy

Coordinator of Response to Intervention & ESOL, Lexington School District One
Kris Gillaspy is the Coordinator of Response to Intervention & ESOL and serves as the Site Coordinator for Reading Recovery for Lexington School District One. Kris taught middle school English Language Arts and served as a literacy coach for 13 years prior to moving to the coordinator... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

107 - On-Demand: Leveraging Language to Build and Bridge English Learners' Vocabulary Needs in K-5 Classrooms
Examine the language assets English Learners bring to the K-5 classroom. Leveraging those assets while building their vocabulary provides opportunities for increasing literacy and English language development, translanguaging approach during this interactive session.
Speakers
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Lesley Morgan

Title III EL Specialist, Harrison County SD
Lesley is National Board Certified Teacher with almost 20 years of teaching experience ranging from EFL teaching in Japan to higher education teaching at a large public university, middle school classroom reading teacher, and as an itinerant, EL specialist where she works with ages... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

108 - On-Demand: Using Literacy Practices to Teach Empathy
Teaching empathy is essential in strengthening a positive classroom community. Learn to navigate emotional literacy and how to incorporate empathy into your daily literacy practices.
Speakers
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Ryli Ball

5th Grade Teacher, Newark City Schools
Ryli Ball is currently a fifth-grade teacher in Newark City Schools. She is an experienced elementary educator with a background in working with students with various emotional and behavioral disorders. Ryli has a passion for teaching and incorporating emotional learning in the classroom... Read More →
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Sherry Kinzel

Literacy/Coach Trainer, The Ohio State University
Sherry Kinzel is a University Trainer for the Literacy Collaborative Project, a nationally recognized literacy coach training center at The Ohio State University. She is passionate about helping educators discover their strengths and create the kind of transformational change in schools... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (3-5)

9:00am EST

109 - On-Demand: Cultivating Conversation in the Classroom Using Read-Alouds and Book Clubs
Develop and deepen the art of conversation in the classroom through prompting and the gradual release model. Students build conversational prowess while talking about books.
Speakers
avatar for Alison Gettler

Alison Gettler

Literacy Coach, Crawford Woods ES
Alison Gettler is an Intermediate Literacy Coach in the Hamilton City School District. She has twenty four years of teaching experience in the elementary grades. In 2011, Alison was The Henry T. Wilke's Celebrates Education Award of Education Finalist. Alison holds a Master's Degree... Read More →
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Brandee Staud

Intermediate Literacy Coach, Hamilton City School District
Brandee Staud is an intermediate literacy coach in The Hamilton City School District. She has twenty-one years of experience teaching students in first through fifth grades. Brandee holds a Master?s Degree is Elementary Education and has recently completed training through The Ohio... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (3-5)

9:00am EST

110 - On-Demand: Supporting Student Comprehension: Creating Text Sets to Support Historical Fiction
Dip into perspectives of multiple text comprehension. Dive into creating text sets using primary and secondary sources. Finish with building a unit that addresses Social Studies and English Language Arts standards.
Speakers
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Mandy Wallace

4th Grade Teacher, Slippery Rock Area
Mandy Wallace has been working in the field of education for 20 years working with students and teachers in grades K-5. These positions have included curriculum coordinator, reading specialist, and a classroom teacher. She has a passion for anything and everything literacy related... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (3-5)

9:00am EST

111 - On-Demand: Writing Minilessons: Illuminating What Writers Do to See the Possibilities
Discover how to teach minilessons that support writers by making visible understandings relative to writing process, craft, conventions, genre, and management. Explore mentor texts, planning, and building a writing community.
Speakers
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Wendy Reed (Sheets)

Literacy Collaborative Trainer, OSU Literacy Collaborative Training Center
As an author, speaker, Literacy Collaborative trainer, PhD candidate, consultant, researcher, former classroom teacher, literacy coach, & Reading Recovery teacher with over 20 years of experience, Wendy is passionate about fostering professional learning with teachers, coaches, administrators... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (3-5)

