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The Saturday, September 24 Gathering is now archived for viewing. Watch on this website until our Spring 2023 Gathering. Instead of paying to attend, we ask that you Pay The Joy Forward™ to one of our adopted charities.

OPENING SESSION

ARCHIVED AND NOW STREAMING

OPENING REMARKS

by Christopher Lehman, Founding Director of The Educator Collaborative

KEYNOTE

“Navigating Slumps in Reading Motivation”

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by Donalyn Miller, award-winning teacher—including multiple Teacher of the Year awards and the Edmund J. Farrell Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the language arts teaching profession—best selling author, staff development leader, co-founder of the Nerdy Book Club, and founder of the #BookADay reading challenge.

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Note: Workshops, Times, and Presenters are subject to change. Portions of the day are pre-recorded to allow flexibility during the global pandemic.

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SESSION ONE – STREAMING NOW

• JoEllen McCarthy & Julia Torres – New Titles that Connect Communities (K-12)

• Vanèe Smith-Matsalia – The Abolitionist Journey: Walking the Underground Railroad of Educational Justice

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SESSION TWO – STREAMING NOW

• Lois Marshall-Barker – Take 5: Engaging Entries into Writing Without the Weight of Assessments

• Carla España & Tracey Flores – Processing Latinx Identities through Texts

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SESSION THREE – STREAMING NOW

• Kristin Ziemke – Being the Change for Access, Engagement, and Joy

• Sarah Norsworthy – Attunement Matters: Practices, Lessons and a Story From A Class of 1st – 8th Graders

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SESSION THREE – STREAMING NOW

• Towanda Harris – Curriculum Connections: Disrupting Negative Mindsets Around Student Connections

• Shawna Coppola – Anti-Oppressive Literacy: Meaning-making Through Multimodal Composition

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CLOSING SESSION

ARCHIVED AND NOW STREAMING until Oct 23

CLOSING REMARKS

by Christopher Lehman, Founding Director of The Educator Collaborative

KEYNOTE

“From Representation to Liberation“

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by Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, educator, NYT-best-selling author, speaker, curriculum developer, facilitator, founder of Red Clay Educators, The Black Creators Series, and co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy.

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