ALA's 50th Annual Literacy Conference Program

50th Annual

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WHAT IS THE ARKANSAS LITERACY ASSOCIATION?

The Arkansas Literacy Association (ALA) is a non-profit, professional organization whose members promote reading and writing. The Arkansas Literacy Association is the state affiliate of the International Literacy Association (ILA).

PURPOSES OF ALA

• To improve the quality of literacy instruction at all levels • To provide a local and statewide network of teachers and administrators associated with literacy issues • To support the activities of the local reading councils and provide a concentrated focus about literacy issues • To sponsor conferences and meetings to implement the purposes of the council • To stimulate/promote literacy research • To recognize and honor outstanding educators, authors, journalists, and others for significant literary contributions • To further purposes of the International Literacy Association

Table of Contents ALA Chair’s Message

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ALA Officers

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ILA State Coordinator’s Message

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ALA/ARA Past Presidents

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Conference Agenda

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ALA Awards and Recognitions

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General Session and Keynote 1

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Conference Sponsors

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Grand Exhibition

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Book Awards 11

GENERAL INFORMATION

Registration – Benton Event Center Entry Tuesday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Autographing

– Autographing sessions will take place following speakers’ sessions and in the Exhibit Hall.

Exhibits:

Tuesday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Evaluations – Conference evaluations will be sent electronically following the conference. We appreciate your feedback and constructive comments. Your input will help with the planning of future conferences.

Memberships – Please visit the membership booth.

Professional Development Clock Hours

The Arkansas Literacy Association is pleased to offer Arkansas educators the opportunity to receive Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) professional development clock hours.

• Presenters are given an ADE confirmation code to announce at the conclusion of each session. It is the responsibility of the attendee to record the confirmation codes on the form.

• Professional Development forms must be stamped prior to leaving the conference in order to be valid. The “ALA Approved” stamps will be available at any time at the On-Site Registration booth.

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Mini-Keynotes 1 13 Mini-Keynotes 2 15 Council Leadership Assembly 17 ILA Past State Coordinators 17 Local Reading Council Presidents 17 Local Council Honorees 17 State Committee Chairs 17 General Session and Keynote 2 19 Mini-Keynotes 3 21 Arkansas Authors Panel/Luncheon 22 Mini-Keynotes 4 23 2022-2023 and ALA 24

50 Years: Spreading the Love of Literacy

A Message from the ALA Chair

Welcome to this year’s 50th literacy conference! We are beyond excited that you are here. After two years of online meetings, ALA has looked forward to seeing you face-to-face!

ALA has such an amazing legacy of encouraging literacy across this great state of ours…from writing competitions, to book clubs, to bringing in top speakers for conferences and webinar; all these have, for 50 years, kept ALA at the forefront of literacy leadership.

Keynotes Colleen Cruz and Kekla Magoon, along with authors Wade Bradford, Shanda McCloskey, and Brian Lies, and so many more, all join ALA for two days of learning, growing, and fellowshipping together. In addition, over these two days, we will host a birthday party! Fun! Your ALA Board has an exciting 2022-23 planned. We appreciate your being a member. Need to renew? Want to join? Be a part of this amazing organization as we strive to spread our love of literacy.

In the meantime, while you are here, please reach out to any of the officers or board. Our goal, as with every year, is to make this the best one yet!

Tammy Gillmore

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Arkansas Literacy Association State Officers 2022-2023 Chair Tammy Gillmore Chair-Elect Lyndsey Laster Immediate Past-Chair Kacy Barden Secretary Ashley Ziegler Treasurer Karen Robinson Historian Rochelle Dalton Membership Director Jill Fields

Technology Coordinator Danna Williams ILA State Coordinator Jeanne Trawick University Liaison Amy Thompson DESE Liaison Ivy Pfeffer At-large Board Members Kristen Bowman Tara Derby Rose Estes Shelby Tedford

ILA State Coordinator’s Message

Dear friends, Twenty-five years ago it was my pleasure to chair ARA’s Silver Anniversary, “Sharing the Treasure for 25 Years.” What a grand celebration it was. I had no idea at that time that we would be together twenty-five years later “Spreading the Love of Literacy” at our golden anniversary. Fifty years of literacy leadership in the state and in the nation is a huge accomplishment. Way to go ALA members and literacy loving friends. The world has certainly changed in the last 25 years; in fact, it has changed the most in the last three years, I think. The needs of students, families and educators have changed. So my prayers go with you as you continue to impact the lives of children and families in your work.

