Summer Literacy Institute: Past Presenters
July 15–18, 2019
Colby Sharp - Book Access is a Game Changer for All Readers
Jennifer Serravallo - Reading Conferences: Powerful Goal-Directed Instruction Using Skill Progressions
Lester Laminack - Writers ARE Readers: Use Reading Structures and Strategies to Nurture More Powerful Writers
July 16–19, 2018
Smokey Daniels - Rethinking Close Reading: Enhancing Comprehension The Curious Classroom: Comprehension, Community, and Inquiry; Rethinking Close Reading: Enhancing Comprehension through the Deep Study of Nonfiction Images
Kate Roberts - DIY Literacy: Creating and Using Teaching Tools to Help Students (Happily) Hold on to Teaching and Work to Their Fullest; A Novel Approach: Whole Class Novels, Student Centered Teaching, and Choice
Ralph Fletcher - Lifting the Chill from the Writing Classroom; Helping Children Create Memorable Memoir; How I Came to Writing
Bao Phi - Stories to Tell
2018 Presenter Bios
July 10–13, 2017
Krisin Ziemke - We are Made for Story; Micro-Writing: Using Digital Tools to Respond, Foster Fluency, and Provide Feedback across the Curriculum
Sara Ahmed - Nurturing our Upstanders: Comprehension beyond the Classroom; Hard Work, Heart Work: Building Brave Classrooms
Donalyn Miller - Voice and Choice: Fostering Student Reading Ownership; Books for a Better World, 2016–2017
Christopher Lehman - Falling in Love with Close Reading, Big Thinking, and Critical Caring; Loving Nonfiction (Even When You or Your Students Don’t Think It’s Possible), Grades 3–12
2017 Presenter Bios
July 12–15, 2016
Mary Ehrenworth - Growing Extraordinary Writers and Teaching Writing as a Transformative Force; Let's Debate! Raising the Level of Evidence-based Argument and Argument Writing Across the Curriculum
Dan Feigelson - Reading Projects, Reimagined: Student Driven Conferences to Deepen Critical Thinking; Practical Punctuation: Teaching Mechanics in the Writing Workshop
David LaRochelle - The Stories Behind the Stories
Angela Johnson - Man-in-the-Moon Pajamas and a Literary Life
Kristine Mraz - A Mindset for Learning: Building Classrooms of Joyful, Independent Growth; Charts as Pathways for Learning
2016 Presenter Bios
July 7–10, 2015
Katherine Bomer - Writing Workshop for Teachers: Creating Engaging, Publishable Short Essays to Share in Classrooms or With the World!
Nell Duke - Planning Project-Based Instruction With Informational Text
Ralph Fletcher - How Mentor Texts Lift Student Writing
Nikki Grimes - Beyond Race: The Universality of Story
2015 Presenter Bios
July 14–17, 2014
Peter Johnston - Opening Minds and Hearts/Developing Persistent, Strategic, Literacy Learners
Frank Serafini - Workshop 2.0: Teaching Reading in the Digital Age/Exploring Picture Books from Two Perspectives: Author/Illustrator and Children's Literacy Professor
Jennifer Serravallo - When Texts Get Complex: Assessment, Goal-Setting, and Getting to the Next Level/Teaching Reading in Small Groups
Steven Layne - Confessions of a Reading Arsonist/Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers: Great Ideas You Can Put in Place Tomorrow!
2014 Presenter Bios
July 15–18, 2013
Debbie Miller - Creating Cultures of Thinking, Understanding and Independence
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - Sustaining Professional Conversations About Student Work: Teachers Talking About Readers, Writers, Learners
Michael Opitz - Integrating Fitness and Reading: the How and Why
Sheree Fitch - Breathe, Stretch, Write!
