Literacy Through the Arts Conference
September 2 - 3, 2021
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
This conference provides Professional Development sessions to educators, pre-service teachers, community members, and parents with opportunities to explore arts integration communities of practice. The intersection of arts in learning is magical for all students. It is a place where we see the transformative powers of the arts. A place where strategies raise student achievement and success, support educators, promote equity of access, nurture leadership and enliven the teaching and learning environment.
Presentation Titles
With Featured Presentations:
Thursday, September 2nd: Literacy Through the Arts Conference
@Wichita State University
Friday, September 3rd: Special Topic: Diversity and Equity in Literacy and Education @Wichita State University
Saturday, September 4th: Kansas Literacy Festival
@Fairmount Park, Wichita, KS
Dr. Carmen Tafolla
Award-winning Author & Poet Laureate of Texas, 2015
Dr. Gwendolyn Mukes
Elementary Educator and Actor
Sonia Manzano
"Maria" from Sesame Street
Thursday, Sept. 2
Friday, Sept. 3rd
Friday-Saturday, September 3-4
COVID-19 NOTE:
This conference is an event presented by Storytime Village, in partnership with the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission and 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.
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 Conference
Arts Integration and Literacy
Arts Integration: An Introduction for Administrators, Arts Specialists, and Teachers
Blackout Poems for Student Literacy
Connecting Literacy to Food, Gardens, and Cooking
Creating an Illustrated Accordion Book
Early Learning Through Simple Songs
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
Haiku and Origami Stress Busters for Teachers
Hip Hop Spelling
Integrating Music, Movement, Drama, and the Arts in Literacy
Let's Get Cooking!
Literacy and Ways of Knowing Through Arts-Based Interpretive Activities
Literacy Through Lyric Writing
Literacy Through Song Writing
Panel: Exploring Dyslexia
Poetry in Motion: Making Connections Through Writing and Moving
Serving Students with Dyslexia
Statewide Initiatives for Literacy and the Arts
Teacher Self-Care
The Back to School Daze
The Best Way to Read to a Child
The Music and Literacy Connection
Using Visual Supports to Support Literacy: A How to Approach
Friday, September 3rd: Special Topic: Diversity and Equity in Literacy and Education
African American Literacy Coalition and Educator Workshop
Educational Equity in Wichita Public Schools
"Imitation of Life" Creative Theater...And How You Can Create It
Is Low-Income Equal to At-Risk?
Meet Mrs. Mary Jane McCleod Bethune
Poverty and Trauma's Impact on Children
Respectful Representation: Intentionality in Classroom Literature
Strategies to Impact Urban Elementary Student Reaching Achievement in the Classroom and After-School Academic Enrichment Programs
The Elements of Our Own Story: Yes! Representation Matters Here Too
Visual Literacy: Seeing Between and Beyond the Lines
This Storytime Village project, in partnership with Wichita State University, was supported in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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