If in doubt that you change lives, please read the student Writer’s Showcase winning articles in the 2020-2021 journal The Reader. The articles there will affirm just how important your role is - as teacher, as counselor, as observer and so much more. Thank you for joining us for this excellent conference. It is our hope to serve you and your needs.

Special thanks to Tammy Gillmore, Conference Chair and ALA State Chair, for the multitudinous details she has taken care of in her preparation for this conference. Kacy Barden, Kelly Hogan, Tara Derby, Ashley Zeigler, Rose Estes, Shelby Tedford, Rochelle Dalton, Kristen Bowman, Lyndsey Laster, Karen Robinson, Danna Williams and Amy Thompson have provided lots of support and help in preparing to return to a “live” event. Thank you. Thanks to Craig O’Neill, his camera team and to the Arkansas Children’s Book Committees for helping making our event so celebratory. Here’s to the next 25 years!

Happy birthday, Arkansas Literacy Association!

Jeanne Trawick, ILA State Coordinator

ALA/ARA PAST PRESIDENTS 2021-2022 – Kacy Barden 2020-2021 – Kelly Hogan 2019-2020 – Deborah McMillan 2018-2019 – Tara Derby 2017-2018 – Kaila Murphy 2016-2017 – Dorothy Pollett 2015-2016 – Melisa Rutherford 2014-2015 – Caroline Schenk 2013-2014 – Kay Calvert 2012-2013 – Debbie Hardwick-Smith 2011-2012 – Paula Findley 2010-2011 – Linda Eilers 2009-2010 – Julie Reardon 2008-2009 – Tina Montgomery 2007-2008 – Glenda Nugent 2006-2007 – Jerrielynn Mapp 2005-2006 – Wendy Ellis

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2004-2005 – Janis Gibson 2003-2004 – Jerrielynn Mapp 2002-2003 – Trudy Jackson 2001-2002 – Carolyn Schumacher 2000-2001 – Martha Shirrell 1999-2000 – Pam East 1998-1999 – Jeanne Trawick 1997-1998 – Billie Ann Dishongh 1996-1997 – Krista Underwood 1995-1996 – Martha Simpson 1994-1995 – Mary Mosley 1993-1994 – Tanna Clark 1992-1993 – Cathy French 1991-1992 – Susan Peterson 1990-1991 – Alice Stovall 1989-1990 – Bettye Wright

1988-1989 – Martha Couch 1987-1988 – Jo Flanigan 1986-1987 – Kathy Shirron 1985-1986 – Barbara Blalack 1984-1985 – Jannine Riggs 1983-1984 – Bobbie Hodge 1982-1983 – Sarah Womble 1981-1982 – Marlene Reed 1980-1981 – Anna Heatherly 1979-1980 – Pat Yick 1978-1979 – Brownie Kimbrough 1977-1978 – Dorothy McKinnon 1976-1977 – Betty Morgans 1975-1976 – Margaret Pope Hartley 1974-1975 – Sybil Hill 1973-1974 – June Smith 1972-1973 – J. Kendall Hoggard

Welcome!

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Tuesday, July, 26 9:00 Welcome Chair Tammy Gillmore 9:30 Keynote 1 Colleen Cruz 10:30 Grand Exhibition Exhibit Area 11:15 Book Awards and Luncheon

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2:30 Mini-Keynotes 2 4:00 Council Leadership Assembly Wednesday, July 27 8:30 Welcome Past-chair Kacy Barden 8:45 Keynote 2 Kekla Magoon

9:45 Grand Exhibition Exhibit Area 10:30 Mini-Keynotes 3 12:00 Arkansas Authors Panel and Luncheon

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2022 ALA Awards and Recognitions Diamond Award

