Fall 2019 #TheEdCollabGathering Agenda

Opening Session-9:45am EST

Opening Remarks: Christopher Lehman, Founding Director, The Educator Collaborative

Opening Keynote:

Christina Soontornvat

Author of The Changelings and Diary of an Ice Princess Series 

 

*members and associates of The Educator Collaborative are noted in orange

Note: Workshops, Times, and Presenters are subject to change

• Pre-Session – Christopher Lehman
  • Learning with The Educator Collaborative in 2019/2020: Our Inspiring Year of Literacy (K-12)

Session One – 11am EST

• Workshop #1 – Carla España & Luz Yadira Herrera
  • Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students in Our Classrooms (3-8)
• Workshop #2 – Candy Mulligan & Meredith Alvarez
  • It Starts With a Sentence: Creating Classrooms That Build Strong Sentence Muscles for Primary Writers (K-4)
• Workshop #3 – Troy Hicks
  • Examining Multimedia Non-Fiction as a Mentor Text (9-12)

Session Two – 12pm EST

• Workshop #4 – JoEllen McCarthy & Torrey Maldonado
  • Literacy As a Vehicle for Connecting & Caring About Community (4-8)
• Workshop #5 – Tricia Ebarvia & Christie Nold
  • Disrupting Colonization in your Classroom (5-12)
• Workshop #6 – Keri Orange & Amy Pacifico
  • Creating a Culture of Learning and Authentic Audiences Using Technology (4-6)  *session canceled*

Session Three – 1pm EST

• Workshop #7 -Towanda Harris
  • A Healthy Learning Diet: Exploring Ways to Maximize Classroom Resources to Satisfy Students’ Appetites (K-5)
• Workshop #8 – Michele Haiken
  • Multi Genre Writing to Deepen Student Understanding (6-12)

Session Four – 2pm EST

• Workshop #9 – Dana Onayemi & Cindy Gerwin
  • Gladiator Games: Becoming a Literacy Leader with the Odds in Your Favor (K-12)  
• Workshop #10 – Maggie B Roberts & Julia E Torres
  • Empowering Readers & Writers To Independently Seek Challenge (3-10)
• Workshop #11 – Andy Schoenborn
  • Using Authentic Assessment to Create Confident Writers (9-12)
• Workshop #12 – Dulce-Marie Flechas
  • Developing Trauma-Informed Literacy Instruction & Policies (K-12) *session cancelled*

Closing – 3pm EST

Closing Session:

Closing Remarks: Christopher Lehman, Founding Director, The Educator Collaborative

Minh Lê

Author of Drawn Together, winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature