Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning®
2023 Schedule
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
| 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST Early Registration Packet Pickup 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST Exhibitor Setup/Check-In |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Breakfast
| 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM CST Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Welcome
| 7:50 AM – 8:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Keynote Address
| 8:10 AM – 9:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
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| Hamish Brewer |
Break
| 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM CST |
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Thought Leader Sessions
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST |
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| The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Comprehension Doug Fisher |
| Moving from a Reactive to a Proactive Model in Education: How a Neurobiological Framework of Typical and Atypical Reading Development Can Inform Educational Practice and Policy Nadine Gaab |
| Literacy is the Bridge to Equity: The Journey Towards a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based and Equitable Approach for English Learners Elsa Cardenas-Hagan |
| Covid Learning Loss: The Urgent Need for Research-Aligned Tutoring Katie Pace Miles |
| The Expectation Gap: ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ Kareem Weaver |
Break
| 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CST |
Breakout Sessions I
| 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM CST |
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| What’s New and What’s Enduring in Reading Instruction? Doug Fisher |
| Dyslexia: What Does it Take to Scale Literacy Responsibly and Sustainably for All? Tracy Weeden & Rebecca Tolson |
| The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Joan Sedita |
| The Power of How: Bridging Knowledge to Practice with Instructional Routines Pam Kastner |
| Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4-9: What Research Tells Us Anita Archer |
| Creating a Culture of Collaboration: The mission IS possible! DeJunne’ Clark Jackson |
| Words to the World: The Psychological Processes that Turn Ink into Ideas Devin Kearns |
| Making Spelling Instruction Stick Michael Hunter |
| Literacy Rich Environments Rachel Giannini |
| The Science of Reading Plus English Language Development: Best Practices for Serving Your English Learner Population Kerri Whipple |
| The Power of Sustained Professional Learning to Enhance Student Growth: Focus, Focus, Focus Daryl Michel |
| Nurturing Teachers and their Students: Creating a safe space for teaching and learning Ana Dodson and Judi Dodson |
Lunch Break
| 12:05 PM – 1:20 PM CST Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Breakout Sessions II
| 1:20 PM – 2:35 PM CST |
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| From Assessment to Instruction: 3 Case Studies Linda Farrell |
| Foundational Reading Instruction: Three Approaches and How Nora Chahbazi |
| Advanced Readers- Are They Being Served? Nancy Young |
| The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension Susan Lambert |
| Spelling and Writing Development Among English Learners Elsa Cardenas-Hagan |
| REPEAT: The Power of How: Bridging Knowledge to Practice with Instructional Routines Pam Kastner |
| Addicted to Complexity: The Importance of Synthesis and Usability Within Reading Initiatives Kareem Weaver |
| Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices Joan Sedita |
| What the “PHuss” about Phonemic Awareness and What Do We Need to Know? Lucy Hart Paulson |
| “Is She on Grade Level?”: Taking Another Look at Reading Levels Jan Hasbrouck |
| Improving Organizational Policies and Procedures to Support Effective Implementation Caryn Ward |
| Sight Word Instruction in the 21st Century Janee’ Butler |
Break
| 2:35 PM – 3:00 PM CST |
Breakout Sessions III
| 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM CST |
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| Effective Tutoring: A Powerful Partnership with Preservice Teachers to Meet the Moment Katie Pace Miles |
| Skill and Thrill: Demystifying Effective Phonics Lessons Laura Stewart |
| How To Lead From Where You Are: Igniting Literacy Change in Your Current Role Terrie Noland |
| Teaching Beyond Decodables Judi Dodson |
| Making Words Stick Lyn Stone |
| The Center Staff- Literacy Wraparound Success Carolin Purser, Danielle Fontenot, Liza Kostreva |
| Literacy P.O.W.E.R for the New Teacher Iantha Ussin |
| Integrating Dialect into Literacy Instruction Carla Burrell Stanford & Julie Washington |
| The Science of Reading: Moving Away from Ambiguity to Real Classroom Practices Mary Dahlgren & Antonio Fierro |
| Using Assessment Data to Boost ALL Students’ Growth and Achievement Lyn Sharratt |
| The Hidden Message in Student Orthography and What You Can Learn Through Spelling Alana Mangham |
| The Building Blocks of Literacy & its Connection to CLASS Courtney Babin & Lindsey Vicknair |
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Breakfast
| 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM CST Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Welcome
| 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Keynote Address
| 8:10 AM – 9:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
