Update - Session Recordings

Check out the "Session Recordings 2024" tab to see videos from the 2024 Leaders Making Readers Conference!

Update

 Presentation links and handouts have been posted! See the Presentations 2024 tab!

Schedule Posted

 

The conference schedule has been posted! 

See the "Schedule" tab!

Session Spotlight - 1C

  

All Aboard!!

Presented by: Devetter D. Bradley - SCDE

Let’s get on board the SC Innovation Station so that we can inform educators of a tool that is compiled with ready-to-use resources. The SC Innovation Station is a web-based portal that provides vetted resources and professional learning opportunities for district and school administrators, professional support staff, and teachers. The resources focus on continuous improvement efforts specific to comprehensive needs assessment development, effective implementation of evidence-based interventions, and teaching children in poverty. The resources are easily accessible and available for immediate use. I’ll meet you at the Innovation Station Depot.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

3rd-5th grade teachers

Middle School teachers

High School teachers

Interventionists

District and School Administrators

Summer Reading Camp Leaders

MTSS Coordinators

Session Spotlight - 3C

 

A Story of Chance and Change

Presented by: Dr. Rhonda Kelsey & Mrs. Marco Vaughan - York 3

Taking a chance and stepping outside the lines can be risky. But when all signs pointed to change, Ebinport Elementary began a journey of transformation. Listen to how our Title 1 school used research and data to guide our work, and learn about the gains our students made.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

3rd-5th grade teachers

Interventionists

District and School Administrators

Summer Reading Camp Leaders

MTSS Coordinators

Session Spotlight - 4C

  

Imagine Your Story

Presented by: Jennifer Dowis, Kelli Hardigree, Angel Watson - Spartanburg 7

Summer Reading Camp plays an important role in students’ literacy development. Join us as we discuss the steps involved in designing and implementing an engaging and effective summer reading camp. The purposes of the presentation are to:

• provide practices, tools, and tips presented in a practical, how-to-manner
• guide the development and implementation plan for summer reading camps using a multidimensional approach that includes creating a culture of reading, cognitive skill development based on student data, and community engagement
• reflect upon current strengths and challenges when planning for the implementation of Summer Reading Camps.

Target Audience:

Summer Reading Camp Leaders

Session Spotlight - 3D

 

Leading the Way to Reading and Writing

Through Oral Language

Presented by: Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson - Lexia Learning

There is a powerful connection in the way young children learn to talk and then subsequently learn to read and write. What is your understanding of the basic structures of oral language and how these structures contribute to literacy learning? What are research-based language strategies that help facilitate oral language and support literacy learning? Join me in talking about the TALK that makes a difference for our young students.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

Interventionists

Summer Reading Camp Leaders