TUESDAY Room 10
Hourly Schedule
Room 10
- 7:00 AM - 7:20 AM
- Learning in the Digital Age: Empowering Children with Comprehensive Skills
- DSL Encantoland Aregentina
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Speakers:
Fabian Flechas
- 7:20 AM - 7:40 AM
- Curricular Transformations in Out-of-School Settings: Responding to the "Right to Read"
- Start2Finish Canada
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Speakers:
Gabrielle Warren
- 7:40 AM - 8:00 AM
- The Story Project: Integrating Stories into the Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Curriculum.
- The Story Project United Kingdom
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Speakers:
Olivia Richards
- 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
- Enhancing Literacy for conflict affected Children and youth - Experiences from War Child's "Can't Wait to Learn" (CWTL) Digital Learning Programme.
- War Child Alliance Uganda
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Speakers:
Grace Kiiria
- 8:20 AM - 8:45 AM
- BREAK
- 9:00 AM - 10:25 AM
- PLENARY SESSION
- Keynote - 40 minutes (Governor's Early Literacy Foundation James Pond | President) Panel Discussion One - 45 minutes EU READS (led by Dr. Jörg F. Maas | Stiftung Lesen) Diane Gerald, CEO of Booktrust UK, Valentina Stoeva (CEO of the Bulgarian Reading Foundation) Panel Discussion Two - 45 minutes How Neuroscience can advance Literacy Education (Brainscience, MIT, Oxford University, Stanford University, University of Connecticut) North Writing School - EXHIBIT HALL
- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
- BREAK
- 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
- A Framework for Adolescent Reading
- Douglas Fisher, San Diego State University | United States
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Speakers:
Douglas Fisher
- 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
- Implementation and Monitoring of the Finnish National Literacy Strategy 3020 in the National Literacy Program
- Lotta-Sofia La Rosa, Finnish National Agency for Education | Finland
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Speakers:
Lotta-Sofia La Rosa
- 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
- Nurturing a Habit of Reading Through a Comprehensive Literacy Portfolio
- Christabel Pinto, Room to Read | United States
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Speakers:
Christabel Pinto
- 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
- Connecting with Cultures Through the Wonder of Words: Successful Vocabulary Strategies for English Learners
- Saint Mary's College of California
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Speakers:
Katherine Perez
- 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
- Writing Literacies and Artificial Intelligence Among Secondary Students: A Mixed Methods Study
- University of Florida, College of Education United States
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Speakers:
Bridget Newell
- 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
- Fostering Data & AI Literacy
- THE DATA LODGE United States
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Speakers:
Valerie Logan
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- LUNCH
- 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
- TBD
- Panel Discussion
- 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
- TBD
- Panel Discussion
- 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
- TBD
- Panel Discussion
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
- BREAK
- 4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
- AMANI Reads: A Pilot Program for Culturally-centred and Community-based Mentorship and Reading Intervention
- Natalie King-Shaw, Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Sciences | United States
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Speakers:
Natalie King-Shaw
- 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
- "It Takes a Village": The Role of Home and Community Literacy Practices in Reading Amongst Caribbean Primary School Learners
- Shawna-Kaye Tucker, University of Toronto | Canada Shawna-Kaye Tucker
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Speakers:
Shawna-Kaye Tucker
- 4:55 PM - 5:15 PM
- Community Literacy Change with Free Storybooks: The Impact of Dolly's Parton's Imagination Library in the U.S. & U.K.
- Chad Waldron, Central Michigan University | United States
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Speakers:
Chad Waldron
- 5:15 PM - 5:35 PM
- Bridging the Literacy Gap with Libraries and Communities
- Marion Waldman, Beth Bevars Teach My Kid To Read | United States
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Speakers:
Beth Bevars, Marion Waldman
- 5:35 PM - 5:55 PM
- TBD
Fabian Flechas
Co-Founder of DSL Encantoland
Fabian Flechas is the CEO of DSL Encantoland, an initiative focused on digital literacy for children in Latin America. With extensive experience in technology and education sectors, he has led workshops and spoken at various events, emphasizing the importance of digital skills and responsible internet use for the future.