9:00am EST

112 - On-Demand: Decision-Making for Engaging Shared Reading Demonstrations
Explore the role of routines and behaviors during shared reading in developing and expanding language and deepening comprehension. Identify four categories of instructional decisions highlighting the impact on student engagement.
Speakers
avatar for Brian Cambourne

Brian Cambourne

Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc., Featured Speaker
Brian Cambourne is presently a Principal Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He began teaching in 1956 at the age of 19 and spent nine years teaching in a mix of one-room schools and primary classrooms K-6 for the New South Wales Department of Education. In his tenth... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (3-5)

9:00am EST

121 - On-Demand: Shifting from a Basal to Responsive Literacy Instruction in K-8
Our district shifted our thinking from, what will we adopt this cycle to what materials support our ideology about how students learn to read. Our literacy coaches made it possible.
Speakers
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Bernadette Gallegos

5-6 Grade Literacy Coach, Portales Municipal School District
Bernadette has dedicated her time in education working with students aging from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Her knowledge around high expectations and ability to motivate students to do their best is her expertise. She joined the Portales literacy team in 2018 and her willingness to... Read More →
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Lynne Walker

Kindergarten Literacy Coach, Portales Municipal School District
Lynne Walker has extensive knowledge and wealth of experience in Kindergarten education. Lynne has been a Kindergarten classroom teacher and a Kindergarten Literacy Coach and Interventionist for over 20 years. She brings sunshine to her students and the teachers she mentors.
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Sara Hunton

Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction, Portales
Sara Hunton has educators at the heart of her work in education. Throughout her experiences, as a student, teacher, literacy coach, mentor, and administrator she has developed an empathic understanding of the gap between the desire to want to meet all students at their current reality... Read More →
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Bridget Segovia

Grade 1 and 2 Literacy Coach, Portales Municipal School District
Bridget Segovia began her experience in Special Education and developed a deep understanding of working with readers who were struggling. She advanced her experience through Reading Recovery training and continued sharing her knowledge as the grades 1 and 2 Literacy Coach. Bridget... Read More →
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Amy Horton

Grades 3-4 Literacy Coach, Portales Municipal School District
Amy Horton has extensive teaching experience working with upper elementary students and through her training has developed a gift of eliciting deep and thoughtful oral and written responses from her students. Amy's leadership as a classroom teacher, generated a professional path that... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Literacy Coaching

9:00am EST

122 - On-Demand: Building Equitable Instruction Through Student Work Analysis
Effective learning begins with outcome. Learn ways literacy coaches can share how student work relates to equity, protocols for reviewing performance tasks, and action plans to create data-driven teachers.
Speakers
avatar for Angela Gunter

Angela Gunter

Instructional Coach, Daviess County High School
Angie Gunter has had 18 years of experience in literacy education as a high school English teacher, a regional literacy specialist for 46 school districts, and college adjunct at 3 universities. She serves as the district literacy instructional coach for the 20 schools in Daviess... Read More →
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Shiryl McAdams

District Literacy Intervention Coach, Daviess County Public Schools
Shiryl McAdams has 21 years of experience in elementary education in Kentucky and Florida.  She has taught kindergarten through 6th grades and was a school-based Elementary Literacy Coach and Interventionist for 8 years.  She is currently in her fourth year as the Literacy Intervention... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Literacy Coaching

9:00am EST

123 - On-Demand: Research Informed Coaching Practices
Let's examine research that can inform your work as coaches. We include just published studies as well as revisit older studies that can shape your work with teachers.
Speakers
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Denise Morgan

Professor, Kent State University
Denise N. Morgan is a Professor of Literacy Education at Kent State University. She presents at this conference regularly along with at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference and the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. She has provided professional... Read More →
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Dr. Enrique Puig

Director Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida
Enrique A. Puig is the director Morgridge International Reading Center at University of Central Florida. Enrique A. Puig has over 37 years of experience in education with experiences varying from K-12 classroom teaching, literacy coaching, to Reading Recovery®. Enrique actively presents... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Literacy Coaching

