2011 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference

February 5-8  ●  Columbus, Ohio  ●  Building a Literacy Future

Registration Information
Hotel Rates and Information
Conference Brochure (18 MB)
Conference Schedule
Session Information
Scholarships for Conference Registration

Online registration and hotel reservations will be available Sept. 7
 

Keynote Speakers
 

Linda Dorn Reading Recovery trainer and professor University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Lucy Calkins professor, founding director Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Columbia University's Teachers College	Joy Cowley children's author Wellington, New Zealand

 K-6 Classroom Literacy Featured Speakers
Matt Glover, educational consultant and author, Cincinnati, OH

Debbie Miller, educational consultant and author, Littleton, CO

Tony Stead, educational consultant and author, Australia

Reading Recovery Featured Speakers
Connie Briggs, Reading Recover trainer emerita, Texas Woman's University
Mary Fried, Reading Recovery trainer, The Ohio State University
Emily Rodgers, Reading Recovery trainer, The Ohio State University

Mary Rosser, Reading Recovery trainer, The University of Maine

Preconference Institutes – In-Depth Sessions on One Topic
9:00 - 3:30 pm, Saturday, February 5
 

Reading Recovery Preconference Speakers
1) Development of Children's Problem Solving Activities at Point of Difficulty

Mary Fried and Lea McGee, Reading Recovery trainers, The Ohio State University
 

2) Building Reciprocity Between Reading and Writing within the Reading Recovery Lesson
Betsy Kaye, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Little Rock, AR
Cynthia Rodrνguez, Assistant Professor, Reading Department, University of North Texas-Dallas, TX

K-6 Classroom Literacy Preconference Speakers
3) Teaching Strategic Processes in Reading

Janice Almasi, Carol Lee Robertson Endowed Professor of Literacy Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Susan King Fullerton, Associate Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

4)RTI: Building a Literacy Future for All Our Students
Beth Swenson, Literacy Collaborative district trainer, Brainerd ISD #181, MN
Robert Schwartz, Professor of Literacy, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Lynn Mangold Newmyer, Title I Staff Developer, Walled Lake Schools, MI

Concurrent Sessions
The Conference also includes approximately 120 concurrent sessions covering the categories of Classroom Literacy for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-6; Children's Literature and Authors; Literacy Coaching; School Administrators and Implementation; and Reading Recovery.

List of Sponsors
Preliminary List of Exhibitors
Conference Challenge

2010 Conference Testimonials

• This is consistently the best conference offering the most applicable material and information for my teaching practice. –    Reading Recovery Teacher
   

• The conference was wonderful. I have taken knowledge from each session I attended and have started to implement it in my teaching. – 3-6 Classroom Teacher
   

• I appreciated the lack of "fluff."  Everything I attended was almost a perfect balance of theory and practice, with an emphasis on practice. – Literacy Coach
   

• It's such an incredible professional educational opportunity. – Literacy Coach
   

• This is my second year that I have attended this wonderful conference.  I learned so much last year and shared the information with other teachers that I felt compelled to attend this year.  – Title I Teacher
   

• It has the best and latest literacy information. - School Administrator
   

• This year’s conference was the best I've attended.  Great speakers and sessions. – Reading Specialist