Transcript Slide 1

“Compared with the last century, we are
an increasingly aging and multi-hued
society. More and more of us were born
in other nations, speak different
languages, and carry different cultural
traditions with us…
“Our challenge as educators
will be to meet the needs of
a culturally and linguistically
diverse student population.”
SoMIRAC’s
39th
Annual
Conference
March 30, 31,
& April 1, 2011
Hunt Valley,
Maryland
Keynote Speakers
Ruth Culham
“Debunking Common Myths about the Traits
from the Trait Lady”
Michael Ford & Michael Opitz
“Using a Problem-Solving Approach to RTI:
Moving Toward Reaching ALL Readers”
Keynote Speakers
Rick DuVall
“Literacy for Children Who Live in Poverty”
Danny Brassell
“Waking up Your Lazy Readers”
Keynote Speakers
Bill Brozo
“Reading is a Guy Thing:
Closing the Achievement Gap for Boys”
Debbie Silver
“Be a Teacher – Be a Hero”
Bring Your Boss to Breakfast
Ellin Oliver Keene
“Critical Questions in Literacy Leadership”
“If students are to
successfully meet
the social, political,
and economic
demands of their
futures, they must
be able to adapt and
reinvent the ways
that they read and
write the world.”
Featured Speakers
Ruth Culham
writing
Jennifer Fontenot
writing
Danny Brassell
vocabulary
Kathy Perez
vocabulary, struggling readers
“Students analyze,
compare, evaluate,
and interpret multiple representations
from a variety of
disciplines and
subjects, including
texts, photographs,
artwork, and data.”
Featured Speakers
Paula Filler
nonfiction, struggling readers
Divonna Stebick
virtual literacy
Kelly Davis
special education, Title I, & ELL students
Jan Kristo
nonfiction, oral reading
Gail Petri, Library of Congress
technology resources
Featured Speakers
Bill Brozo
content literacy
Brenda Joiner-Overturf, IRA
digital stories, advocacy
Donna Knoell
visual literacy
Rick DuVall
Information literacy skills
“…having to also
learn new ways of
thinking and
communicating adds
a whole other dimension to becoming
literate… Ultimately,
this requires that we
transform our teaching styles…”
Featured Speakers
Ellin Oliver Keene
comprehension
Pamela Nevills
brain research, fluency, literacy & math
Gail Gregory
differentiation
Featured Speakers
Donalyn Miller
motivating readers
Michael Ford & Michael Opitz
differentiation
Featured Speakers
Doug Fisher
structured teaching
Jay McTighe
teaching and assessment
“…teachers who
understand the importance of a broadened definition of
literacy will support
students as they
learn to critically
engage with these
messages as they use
and interpret new
information.”
Authors
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Jennifer Allison
Authors
Jennifer Keats-Curtis
Sneed Collard
Authors
Susan Stevens Crummel & Janet Stevens
Storytellers’ Breakfast
Kevin O’Malley
Books and Breakfast
Authors
Myles & Sandra Pinkney
Mary Amato
Authors
Jon Scieszka
Pamela Ehrenberg
Authors
Jay Asher
Laura Eckroat
“...today’s classroom
teachers must endeavor to
keep their definition of
literacy current…
reconceptualizing our
views of literacy is a step
in the right direction. ”
IRA President, Patricia Edwards
“Reconceptualizing Literacy”
Reading Today, June/July 2010