Olympians for Reading: Carrying

the Torch for Literacy

West Virginia Reading Association Conference

November 15-16, 2012The Greenbrier,

White Sulfur Springs, WV

KeynoteSpeakers

Anita Archer

• Serves as an educational consultant to state departments, county agencies, and school districts

• Is nationally known for her presentations on instructional procedures and literacy instruction

• Wrote textbook entitled Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Instruction

Michael Shoulders

• Taught for 14 years before becoming an instructional supervisor until 2005

• Created a weekly column for The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle which reviews children’s literature (it continues today under his wife’s direction)

• Visits nearly 100 schools each year spreading his message that “Reading is Magic”

• 2012 IRA speaker

A few of Michael’s many popular books

Author’s Luncheon Speakers

• The 2012 WVRA author’s luncheons addresses will be provided by West Virginia authors.

• Buffet lunches will be provided by the Greenbrier staff.

• Reserve your tickets and enjoy a wonderful meal while listening to an enlightening presentation.

Jim Strawn and

Chuck Stump

• Jim has been the Director of Marketing and Community Education at Highland Hospital since 1995

• He serves on 15 different non-profit Boards• He hopes that the Sad, Mad, Glad Book

series will run wide and deep among our nation’s elementary-aged children

• Chuck is an energetic, knowledgeable, and interactive speaker

• He has given over 700 keynote, half, and full day seminars

The Sad, Mad, Glad Book Series

Sarah Sullivan

• Most recent book Passing the Music Down was chosen as a 2011 WV Children’s Choice book

• Poetry has appeared in Cricket magazine

• Reviews children’s books for The Sunday Gazette-Mail in West Virginia

• Conducts writing workshops and author’s visits throughout the country

Featured Speakers

Carrice Cummins

• 2012-2013 IRA President• Served on a number of IRA committees and special

projects including the Teacher Education Task Force and Early Childhood Commission

• Lifetime active member of the Louisiana Reading Association

• Enjoyed 29 years in PK-12 school setting as a classroom teacher, elementary principal, and central office supervisor

• Currently a member of the Louisiana Tech University Faculty

• Work focuses on classroom literacy instruction• Believes that all children have a right to a quality

education and it is teachers, not programs, that make a difference

Jean Ciborowski Fahey

• Early Literacy and Research Specialist at Reach Out and Read’s National office

• Worked 15 years at Boston Children’s Hospital

• Was an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School

• Advocate with Boston Center for Homeless Families through Boston Medical Center

• Author of Textbooks and the Students Who Can’t Read Them

Carol Gilbert

• Director of Educational Partnerships for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Specialized Curriculum Group

• Developed and supervised professional development implementations for elementary and middle schools

• Has worked with editors and educational publishing companies to develop materials that address the needs of students and teachers

• Workshops and keynotes address best practice, literacy, intervention, and the 21st century learner

Sara Peters

• Former second, forth, and fifth grade teacher committed to quality education for all students

• Elementary account manager for Lakeshore

• Extensive experience in teaching reading and writing

• Trained at The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University

• Implemented a program to help high-achieving fifth graders gain admission to top college prep schools in the city

Additional Presenters• Melissa Ridenour - Empowering Children to Take a Pro-

Active Role in Staying Safe from Abduction and Predator Harm

• Emily Hansen – Use TeachingMadeEasier.com to Easily Produce Effective Materials for Your Leveled Groups

• Sarah Gillepie – All You Need is “Just a Little Faith”• Robin Ramey and Rhonda O’Neal – Fun with Nonfiction• Bruce Brown – Setting Up and Managing an Effective RTI

Lab for Early Reading Intervention• Debby Mossburg – Reading Assessments: The Foundation

for an RTI Model and Reading for Meaning – Fluently!• Dr. Barbara Ornstein and Dr. William Bingman – What’s New

in Children’s Books? – 2012• Mary Ann Pannone – Working with Parents/Increasing

Parent Involvement• Stephanie Clapham – The Common Core and Your Reading

Classroom

• Johnnalyn Davis, Terri Chapman, Joni Shortridge, and Amy Messinger – Cultivating Continuous Improvement: Student Data Notebooks in the Middle School Setting

• Colleen Driscoll – Santa Exercises and Runs Across the Curriculum

• Mary Weikle – Let’s Move! WV Active Schools Campaign• Barbara Jones – Mapping Your Way to Successful Reading

Across Curriculms• Patterson Cunningham – Beyond Alignment and Compliance

with Common Core State Standards• Barbara Laster and Laura Salvatore – Literacy Instruction

Under the Lens: Making a Long Term Impact for a Struggling Reading

• Michele Goodson and Sylvia Goodson – Creating Rubric Driven Lessons

• Deanna Maynard and Jennifer Sparks – National Board Certification in Early/Middle Childhood Literacy

• Helen Long – Changing the Course of the “Struggling Reader” Proven Effective Practices in Early Literacy Aligned to CCSS

• Angela Icard and Krenna Allender – Common Core Standards: A Moving Experience for the Kindergarten Classroom

• Tarabeth Brumfield and Brea Wiles – Innovative Technology Enhances Literacy Development at the Marshall University STEM Center

• Debra Holly and Karen Dillon – A Gallery Walk of Literature• Mary Lu MacCorkle – Instructional Practices Inventory• Karen Ashbrook – Annual Meeting of the Early Literacy Council:

Make and Take Workshop and Luncheon (sponsored by Lakeshore)

• Sharon Russell – Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative (AARI): County-wide implementation of a research-based model designed to accelerate academic literacy performance

• Vaughn Rhudy – Analyzing Student Growth and Achievement in Reading and Writing Using WESTEST 2 Reports and Using Both Current WV Rubrics and New Next Generation Instructional Writing Rubrics to Score Student Writing

• Dr. Robert Harrison and WVSU pre-service teachers – Pre-Service Teachers Carry the Torch for Literacy