2013 Presenter Bios
July 16–19, 2012
Sharon Taberski - Comprehension from the Ground Up, K-6
Greg Tang - Literacy in the Digital Age
Katie Wood Ray - In Pictures and In Words: Teaching the Qualities of Good Writing Through Illustration Study
Lester Laminack - Bullying Hurts: Working Toward a Culture of Kindness Through Read Aloud and Guided Conversations
July 18–22, 2011
Franki Sibberson - Planning for Mini Lessons in the Reading Workshop
Kathy Collins - Reading Workshop Essentials and Best Practices: Teaching Children to Read with Power, Intention and Joy
Katherine Bomer - Hidden Gems: Naming and Teaching the Brilliance in Every Student's Writing
Linda Hoyt - Reaching New Heights with Nonfiction Writing
Brian Selznick - Wonderstruck
Notable Authors: Chris Monroe and Patricia Bauer
July 12–16, 2010
Georgia Heard - Climb Inside a Poem: Reading and Writing Poetry Across the School Year
Ralph Fletcher - Pyrotechnics: Playful Craft That Sparks Writing
Stephanie Harvey - Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action
Lester Laminack - Let Common Sense Be Our Guide: I Have a Dream For America's Schools
E.B. Lewis - Process vs. Product: Pointing Our Children in the Right Direction
Notable Authors: Joyce Sidman, David Geister & Pat Bauer
July 13–17, 2009
Ellin Oliver Keene - To Understand:Putting the Dimensions and Outcomes of Understanding to Work
Patricia Edwards - Beyond the Basic Needs: From Food, Clothing, Shelter to Home Literacy Practices
Linda Hoyt - Interactive Literacy: Reading, Thinking, Taking a More Active Stance
Peter Johnston - The Threads of Learning: Critical Literacy and Democracy in Classroom Talk
Carmen Agra Deedy - Love in the Library
Notable Authors: Debra Frasier & David LaRochelle
July 14–18, 2008
Patti Greene - Using Poetry to Enhance Reading and Writing
Cathy Collins Block - Raising Students' Literacy Achievement: What We Have Learned Since the National Reading Panel Report
Ralph Fletcher - Engaging Boy Writers
Nell Duke - Findings from Research on Comprehension and Their Implications for Classroom Practice
Patricia Reilly Giff - Writing: The Story of My Life
Notable Authors: Rick Chrustowski & Lauren Stringer
July 9–13, 2007
Katie Wood Ray – On The Importance of Vision in the Teaching of Writing
Michael P. Ford – Books and Beyond: New Ways to Reach Readers
Yvonne Aarden – Make It Real: Learning to Love Nonfiction
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce – Talking About Change: Students Read and Write to Create a New Vision of the Future
Lester Laminack – Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature
Minnesota Authors: Marsha Wilson Chall, Jane Resh Thomas, Phyllis Root, Marsha Qualey
July 17–21, 2006
Debbie Miller - In the Beginning: Creating Classroom Cultures of Thinking
Carl Anderson - Placing Assessment at the Center of Writing Instruction
Barry Lane - Revision: How to Teach It, Learn It and Love It
Sara Holbrook - Practical Poetry: A Nonstandard Approach to Meeting Content-Area Standards
Irene Smalls - The Power of One - Teach to Reach
Minnesota Authors: Karen Ritz, John Coy, Isabell Monk
July 11–15, 2005
Pamela Nevills - Reading and Brain Development
Stephen Cary - Working with Second Language Learners: Issues, Problems & Solutions
Isoke Nia - Exploring Units of Study in a Writing Workshop
Greg Tang - Math Literacy, The Next Frontier
Jack Gantos - From Wild Things to Rotten Ralph
Minnesota Authors: Marsha Wilson Chall, Jim Postier, and Phyllis Root
July 12–16, 2004
Regie Routman - Exemplary Reading/Writing Practices
Stephanie Harvey - Nonfiction Matters!
Katherine Bomer - For A Better World: Reading & Writing For Social Action
Janet Angelillo - A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation
Sheree Fitch - "The Lipslippery Adventures of A Writing Maniac"
July 7–11, 2003
Lester Laminack - Writing on a River of Rhythm
Stephen Krashen - False Claims About Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Skills vs. Whole Language, and Recreational Reading
Karen Ernst daSilva - Connections in the Journey: Art and Language
Georgia Heard - Teaching Poetry: Giving Students the Vision and Tools to Reach for Wider Possibilities as Writers
Ralph Fletcher - New Horizons For Young Writers
July 8–12, 2002
Stephanie Harvey - Reading Strategies for Better Comprehension
Dorothy Watson - Supportive and Critical Texts
Sharon Taberski - Connecting the Components of a Balanced Literacy Program for Effective Instruction
Isoke Titilayo Nia - Genre Study and Writer's Workshop
Patricia Reilly Giff - "No Tears in the Writer; No Tears in the Reader…."
