Presented by Dr. Nancy Akhavan, President and Founder, Nancy Akhavan Consulting, Inc., and Retired Associate Professional Emerita, Fresno State; Lisa Nix, Teacher on Special Assignment in Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning, Fresno Unified School District (CA); and Ariann Cooper, Reading Specialist, Fresno Unified School District (CA)
There is a reading crisis in America, with students across all grade levels struggling with and missing basic skills needed for education and life. Literacy is the foundation of all learning, and without it, students cannot succeed.
Presented by Marybelle Marrero-Colón, Former Teacher, Current Associate Director of PD Programs, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL); Dr. Kia Johnson, Senior Director, PreK-12 Professional Development and Evaluations, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL); and Vanessa Wara Perrotta, Former Teacher, Current Director of Curriculum and Professional Learning, Vista Higher Learning
Presented by Dr. Kathy Escamilla, Professor Emerita of Education, University of Colorado Boulder; and Doris Chávez-Linville, Senior Director of Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Innovation, Renaissance
Moderated by Dr. Carol Johnson, International Education Officer, Renaissance
Presented by Paul Spicer, Former Educator, Current Product Specialist, Great Minds PBC; and Cristina Metcalf, Former Educator, Current Senior Director, Curriculum & Editorial, Great Minds PBC
Presented by Kathryn Grace, M.Ed., CAGS, Literacy Advocate and Creator of Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping™; and Dr. Alecia Blackwood, Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Education and Counseling, Longwood University
Moderated by Joan Macenat Charles, Regional Partner (DC, DE, MA, MD, VA), Really Great Reading
Presented by Dr. Denise Furlong, Assistant Professor and Director of Advanced Programs for Multilingual and Literacy Education, Georgian Court University; and Dr. Keri Orange-Jones, Middle School Assistant Principal and Adjunct Professor, Montclair University and William Paterson University
America is a melting pot where people from all over the world come to seek a better life, which includes many students for whom English is a second language. How do schools support so many newcomer students?
Presented by Dr. Karen Johannesen Brock, Education Leader, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree; and Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, Professor Emerita, Speaker, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree
