2019 Joy of Literacy Conference
October 4, 2019
William & Mary School of Education | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Keynotes:
Kim Yaris is a writer and thinker at Burkins and Yaris—Think Tank for 21st Century Literacy, where their blog and instructional resources have drawn a national audience and made them thought leaders in the field of literacy instruction. A former teacher, Kim is passionate about helping educators navigate, understand, and teach instructional standards without sacrificing their inner teacher.
Kim is co-author of Reading Wellness: Lessons in Independence and Proficiency, which focuses on instilling confidence, curiosity, and joy in students to ignite a passion for reading, and the follow-up Who's Doing the Work? which explores how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. In her keynote, Kim will discuss ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students accountable for their own learning.
Adria Klein, Ph.D., is a professor emerita of reading education at CSU San Bernardino where she was the Chair of the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. Currently, she is a professor and program director for early intervention at Saint Mary’s College of California. Dr. Klein is an author or co-author of many professional books, book chapters, and articles, including Interactive Writing and Interactive Editing, Guided Reading, and Shared Reading, and a number of children’s books. She works with literacy instruction in large urban school districts around the United States as well as on 5 continents.
There will be additional presentations and breakout sessions from educational and literacy experts available throughout the day. We hope you can join us for this fun and insightful conference!