July 9–13, 2001
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - From Friends and Bullies to Racism and Social Justice: One Teacher's Search for Democracy through Education
Richard Allington - What Really Matters for Struggling Readers
Katie Wood Ray - The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (and they're all hard parts)
Lester Laminack - Writing under the Influence: What Writers Say About Writing Process
Pat Mora - Honoring the Story
July 10–14, 2000
Lester Laminack - Learning from Our Past, Planning for Our Future
Ruby Payne -A Framework for Understanding & Working with Students of Poverty
Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi -Setting The Table For Craft
JoAnne Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher -Teaching Students The Craft Of Writing
Carmen Agra Deedy -Heroes that Live on Our Bookshelf
July 12–16, 1999
Alfie Kohn - Creating Meaning Together: Taking the Learner-Centered Classroom Beyond Academics
Shelley Harwayne - Spirits on High: Lessons in Literacy and Leadership from the Manhattan New School
Shelley Harwayne - Rethinking the Teaching of Writing
Kevin Spink - Non-fiction as an Imaginative Reading Adventure Rather than a Mere Collection of Facts
Avi - Being an Adult, Writing Children's Books
July 13–17, 1998
Carmen Agra Deedy - Stories of Heroic & Outrageous Women
Donald Graves - The Power of Narrative
Yvonne & David Freeman - Effective Practices for English Language Learners
Lester Laminack - Spelling in Use: Teaching for & Documenting Growth Over Time
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - Literature & the Reading Curriculum: Reason to Celebrate/Cause for Concern
July 21–25, 1997
Mem Fox - Digging Up for Re-examination the Long-buried Reading Process
Mem Fox - At War with Reading & Writing
Carol Gilles - Helping Students Be Better Readers & Writers Through Literature Study
Jan Turbill - The Eternal Quest for a Pedagogy of Literacy for All Children
Mary Glover - Teacher as Poet, Poet as Teacher: "Finding the Line" in Everyday Life
July 8–12, 1996
Shelley Harwayne - Transforming Schools through Language and Literature
Shelley Harwayne - Rethinking the Teaching of Reading and Writing
Georgia Heard - The Power of Poetry
Karen Ritz - Visual Literacy
Ralph Fletcher - Vision and Revision: Close Encounters with a Writer's Text
July 10–14, 1995
Ralph Fletcher - What Writers Need
Geane Hanson - Multiculturalism in the Classroom: A Journey Through Navajo Land
Lynn Rhodes - Literacy Assessment that Informs Instruction
David and Phyllis Whitin - Building a Supportive Mathematics Community
Byrd Baylor - A Visit with Byrd
July 11–15, 1994
Kathy Short - Curriculum as Inquiry: Moving Beyond Theme Units to Inquiry Cycles
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - The Roles of Literature: Inquiry Curriculum
Diane Snowball - The Role of Modeling for Children's Learning
Linda Crafton - Inquiry-Based Evaluation
Patricia McKissack - Don't Save it for Black History Month
July 19–23, 1993
Mem Fox - What We Do with Language and What Language Does to us
Mem Fox - Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons: a Literary Explosion
Yvonne Aarden - Literacy Evaluation and Assessment: A Practitioner's View
Sandra Wilde - What Children Can Teach Us about Teaching Them to Spell
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - Exploring and Extending Literature Discussion Groups
July 13–17, 1992
Shelley Harwayne - Lasting Impressions: When Literature Informs our Writing
Robyn Platt - Developing Literacy in the Classroom
Nigel Hall & Anne Robinson - Young Children as Authors
Terry Johnson - Integration of Language Instruction: New Models for Old
Terry Johnson - Evaluation of Literacy
July 7–12, 1991
David Booth - The Power of Story
Orysia Hull - Children's Writing: Theory, Development, Process
Heidi Mills & Timothy O'Keefe - Whole Literacy: Thinking Like Readers, Writers & Mathematicians
Norma Mickelson - Whole Language Assessment & Evaluation