9:00am EST

131 - On-Demand: Boosting the Summer Blues Away
Summer Literacy Boost addresses summer slide by providing an out of school ELA experience on steroids for Kindergarten and 1st grade students. Includes a description of a pandemic-related virtual version.
Speakers
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Allison Henry

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Jefferson County Public Schools
Allison has been an educator for 18 years. Allison trained to be a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in 2013-14 and currently holds this position for Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY. Allison served on the RRCNA board of directors in 2018-19 and presented at the Reading... Read More →
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Amy Goodenough

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Jefferson County Public Schools
Amy Goodenough: Amy is a 20-year veteran of public education and a National Board Certified Teacher, having served as a primary classroom teacher for eleven years before training as a Reading Recovery teacher. She trained as a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in 2013-14 and currently... Read More →
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Maria Carrico

Title I Specialist, Jefferson County Public Schools
Maria has 30 years of experience in the education field. She has been a classroom teacher, Reading First State Coach, District Resource teacher, and is currently a Title I Specialist in Jefferson County Public Schools. Her role includes providing continued support for schools as they... Read More →
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Heather Wright Cicchiello

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Jefferson County Public Schools
Heather Cicchiello Wright has been in education in Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY for 13 years. She was a classroom teacher for 5 years before training to be a Reading Recovery teacher and later a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. Since 2013-14, she has served in... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Leadership in Literacy

9:00am EST

133 - On-Demand: Zap the Gap: Mitigating Learning Interruptions
How does research define the summer reading slide? Which programs are most effective? Learn how to adapt these programs to other sustained learning interruptions like floods, tornados, hurricanes, to the Corona virus.
Speakers
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Carol Levine

Founder, SongLake Books, LLC
Carol Levine has been a reading teacher (grades K-12), a reading recovery teacher, an elementary school principal, a curriculum developer, and is the founder of SongLake Books._x000D_Her current interests are expanding diverse literature in K-4 guided reading programs and classroom... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Leadership in Literacy

9:00am EST

44A - On-Demand+: Changing Up Read-Aloud to Foster Agency, Identity, and Interpretation
Young readers have big ideas and love to talk about them. Let's shift the teacher's role in read-aloud to empower students and create space for meaningful, developmentally appropriate response.

Join the live Continued Engagement session #44B on February 4 at 4:00 PM EST to follow-up this on-demand recording, allowing you to interact with the speaker in real time for extended reflection, discussion, and personalized learning.
Speakers
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Clare Landrigan

Author, Heinemann
Clare Landrigan is a staff developer who is still a teacher at heart. She spends her days partnering with school systems to implement best practices in the field of literacy and is on the board of The Book Love Foundation. She is the co-author of, It's All About the Books published... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

81 - On-Demand: Predictions of Progress that Pop: Ongoing Goal-Setting to Foster Acceleration
Study Clay's resources and student/teacher records to analyze student behaviors and teacher interactions. Determine needed timely POP goals that foster acceleration and set conditions for complex literacy processing.
Speakers
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Rachel Chappell

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Sarasota County Schools, Tatum Ridge Elementary
Rachel Chappell has been an educator for 20+ years in Sarasota, FL. with elementary teaching and professional development experience. She has been reading coach, Reading Recovery Teacher and is currently a Teacher Leader in Sarasota County, FL, a young yet robust Reading Recovery... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

82 - On-Demand: 'Where Are You Looking?'
Clay states 'Reading begins with looking and ends when you stop looking.' Come to investigate where they are looking and how to build 'attending to print' stronger.
Speakers
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Teresa Fruth

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Ashland University, Schar College Of Education
Teresa Fruth has been a Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons teacher leader for the past 8 years at the Ashland University/Mansfield City Schools site. In her 29 years in education she has taught every grade Kindergarten through third, including Extended Day Kindergarten and Title 1... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