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| Zaretta Hammond |
Break
| 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM CST |
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Thought Leader Sessions
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST |
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| Neurodiversity and Dyslexia: A Lived Narrative Grounded in Psychological Science Tim Odegard |
| Using SEL to Guide Students From Passion to Purpose Jorge Valenzuela |
| What if I Told You There Was No “Complex Code”? Lyn Stone |
| Whole Child, Whole Process Yaacov Petscher |
| Translanguaging and Dialect Variation: Reducing the Cognitive Load Julie Washington |
Break
| 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CST |
Breakout Sessions I
| 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM CST |
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| Building Word Wealth: The Power of Word Study to Accelerate Learning Zaretta Hammond |
| Teaching Phonemic Awareness in 2023: Teaching PA to Support Decoding Jane Ashby |
| Choosing and Using Decodable Texts Wiley Blevins |
| Language Comprehension: One of Two Essential Components of Reading Comprehension Maria Murray |
| High Impact Instructional Coaching Practices John Bennetts |
| Using Screener Data to Guide Implementation of Effective Intervention Supports Emily Solari, Carlin Conner, Alisha Demchek |
| ELs and Reading Science: The Top 5 Things Every Teacher Should Know and Can Do Tomorrow Antonio Fierro |
| The Ladder of Reading and Writing: Who? When? Why? How? Jan Hasbrouck & Nancy Young |
| The Science of Instruction: Not just What to Teach BUT How to Teach Anita Archer |
| Creating Your Parent-Teacher Playbook Megan Lorio |
| How to Eliminate Three Cueing and Sight Words Denise Eide |
| Beyond Topsoil Teaching: Tending to the Roots of Reading in the Brain Carolyn H. Strom |
Lunch Break
| 12:05 PM – 1:20 PM CST Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Breakout Sessions II
| 1:20 PM – 2:35 PM CST |
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| REPEAT: How to Eliminate Three Cueing and Sight Words Denise Eide |
| Science of Reading and the Reading Brain Tim Odegard |
| From Literacy to Multiliteracies: Valuing Multimodalities in Language Development Margo Gottlieb |
| Achieving Adolescent Reading Proficiency: Phonics to Comprehension Janee’ Butler |
| REPEAT:Using Screener Data to Guide Implementation of Effective Intervention Supports Emily Solari, Carlin Conner, Alisha Demchek |
| Using Family Assets to Support Literacy and Foster Family Engagement Klem-Mari Cajigas |
| Fact: The Science of Reading Includes Comprehension! Nancy Hennessy |
| Tier 1 Instruction is Risk Reduction Stephanie Stollar |
| Making the Shift: Transforming Early Literacy from Policy to Practice Kymyona Burk & Casey Sullivan-Taylor |
| The Heavy Hitters of Intermediate Literacy: Multisyllabic Decoding and Morphology Laura Stewart |
| Developing Proficient Writers: What does the sentence have to do with it? Amy Siracusano |
| Strategies for Activating SEL Across the Curriculum Jorge Valenzuela |
Break
| 2:35 PM – 3:00 PM CST |
Breakout Sessions III
| 3:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST |
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| The Truth About Reading Documentary Screening |
Friday, March 10, 2023
Welcome
| 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
Keynote Address
| 8:10 AM – 9:10 AM CST Grand Ballroom 1st Floor |
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| Malcolm Mitchell |
Break
| 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM CST |
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Breakout Session I
| 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST |
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| Beyond the Basics: The Science of Reading, Knowledge, and Comprehension Dan Willingham & Sonia Cabell |
| The Benefits of Using a Sound Wall for ALL Students Mary Dahlgren & Rhonda Ayers |
| Language: The Critical Foundation of Reading Danielle Thompson |
| STOP! In the Name of LEARNING! Providing Corrective Feedback Pam Austin |
| REPEAT: Tier 1 Instruction is Risk Reduction Stephanie Stollar |
| The Catalysts and Inhibitors of Workplace Wellbeing: Cultivating the Conditions for Humans to Thrive and Not Merely Survive Kristin Anderson |
| Revisiting RTI: Where Are We Now? Heidi Beverine-Curry |
| REPEAT: Developing Proficient Writers: What does the sentence have to do with it? Amy Siracusano |
| From the Sound Up: Cross-Language Connections to Accelerate Foundational Literacy Skills Nicole Kingsland |
| Morphological Awareness: What Does it Look Like in K-3 Classrooms? Deb Glaser |
Brunch
| 10:55 AM – 12:00 PM CST Grand Salon 1st Floor |
Breakout Sessions II
| 11:55 AM – 1:15 PM CST |
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| Teaching Students How to Avoid Distraction Dan Willingham |
| Understanding and Addressing Word-Level Reading Problems David Kilpatrick |
| Literacy as a Human Right- Our Collective Moonshot Tracy Weeden |
| What Instructional Feedback Should Principals Provide to Educators to Enhance Reading Achievement? Pati Montgomery & Angie Hanlin |
| Content-Rich Literacy Instruction in the Primary Grades Sonia Cabell |
| Improving Comprehension through Building Vocabulary and Knowledge Amy Elleman |
| Morphological Awareness and the Adolescent – What Teachers Can Do About It Deb Glaser |
*SUBJECT TO CHANGE