Schedule

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

4:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Early Registration Packet Pick-up for Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning™

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

7:00 am – 7:55 am	Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am	Welcome General Session
8:10 am – 9:10 am	KEYNOTE – Scott Barry Kaufman – Maslow 2.0: The Hierarchy of Needs Redefined
9:10 am – 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am – 10:30 am	Thought Leaders

Timothy Odegard – Dyslexia Legislation and the Identification of Dyslexia	Timothy Shanahan – Reconceptualizing Reading and Reading Instruction
Nadine Gaab – The Typical and Atypical Reading Brain: How a Neurobiological Framework of Language and Reading Development Can Inform Clinical and Educational Practice	Ricky Robertson – Building Resilience: Fostering Social-Emotional Well-Being for Staff and Students

10:30 am – 10:50 am	Break
10:50 am – 12:10 pm	Concurrent Sessions I

Scott Barry Kaufman – Grit and Living Your Purpose	Nicole Patton Terry – Reading Disabilities and Dyslexia in Vulnerable Student Populations: Important Considerations for African American Students
Carol Tolman – Language Structures and Verbal Reasoning: Missing Links in Close Reading Lessons	Lucy Hart Paulson – Oral Language Structure Considerations You Need to Know to Better Facilitate English Learners’ Language Acquisition
Karin Hess – Our School has Adopted Competencies for Literacy, Now What?	Joan Sedita – Keys to Writing in Any Content Area
Ricky Robertson – Reading for Resilience: Fostering Social-Emotional Learning & Resilience Through Literacy	Pam Kastner – Beyond Blending and Segmenting: Advanced Phonemic Awareness
Jan Hasbrouck – Reading Fast is the Goal, Right? Let’s Revisit Reading Fluency and ORF	Dr. Eric Tridas – FEAR: Reading, Attention and Executive Function

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:35 pm	Concurrent Sessions II

Timothy Shanahan – Teaching Reading with Complex Text	Linda Diamond – Targeting Fluency for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Carol Tolman – Assessment and Instruction through the Hourglass Figure	Pam Austin – Writing: Which Comes First, the Basics or the Content?
Karin Hess – What Does Rigor Actually Look Like in the Literacy Classroom? Laying the Foundation for Deeper Learning	Nadine Gaab – Screening for Early Literacy Milestones and Reading Disabilities: The Why, When, Whom, How and Where
Judi Dodson – You Can’t Do Bloom’s Until You’ve Done Maslow: Building a Bridge to Social-Emotional Development and Academic Success	Mary Mills – Trauma-Informed Practice: How Early Childhood Teachers can use Trauma-Informed Practice to Support Children’s Optimal Development
Alana Mangham and Carolyn Gore – Hang on Tight to the Rope…Scarborough’s Rope That Is!	Linda Farrell and Noel Gunther – Introduction to Reading Rockets Videos Demonstrating Foundational Skills Instruction

2:35 pm – 2:55 pm	Break
2:55 pm – 4:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions III

Lucy Hart Paulson – How Executive Function Affects Early Childhood Language and Literacy Skills	Nicole Patton Terry – Contextualizing the Science of Reading: Vulnerability as a Framework to Understand and Address Reading Disability and Difficulty
Timothy Odegard – Student Literacy Profiles: Gathering and Sharing Literacy Data	Judi Dodson – Instruction That Can Change the Brain: Building Neuronal Pathways for Skilled Reading
Joan Sedita – Keys to Critical Thinking: Summary and Question Generation	Nancy Hennessy – The Vocabulary Attuned Educator: Implementing an Informed Instructional Framework
Jennifer Hasser – The Usual Suspects: Rule Breaking Sight Words and How to Teach Them	Steve Phillippi – Sad Kid, Bad Kid, Mad Kid…It’s All About Perspective
Sandra Johnson and Sam Johnson – Growing Up Illiterate: The Stories of Two Lifelong Learners Who Persevered and Learned to Read as Adults	Deb Glaser – The Five Components of Reading: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something for You!

