F Sessions: Monday, 4:00–5:00 p.m

Coaching Teachers

F.01 Building a Literacy Ecosystem: Our Collective Responsibility

Room: Catalina 7 Literacy development may happen in classrooms, but it occurs within a broader environment that includes more than teachers and students within a literacy ecosystem that is our collective responsibility. Join us to examine the forces and structures that shape these ecosystems and to evaluate the extent to which they are evident in our own communities with an eye toward school improvement. Presenters: Henry Cody Miller, SUNY Brockport Alycia Owen, Educational Consultant Natalie Sue Svrcek, SUNY Brockport

Connecting Communities

F.02 Challenging the Poverty Narrative through Children’s Literature

Room: Catalina 6 In children’s literature, poverty and homelessness are often depicted as an individual problem, rather than as a result of systemic inequities. Join me as we walk through research in an effort to support equitable practices using children’s literature. Let’s explore two critical frameworks that can support text selection and classroom dialogue around social justice issues. Presenter: Kim Peters, COPESD Supporting Leaders

F.03 Growing and Sustaining Literacy Leaders

Room: Catalina 5 Education is a world of competing demands. There is a need for a program that identifies classroom teachers with a passion for literacy and grows them into potential leaders. After interactive discussion, participants will have the resources to grow the literacy leaders in their buildings and districts. Presenter: Amy Marshall, Anglophone School

District South

Creating Possibilities

F.04 Inclusive Innovation: Community-Led Solutions to Challenges in Adolescent Writing in Two School Districts

Room: Catalina 4 Two districts will share how they worked with students, parents, and community members to address equity challenges in adolescent writing. Learn how they used the Inclusive Innovation model to design resources to amplify student voice, including student curriculum advisory with credit recovery, social studies digital village square, interactive writing wall, and confidence-building writing groups. Presenter: Kristian Lenderman, Digital Promise