83 - On-Demand: The Art of Composition
'Writing is as much about composing as it is about recording.' Consider what goes into composing stories, how it changes over time and how it all goes together.
Speakers
HG

Heather Good

Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons Teacher Leader, Wright State University
Heather is a Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons Teacher Leader at Wright State University. She has been in education over 20 years and has taught whole classrooms, small groups, one on one in elementary schools as well as undergraduate and graduate students in the education field... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

85 - On-Demand: Teaching for Independence Inside and Outside the Reading Recovery Lesson
Discover how our teaching decisions inside the Reading Recovery lesson and our deliberate actions outside the Reading Recovery lesson can foster student initiation and independence.
Speakers
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Braedan Schantz

Teacher Leader, Wright State University
Braedan Schantz is a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader at Wright State University in Dayton, OH serving western Ohio and eastern Indiana. She has also taught undergraduate courses in phonics, early childhood assessment, and writing. She has previously presented at the 2016, 2017, 2018... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

86 - On-Demand: Flexibility and Self-Regulation: More Important than Ever
Explore two executive function skills essential to literacy teaching and learning: flexibility and self-regulation. Examine Clay’s writings about these critical areas and focus attention on how they are developed across the lesson.
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader & K-12 Literacy Teacher Leader, Solon City Schools
Jeff Williams, an Ohio literacy educator for more than 30 years, is the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and K-12 Literacy Coach for Solon Schools. Jeff was RRCNA President in 2018 and has served on the Board of Directors from 2013 to present. He is a regular speaker at international... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

87 - On-Demand: Using the Power of Language to Increase Multilingual's Reading and Writing
Learn how to leverage the Record of Oral Language and lesson records to expand multilingual Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons students’ use of complex language structures and vocabulary in reading and writing.
Speakers
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Adria Klein

Professor, Saint Marys College
Adria Klein, Ph.D., is the Trainer and Director of the Reading Recovery Center at Saint Mary’s College of California. Dr. Klein is the co-author of many professional books and articles including Research in Reading Recovery, as well as many children's books. Her latest books are... Read More →
avatar for Nancy Rogers-Zegarra

Nancy Rogers-Zegarra

Teacher Leader, Bellevue Union School District
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra's professional experience spans 38 years and includes classroom teaching, serving as a literacy coach, interventionist, reading specialist, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Principal, District Director for English Learners and Assessment, and as a County Office... Read More →
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Julie Kugler

Teacher Leader, San Mateo Foster City
Julie Kugler is currently a Program Specialist (Literacy) and Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in San Mateo-Foster City School District in California. Her 24-year career also includes classroom instruction, Lead Literacy Coach, Literacy Consultant and adjunct instructor at San Jose... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

88 - On-Demand: Understanding the Complexity of Word Analysis During Reading and in Isolation
Focus on word analysis/taking words apart while reading continuous texts and exploring words in isolation. Recommended for all levels of Reading Recovery educators.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Fried

Mary Fried

Trainer Emeritus  , North American Trainers Group
Mary Fried is a nationally known champion of young, struggling readers. She served as a Trainer at The Ohio State University Reading Recovery Center for over 30 years. As part of the first pilot study of Reading Recovery 36 years ago, Mary was trained by Marie Clay and Barbara Watson... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Reading Recovery

9:00am EST

89 - On-Demand: Decodable Texts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this session, participants will explore this early reading tool, the research around it, and how to elevate decodable text instructional practices to get more learning benefits from its use.
Speakers
avatar for Wiley Blevins

Wiley Blevins

Author, Self
Wiley Blevins is an author, educational consultant, and researcher. He completed his graduate work at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has taught both in the United States and South America. Wiley has written over 16 books for teachers, including A FRESH LOOK AT PHONICS, PHONICS... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom

9:00am EST

90 - On-Demand: Meeting the Needs of ELs in a 21st Century Classroom
Interactive session focuses on building students' language, literacy, and content-area knowledge using engaging digital tools, print resources, and collaboration to provide support for diverse learners in achieving grade-level standards.
Speakers
avatar for Barbara Andrews