Thursday, January 30, 2020

7:00 am – 7:55 am	Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am	General Session
8:10 am – 9:10 am	KEYNOTE – Michael Schmoker – TEACHING and LEADING with FOCUS
9:10 am – 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am – 10:30 am	Thought Leaders

Fumiko Hoeft – The Science of Early Identification	Doug Fisher – Reclaiming Balanced Literacy
Larry Ainsworth – Build an Integrated Teaching and Learning System	Julie Washington – Intersectionality of Poverty, Race, and Dialectal Variation: Consequences for Assessment and Intervention of Reading Problems in African American Children

10:30 am – 10:50 am	Break
10:50 am – 12:10 pm	Concurrent Sessions I

Fumiko Hoeft – Promoting Socio-Emotional Resilience in Individuals with LD/Dyslexia	Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan – Speech, Language and Literacy Connections for English Learners
Anita Archer – The Magic is in the Instruction	Michael Schmoker – FOCUS: Implementing the Elements—with Simplicity
Margie Gillis – What is Structured Literacy Instruction and Why Do I Need to Know about It?	Doug Fisher – Teacher Clarity
Amy Poirier and Deborah Norris – The Power of Pretend: The Role of Play in Quality Early Care and Education	Nancy Hennessy – The Challenges of Comprehension: A Blueprint for Designing and Delivering Informed Instruction
Michael Hunter – Preventing Struggling Readers in Kindergarten and Grade One: Pre-Reading Skills Map and Teaching Orthographic Skills (Session 1)	Nancy Mather – The Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:35 pm	Concurrent Sessions II

Larry Ainsworth – “Unwrapping” the Standards for Greater Clarity	Anita Archer – Comprehension is an OUTCOME not a Strategy
Julie Washington – The Early Literacy Trifecta: Language, Print and Executive Function in African American Students	Margie Gillis – From Passive Consumer to Gourmet Omnivores: How to Support Teachers’ Knowledge of the Science of Reading
Jennifer Hasser – Unforgettable Multisensory Strategies for Vocabulary/Morphology Instruction	Jan Hasbrouck – You Can Lead A Horse to Water…Coaching the Reluctant/Resistant Teacher
Michael Hunter – Preventing Struggling Readers in Kindergarten and Grade One: Teaching Phonological Awareness Skills (Session 2)	Jan Wasowicz – Using Spelling Error Analysis to Pinpoint Underlying Deficits and Improve Reading and Writing Outcomes
William Van Cleave – Syntax Matters: How Developing Sentence Sense Builds Better Readers AND Writers	Nancy Mather – Essentials of Dyslexia: Intervention

2:35 pm – 2:55 pm	Break
2:55 pm – 4:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions III

George McCloskey – Remediating Reading and Writing Difficulties when ADHD is the Primary Concern	Jan Wasowicz – Using Speech-to-Print Activities that Leverage Oral Language for More Effective Literacy Outcomes
Linda Farrell and Noel Gunther – Using Reading Rockets Videos for Professional Development	Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan – Meta-Morphological Awareness for English Learners’ Vocabulary Development
Suzanne Carreker – Conquering Complex Texts: Adolescence Is Not Too Late!	Kelvin Adams and Paula Knight – Standard-Based Approach to Curriculum Design & Implementation
Judie Caroleo – Supporting Working Memory in the Classroom	Steve Dykstra – The Dirty Dozen (or so)
Carol Dissen and Jess Surles – Intensifying Reading Instruction for Students Who Are Not Responding to Current Reading Instruction	Mary Dahlgren – Teaching Sight Words – What Else is There Besides Flashcards?

Friday, January 31, 2020

7:00 am – 7:55 am	Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am	General Session
8:10 am – 9:10 am	KEYNOTE – David Kilpatrick – Effective Prevention and Intervention for Word-Level Reading Difficulties
9:10 am – 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am – 10:50 am	Concurrent Sessions I

Daniel Willingham – Helping Students Think Critically about Fake News, Real News, and the Difference between Them	Laura Stewart – What I Wish I Had Learned in College
Amy Elleman – Searching for Deeper Meaning: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Comprehension	William Van Cleave – Vocabulary Matters! Using Morphology (Instruction in Bases and Affixes) to Improve Vocabulary
Steve Dykstra – Reading, Relationships, Trauma, and Human Development	Mary Dahlgren – Orthographic Mapping and the Necessity of Sound Walls
Kelvin Adams– Leadership Decisions: Inspiring Courageous Conversations Through CHANGE	Jill Jackson – 4 Reasons Most Instructional Coaching Models Get Virtually No Long-Term Results Despite Tons of Effort

10:55 am – 11:55 am	Brunch
11:55 am – 1:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions II

Daniel Willingham – Helping Students Learn to Overcome Distraction and Concentrate	Amy Elleman – Improving Vocabulary Instruction for Elementary and Middle School Readers: 5 Research-Based Recommendations
David Kilpatrick – The Role of Phonemic Proficiency in Boosting Reading Skills in Struggling Readers	Jill Jackson – How to Teach Well, Stay Sane and Stay the Course When It Feels Like All Heck Has Broken Loose in Education
George McCloskey – Improving the Word Reading Skills of Dyslexics Who Also Have Executive Deficits

Subject to change

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