ILA Honor Council

Kaila Murphy, Arkadelphia Jill Fields, Arkansas River Valley Sarah Caudle, Arkansas River Valley Danna Williams, Crowley’s Ridge Tara Derby, Grant County Elizabeth Wall, Jefferson County Angie Betancourt, North Central Karen Robinson, SEARK Krista Underwood, Three Rivers Kristie Rounds, White River

Arkadelphia Area (21) Arkansas River Valley (12) Crowley’s Ridge (10) Grant County (29) Jefferson County (26) North Central Arkansas (37) Northwest Arkansas (28) SEARK (28) Three Rivers (29)

ILA Award of Excellence

Administrator in Reading

Kelly Hogan ALA Chair, 2020-2021

Heather Williams Principal, Perritt Primary School Arkadelphia School District

Celebrate Literacy Awards Agency

El Puente Hispanic Services Center Searcy, AR

Educator

Dr. Wendy Ellis Associate Professor of Education Harding University Ashley Ziegler Library Media Specialist Riverside High School

Community Leader

Sally Ball Crystal Bridges Volunteer Crystal Bridges Museum

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Tuesday - Opening/Keynote 1 - 9:00-10:30 9:00 Welcome: Chair Tammy Gillmore 9:20 Keynote 1 Presentation of Flags 10:20 Closing East End Troop 108 and 6180 Announcements National Anthem

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Risk. Fail. Rise. Mistakes Can Carbonate Your Teaching and Student Learning Using a blend of humor, theory and research, Colleen will explore the role of mistakes on teaching and learning.

Participants will leave with real world strategies for creating mistake-welcoming schools and classrooms.

M. Colleen Cruz is an educator with over two decades of experience in both general education and inclusive settings, Colleen is also the author of several books for teachers including Risk. Fail. Rise. A Teacher’s Guide to Learning from Mistakes; Writers Read Better: Narrative; Writers Read Better: Nonfiction; and The Unstoppable Writing Teacher, as well as the author of a young adult novel Border Crossing, a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Finalist. Colleen co-edits the Not This But That series with Nell Duke - a popular series of books that pairs research and practice.

For many years, Colleen worked at Teachers College, Columbia University where she has been instrumental in developing practices to support students with IEPs, leading the partnership with ChildMind Institute, innovating instructional methods using digital tools, and architecting a large-scale tutoring project.

Colleen does not shy away from the hard stuff, while staying firmly grounded in joyful practice. She does this through listening closely, considering relevant research, and building relationships while developing and demonstrating actionable steps. Whether working with teachers on revamping their classroom library to reflect their student’s needs, or a grade level to develop protocols for implementing interventions or a schoolwide team to audit systems that might be in need of change, Colleen makes sure that those she serves get the honest, warm, and practical support they need.

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Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Speaker Sponsor

Amplify

Dog Ear Books

Keynotes

Benchmark Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Colleen Cruz Heinemann

Heinemann Publishing

Kekla Magoon Benchmark

Book Awards Wade Bradford Amplify

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Shanda McCloskey Wilson

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Brian Lies Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Looking for a local council in your area?

Want to organize a local council in your area?

Please check with Jill Fields (jill@alaliteracy.org) at the ALA Membership Booth/Registration Area.

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Grand Exhibition: Tuesday - 10:30

// Wednesday 9:45

Thank you to our exhibitors!

Visit with these proud sponsors of ALA’s 50 Annual Literacy Conference!

Autographing Schedule Tuesday - 10:30 Colleen Cruz Wade Bradford Shanda McCloskey Brian Lies Wednesday - 9:45 Wade Bradford Kekla Magoon Shanda McCloskey ___________________

Authors/Speakers may autograph following mini-keynotes in breakout room.

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to the following for providing conference bags! _____________

Silent Auction - Shhhhhh!

Bidding ends Wednesday - 1:00 Proceeds go to fund local council grants this fall! ________________________________________________ Thanks to the local councils and past ARA/ALA presidents for donating items and funds for these local council literacy outreach projects.

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To learn more about Amplify programs, contact: Marty Pitts AR Account Executive mpitts@amplify.com (214)945-5544

Proud Speaker Sponsor of Wade Bradford!

