Science of Teaching Reading Conference
In partnership with W&M T/TAC, and W&M Literacy Lab
Teachers Make the Difference
Join us again this fall as we continue to implement the VA Literacy Act in our schools. This one-day conference will focus on providing just-in-time resources for our classrooms.
Dr. Devin Kearns, Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, kicks off the conference with a keynote, A Few Strategies: The Little Things Can Make All the Difference. There are a lot of things we can do to improve student achievement. There are a few strategies that can make your instruction much more powerful with relatively little effort… in fact, some strategies might even reduce the amount of effort needed for students to be successful! In this session, several high-value, easy-to-implement strategies are presented—including ways to increase student immediate success with new skills and ways to keep students engaged in cognitive processing as they learn.
Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer, Professor in Literacy in the School of Education at Virginia Tech, and Dr. Katie Hilden-Clouse, Professor in Teacher Education & Leadership at Radford University, recently published There's Research for That, a practitioner-based book that will serve as the basis of their closing keynote.
DATE
- November 6, 2025
AUDIENCE
- K-5 General & Special Education Teachers, Literacy Specialists, and School Leaders
DETAILS
- 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- William & Mary School of Education
FEES
- $200/person (SURN Member Divisions)
- $275/person (Non-SURN Divisions)
- Includes conference, materials, and lunch
Registration for this conference coming soon!
Please contact surn@wm.edu with any special dietary needs that you may have prior to October 23, 2025. After this date, we are not able to accommodate any dietary requests.
SURN is unable to provide a refund for this event. If a registered individual cannot attend, a substitute can be sent in their place. Please email surn@wm.edu with this change.
Registration will close approximately one week in advance of this event or earlier, if the event reaches capacity. We will update this webpage when registration closes.