Barbara Andrews

Literacy Consultant
Barbara Andrews has been a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, Descubriendo la lectura teacher, literacy facilitator, and administrator for 27 years. As a retired educator, Barbara is now a national literacy consultant and an author of children's books, as well as professional... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-8)

9:00am EST

91 - On-Demand: Teaching for Transfer: Building Real-World Connections
Identify ways to support students as they progress beyond mastery of standards to transfer, thus empowering students to take ownership of their own learning and become critical thinkers.
Speakers
avatar for Barbara Andrews

Barbara Andrews

Literacy Consultant
Barbara Andrews has been a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, Descubriendo la lectura teacher, literacy facilitator, and administrator for 27 years. As a retired educator, Barbara is now a national literacy consultant and an author of children's books, as well as professional... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-8)

9:00am EST

92 - On-Demand: Deep in Thought: Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas
Promoting literacy skills throughout the curriculum will likely increase students' reading comprehension and conceptual knowledge. Learn five K-8 literacy strategies to foster engagement and critical thinking in the content areas.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Lemke

Jennifer Lemke

Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Emily Kildow

Literacy Instuctor, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Emily Kildow has been in education for 6 years serving as a classroom teacher and is currently a literacy instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her instruction is centered around the most current practices involving reading and writing to preservice teachers. Emily has... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-8)

9:00am EST

94 - On-Demand: Native Americans: More Than a Thanksgiving Theme
Schools often reinforce the stereotype of Native Americans by only associating them with Thanksgiving. Learn how to incorporate culturally authentic Native American culture and literature into the classroom.
Speakers
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Kayla Lewis

Literacy Professor, Missouri State University
Kayla Lewis, Ph.D., has been in the education field for over 20 years, with experience as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, literacy coach, and university professor. She is currently a literacy professor at Missouri State University. Her research focuses on interventions... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-8)

9:00am EST

95 - On-Demand: Powerful Prompting: The Missing Link
Explore impactful ways to prompt for strategic action using student data. Prompting provides a common language and a link between intervention and the classroom to promote student growth.
Speakers
avatar for Carla Castator

Carla Castator

Director of Pk-6 Curriculum and Instruction, Hamilton City Schools
Carla Castator serves as Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction for Hamilton City School District in Hamilton, Ohio.
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Karen Wilhelm

Reading Teacher, Washington Local Schools
Karen Wilhelm has a diverse background which includes her experience as a LIteracy Coach, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, and Intervention Specialist. She is currently a Reading Teacher for the Washington Local School District in Toledo, Ohio.

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

96 - On-Demand: Teaching Fundamental Skills through Guided Writing
Daily guided writing provides valuable learning opportunities for kindergarten writers and readers. By concretely teaching fundamental skills through writing, children learn to encode language which leads to efficient decoding.
Speakers
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Carolyn Helmers

Forest Hills School District, Maddux Elementary
I am a 29-year veteran kindergarten teacher and have spent that time immersed in emergent literacy. For 14 years I taught both Reading Recovery or small group reading intervention and half day kindergarten. I have been teaching full day kindergarten since my school district implemented... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)

9:00am EST

97 - On-Demand: Engaging Literate Minds
Learn how to provide children the social and emotional as well as the cognitive tools to establish both strong literacy development and an engaging, fulfilling classroom life.
Speakers
KC

Kathryn Champeau

Reading Specialist, UW Milwaukee
Kathy Champeau is a Past President of the Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA) currently serving as their Legislative Chair. She has testified at her state government hearings regarding proposed literacy policies and legislation.
avatar for Peter Johnston

Peter Johnston

Professor Emeritus, University at Albany
Peter Johnston is Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany. His research explores links among classroom talk, reading engagement, and children's social, emotional and literate development. Recognition for his work includes the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Literacy... Read More →

Saturday January 30, 2021 9:00am - Sunday February 28, 2021 11:59pm EST
Virtual
  On-Demand, Classroom (K-2)
 
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