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Tuesday - Book Awards/Luncheon - 11:15-12:45 11:30 Committeee Recognition - Awards Presentations - Happy Birthday, Charlie May Simon!

Hosts

Craig O’Neill THV11

Tammy Gillmore ALA Chair

Kelly Hogan

Past Chair 20-21

12:15 Happy Birthday, ALA - Video

Recognition of ARA/ALA Leadership

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Breakout Sessions - 112:30-1:25 Tuesday - Mini-Keynotes - 1:00-2:15 LEVEL: ELEMENTARY

Words Open Worlds Wade Bradford, Author How characters from children’s books turned me into an author.

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Audience: Primary (PreK - 3), Intermediate (4 - 6)

LEVEL: ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE

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Innovations in Reading: Science into Practice Josh Hall, Curriculum Associates Reading instruction is the embodiment of what Dr. Maya Angelou once said: “When we know better, we do better.” This session will explore the latest innovations in data, content, and delivery that honor the most recent Science of Reading and Science of Instruction—defining texts worth reading, access to grade level content for all, and the pursuit of a positive reading identity for all students.

Audience: Primary Grades (1-3), Intermediate Grades (4-6)

LEVEL: MIDDLE

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Creative Ways to Creating Reading In = Reading Out Brandy Walthall, Clinical Instructor, University of Central Arkansas The presentation will present a Crime Scene that will allow the students to read nonfiction text and write an opinion piece about what they read. The presentation will have an Escape Room and a Writer’s Fair to engage students in reading and producing writing from their reading.

Audience: Primary Grades (1-3), Intermediate Grades (4-6)

LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL

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Writers Read Better Colleen Cruz, Author and Speaker Teachers have long known the power of reading and writing reciprocity - specifically the ways that by reading mentor texts writers can lift the quality of their compositions. However, less common is looking to writing to support rich reading comprehension. In this talk, Colleen Cruz will discuss ways teachers can lean on writing instruction to better teach crucial reading skills such as inference and interpretation in transferable ways.

Audience: All

Reception: Past ARA/ALA Presidents FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES MEETING ROOM

By Invitation Only. Former presidents join the ALA Leadership as we honor you and the legacy you have brought to the Arkansas Literacy Association.

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Proud Speaker Sponsor of Brian Lies!

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Tuesday - Mini-Keynotes 2 - 2:30-3:45 LEVEL: ELEMENTARY

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Targeting Emerging Literacy Skills for Pre-K Students Nanci Shepardson, Director of Accessibility and Assistive Technology Solutions, Wilson Language Training Teaching the bedrock skills of literacy is essential. Many teachers are unaware of the cognitive and academic skills that are necessary to build foundational reading skills. Through discussion, visuals, and various activities, participants will learn how to identify positive learning outcomes in their pre-k through third grade classrooms.

Audience: Preschool/Kindergarten

LEVEL: ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE

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Kids These Days! Tech, Reading Pictures, and Modern Childhood Shanda McCloskey, Author Shanda McCloskey (creator of DOLL-E 1.0) will talk about the STEM/STEAM book she “thought” she was writing and how a little visual literacy training can set up a child (or adult) for a lifetime of reading joy!

Audience: Primary (PreK - 3), Intermediate (4 - 6)

LEVEL: MIDDLE

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Yes! Let’s Talk Books!

Shelby Tedford, Media Specialist, Quitman Elementary, ALA Board Tammy Gillmore, English/Pre-Education Teacher, Southside Charter High School, ALA Board Join the excitement as these two share their love of reading, this time through the titles of the Arkansas Book Awards. Book talks will be shared on Arkansas Diamond, Charlie May Simon, and Arkansas Teen Book Awards. Tour websites with additional information and walk away excited to share these titles with your students and friends.

Audience: All

LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL

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Be a Baller Teacher Tyler Tarver, Director of Learning and Development, Tarver Academy For new teachers and experienced teachers alike. Here, you will get steps on how to reach and influence today’s learners (The Selfie Generation), but with that old-school respect and focus. Practical advice mixed with videos and experience sprinkled with humor(ish) and a dab of The Dab. Utilizing fun/ creative elements/apps to engage and focus on being authentic to your personality in the process!

