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Thu, Sep 02

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Wichita

Literacy through the Arts Conference

This conference provides Professional Development sessions to educators, pre-service teachers, community members, and parents with opportunities to explore arts integration communities of practice. Let's Celebrate Literacy, and Be the Village!

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Literacy through the Arts Conference
Literacy through the Arts Conference

Time & Location

Sep 02, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT – Sep 03, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT

Wichita, 1845 Fairmount St #56, Wichita, KS 67260, USA

Guests

About the Event

COVID-19 NOTE:

This conference is an event presented by Storytime Village, in partnership with Wichita State University's College of Applied Studies. It is scheduled to be an in-person event in September of 2021. The execution of this conference is subject to Wichita State University's campus health protocols. Conference room accommodations will reflect the current CDC regulations.

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In alignment with Wichita State's campus health protocols, all students, faculty, staff, and visitors — regardless of vaccination status — will be required to wear a mask in all campus classrooms and laboratories. Additionally, we encourage all members of our campus community to wear masks in all other indoor campus locations.

Thursday, September 2nd: Literacy through the Arts

Friday, September 3rd: Special Topic, Diversity and Equity in Literacy and Education

With Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Carmen Tafolla

Dr. Gwendolyn Mukes

Presentations:

  • Arts Integration: An Introduction for Administrators, Arts Specialists, and Teachers
  • Arts Integration and Literacy
  • A Program Evaluation of an Early Learning Center for Disadvantaged Students
  • A World of "One Another"
  • Blackout Poems for Student Literacy
  • Connecting Literacy to Food, Gardens, and Cooking
  • Creating an Illustrated Accordion Book
  • Exploring a New Professional Learning Model: Environmental Education Workshops that Connect Visual Literacy and STEM Subjects
  • Exploring Literacy through Storytelling: The Salina Storytelling Project
  • Grab N' Go Strategies for Art Integration and Literacy
  • Hip Hop Spelling
  • “Imitation of Life” – Creative Theater… And How You Can Create It
  • Integrating Music, Movement, Drama, and the Arts in Literacy
  • Literacy and Ways of Knowing through Arts-Based Interpretive Activities
  • Literacy through Lyric Writing
  • Poetry in Motion
  • Poverty and Trauma’s Impact on Children
  • Statewide Initiatives for Literacy and the Arts
  • Strategies to Impact Urban Elementary Student Reading Achievement in the Classroom and After-School Academic Enrichment Programs
  • Teacher Self-Care
  • The "Back to School Daze"
  • The Best Way to Read Aloud to a Child
  • The Music and Literacy Connection
  • Using Visual Supports to Support Literacy: A How-To Approach
  • Visual Storytellers: Narrative Devices in Art

Tickets

  • Full-Access, Two-Day

    This ticket includes: -Full-access to both days of Literacy through the Arts Conference. -Breakfast served both days. -Two keynote luncheons. -Conference resource kit, including resources from conference presenters, book from author luncheon, and Storytime Village the Show episode and lesson plan. -Access to "Educator Mixer" happy hour.

    $150.00
    +$3.75 service fee

  • One-Day Access, Day 1

    This ticket includes: -Full-access to the first day of the Literacy through the Arts Conference. -Breakfast served one day. -One keynote luncheon. -Conference resource kit, including resources from conference presenters, book from author luncheon, and Storytime Village the Show episode and lesson plan. -Access to "Educator Mixer" happy hour.

    $100.00
    +$2.50 service fee

  • One-Day Access, Day 2

    This ticket includes: -Full-access to the second day of the Literacy through the Arts Conference. -Breakfast served one day. -One keynote luncheon. -Conference resource kit, including resources from conference presenters, and Storytime Village the Show episode and lesson plan. -Access to "Educator Mixer" happy hour.

    $100.00
    +$2.50 service fee

  • Read & Rise Breakfast Add-On

    Sep 03, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Shirley Beggs Ballroom (WSU Rhatigan Student Center) Storytime Village, Inc. invites you to join us in honoring individuals and organizations that have risen to the occasion to make significant contributions in improving the lives of Kansas children through literacy. The Read and Rise Breakfast Gala will celebrate the accomplishments of these worthy honorees with the Literacy Champion, Literacy Legacy, and Literary Arts Awards. Including special guest, Sonia Manzano!

    $30.00
    +$0.75 service fee

  • Student, Full Two-Day Access

    Access all sessions of the conference for a special student fee!

    $55.00
    +$1.38 service fee

  • Student, One-Day Access

    A special student fee to attend one full day of the Literacy Through the Arts Conference!

    $25.00
    +$0.63 service fee

  • Conference Presenter

    Register here if you are a presenter at either day of the Literacy Through the Arts Conference.

    $0.00

  • Purchase Order Registration

    Register through this option if you need to process registration with an agency Purchase Order instead of credit card.

    $0.00

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