Gabrielle Warren
Program Developer/Researcher
Gabrielle Warren, a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Pedagogy at OISE/University of Toronto, focuses on Canadian education history and policy. For eight years, she has worked with Start2Finish Canada, developing programs, collaborating with researchers, engaging volunteers, and participating in anti-poverty campaigns, integrating academic work with direct action and advocacy.
Olivia Richards
Director of The Story Project and Phd Student
Olivia Richards is the founding Director of The Story Project, an award-winning education programme aiming to improve children's wellbeing and literacy. She is also completing a PHD at St Mary's University and has received a Farmington and a Churchill Fellowship. She regularly speaks at the UKLA conference.
Grace Kiiria
Regional Education Advisor, Africa & Colombia
Grace Kiiria Okia Provides Leadership in Education in Emergency and Spearheads EdTech to enhance Literacy and numeracy for marginalized and conflicted children and youth in Sub-Saharan Africa focusing on War Childs’s flagship education solution “Can't Wait to Learn”- a Digital Learning Solution. She holds a PhD in Educational Management.
Douglas Fisher
Professor
Douglas Fisher is professor of education at San Diego State University and teacher leader at Health Sciences High. He has written over 200 books, chapters, and articles on reading and instruction. He speaks around the world on quality instruction for all learners.
Lotta-Sofia La Rosa
Senior Specialist, Project Manager
Senior Specialist, Project Manager of Finnish National Literacy Program Degrees: Doctor of Philosophy (2023), Doctoral Program in School, Education, Society, and Culture; Master of Arts (2015), Literature, Finnish Language, Communication, University of Helsinki Previous Experience: Lecturer in Finnish Language and Literature, Coordinator in National Reading Project, Doctoral Researcher
Christabel Pinto
Vice President, Literacy Portfolio
Christabel Pinto is vice president at Room to Read where she leads the design and execution of a global literacy portfolio. Her 20+ years of experience includes teaching children, facilitating teacher professional development, curriculum and program design, community engagement, and research in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the United States.
Katherine Perez
International consultant, author, Professor Emerita, instructional coach
Dr. Kathy Perez, an international consultant, professor, instructional coach, administrator and author has worked with students from preschoolers to university graduates. She has extensive teaching experience as a general and special educator, literacy/ESL coach.. . Dr. Kathy has worked with teachers in Canada, Europe, China,, Africa ,South America,, Australia & Asia.
Bridget Newell
PhD Student
Bridget Newell is a PhD student at the University of Florida in Literacy Education. She is a former schoolteacher whose research focuses on digital literacy practices and the relationship between composition and sociotechnical advancements. Her interests involve the efficacy and implications of Gen-AI on literacy and human-computer interaction in writing.
Valerie Logan
Founder & CEO
Valerie A. Logan, Founder of The Data Lodge and Chief Strategy Officer of Data Society Group. Known as the "godmother of data literacy", Valerie is as passionate about fostering positive impact through "speaking data" as it gets. She holds a M.S. in Applied Math from NMSU (concentration in Operations Research)..
Natalie King-Shaw
Harvard PhD
Natalie King-Shaw (she/her) is a Harvard PhD student in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, and in the MGH Institute of Health Professions SAiL Literacy Lab. She researches community-based practices for education and equitable literacy access, and her speaking experience includes the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Shawna-Kaye Tucker
Assistant Professor
Dr. Shawna-Kaye Tucker is an assistant professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on language and literacy development among children with English as an additional language in the primary years, particularly in the Caribbean where Creole languages are spoken.
Chad Waldron
Marie Berrell Endowed Professor of Literacy
Dr. Chad H. Waldron is the Marie Berrell Endowed Professor of Literacy and Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Professional Development in the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA. Dr. Caroline Zwierzchowska-Dod is a Honourary Researcher at Swansea University, Wales, UK.
Beth Bevars
Marion Waldman
Executive Director
Marion Waldman, Founder/Executive Director, started Teach My Kid to Read in response to her struggles navigating the education system and obtaining reading services for her daughter. Marion has undergraduate degrees in English and History from Hartwick College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