Audience: All

LEVEL: COLLEGE

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The 21st Century Identity Intersection of Technology and the Social World Ryan Kelly, Professor of Reading, Arkansas State University Twenty-first Century digital natives are more than learners who are fluent with technology. This thriving social identity is the mindset of a changing world. This presentation will explore this 21st Century digital identity and how it can energize the classroom.

Audience: All

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Tuesday - Council Leadership - 4:00-4:45 Council Leadership Assembly 4:00 PM - Hotel Conference Room/Fairfield Inn and Suites

Join the ALA Board and review your local council’s goals for 2022-2023.

Attendance of two local representatives at either CLI or this meeting is a requirement for Diamond Award.

Past State Coordinators Krista Underwood Tanna Clark Susan Peterson Alice Stovall Sarah Womble Betty Morgans Sara Wilf Vernice Hubbard Lowther Penn

Local Council Presidents

Local Council Honorees

Arkadelphia Area Kaila Murphy

Arkadelphia - Becky McBride

Exemplary Reading Program Angie Betancourt

Arkansas River Valley Jill Fields

Arkansas River Valley - Sarah Caudle

Intellectual Freedom Sarah Caudle

Central Arkansas Courtney Brown

Central Arkansas

2022-2023 State Committee Chairs Community Projects Rose Estes

International Projects Susan Perry Nominations Kacy Barden Legislative Crystal Parillon Celebrate Literacy Awards Krista Underwood Family Literacy Kristen Bowman School-based Literacy Grant Suzanne Rogers

AR Children’s Book Award Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Committee Amy Thompson Charlie May Simon Reading Committee Shelby Tedford

Crowley’s Ridge Ashley Ziegler Grant County Tara Derby Jefferson County Shelley Peyton North Arkansas Rose Estes

Crowley’s Ridge - Kelly Hogan Grant County - Jill Hurst Jefferson County - Elizabeth Wall North Arkansas - Jeanette Frey North Central - Amber Vint

North Central Angie Betancourt

Northwest - Selena Mitchell

Northwest Donna Owen

SEARK - Amanda Smith

Reading on the Ridge Jennifer Austin

Three Rivers - Claire Dangerfield

SEARK Karen Robinson

White River - Brooke Moore

Three Rivers Kacy Barden White River Kristie Rounds

Honorees received complimentary registration

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Gold Sponsor

See Booth #2 Proud Speaker Sponsor of Kekla Magoon!

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Wednesday - Opening/Keynote 2 - 8:30-9:45 8:30 Welcome Past Chair Kacy Barden DESE Greetings: Dr. Ivy Pfeffer Happy Birthday, ALA!

8:50 Keynote 1 9:40 Closing

Announcements Chair-Elect: Lyndsey Laster

Kekla Magoon REVOLUTION in the Classroom Kekla will discuss her award-winning nonfiction book about the Black Panther Party, the importance of reading as a tool for social change, and our individual and collective power to transform our classrooms and communities.

Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the John Steptoe New Talent Award, three Coretta Scott King Honors, the Walter Award Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and been a finalist for the National Book Award.

Kekla conducts school and library visits nationwide and serves on the Writers’ Council for the National Writing Project. Kekla holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty.

She wrote her first novel when she was in high school. She should have known then that she was destined to be an author, but it actually took her a while longer to figure it out. Her mom read lots of books to her, and took her to the library every week so she could read and read and read. Kekla made a habit of checking out as many paperbacks as she could carry!

Today, Kekla lives and writes in Vermont. She is a full time author, speaker, and writing teacher. She travels to schools and libraries around the country to talk about her books with young readers, which is a lot of fun.

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Breakout Sessions - 12:30-1:25 Wednesday - Mini-Keynotes 3 - 10:30-11:45 LEVEL: ELEMENTARY

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The Rough Patch: Creating a Book on a Difficult Subject Brian Lies, Author Brian Lies discusses the challenges of writing and illustrating a book dealing with loss, grief, and hope, including behind-the-scenes peeks at rough sketches, decisions made to depict themes through color, composition, and word choice, and the importance of handling a hard subject with delicacy.

Audience: All

LEVEL: ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE

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Arkansas Initiative for Instructional Materials (AIIM): Teachers Deserve Great Materials Michelle Johnson, Director of Special Projects, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Amy E. Counts, Director of Curriculum Projects, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education This session focuses on the key priorities of the AIIM: communication, signaling quality, professional learning, educator preparation, and data and analysis. The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education will provide an overview of this initiative, information on the newly launched Arkansas EdReports Catalog, resources for schools going through the adoption or implementation of high-quality instructional materials, and additional funding opportunities and support DESE offers districts through AIIM. Audience: All

LEVEL: MIDDLE

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What’s Your Perspective?

Kekla Magoon, Author We will discuss novels and nonfiction books that explore multiple perspectives, introduce new points of view, and/or bring light to lesser-known aspects of history. Kekla will share about her own work and others, with an eye toward providing resources and ideas for creative exploration with students.

Audience: Intermediate (4 - 6), Secondary (7 +)

LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL

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Introduction to Traveler Resources Katie Walton, Manager of Acquisitions, Arkansas State Library This session will introduce the Arkansas State Library’s Traveler Database Program, provide a brief description of each of the database offerings, and offer tips on how you can use these valuable digital resources to support both classroom instruction and distance learning.

Audience: Jr. High/ Middle School (6-9), High School (9-12)

LEVEL: COLLEGE

FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES MEETING ROOM

Special Interest Group: University and College Students Facilitator Amy Thompson, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Central Arkansas Facilitator Susan Perry, Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas Join us! Time to network and exchange ideas.

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Wednesday - Arkansas Authors - 12:00-1:15 12:00 Luncheon 12:15 Arkansas Authors Panel

Facilitators: Ashley Ziegler and Karen Robinson

1:10 Announcements

Arkansas Literacy Association Needs YOU Join! Become Involved! Grow as a Leader!

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Breakout- Mini-Keynotes Sessions - 12:30-1:25 Wednesday 4 - 1:30-2:45 LEVEL: ELEMENTARY

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What Is Really Going on Here?

Leeann Howard, Assistant Professor, Harding University It can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what is causing a reader to be behind. This session will use SOR theoretical frameworks to drill down and explore how teachers can identify specific reader weaknesses in order to intervene effectively.

Audience: All

LEVEL: ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE

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What’s in Your Bookshelf?

Tricia Daniels, Fifth Grade Literacy Teacher, Greenbrier School District Discovering you have incredible resources right on your classroom bookshelves: picture books, poems, etc.

This session will have you looking at those resources you already have in your classroom and finding a new purpose for those books, poems, etc. Along with some integrated technology, you will give new life to old resources while strengthening your students’ writing in reflective narrative, analytical expository and persuasive argumentative.

Audience: Primary Grades (1-3), Intermediate Grades (4-6)

LEVEL: MIDDLE

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Unfinished Learning: Technological Strategies for Accelerating Growth in Reading and Writing Nanci Shepardson, Director of Accessibility and Assistive Technology Solutions, Wilson Language Training COVID 19 exacerbated unfinished learning and access to grade level content due to extended remote learning environments and disrupted schedules. Now is the time to close the gaps so that students master essential literacy skills that tee them up for success.

Audience: All

LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL

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What Does Executive Function Have to Do with Learning to Comprehend Writer Text?

Susan Perry, Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas In this session, we will explore the significant components of executive functions, how these skills relate to reading comprehension, and intervention strategies we can use to improve our students’ executive skills when learning to comprehend text.

Audience: Intermediate Grades (4-6), Jr. High/ Middle School (6-9), High School (9-12)

LEVEL: COLLEGE

FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES MEETING ROOM

Reading Intervention 101: The Good, the Bad, the Success Story Amy Thompson, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Central Arkansas In this presentation, participants will review the components of a structured literacy intervention plan and evidence-based practices to implement in the plan. Stories from the field will be shared with time allotted for audience participation.

Audience: Primary Grades (1-3), Intermediate Grades (4-6)

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