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
Thursday, September 2nd: Literacy Through the Arts Conference
COVID-19 NOTE:
This conference is scheduled to be an in-person event in September of 2021. All in-person events of the Kansas Literacy Festival will follow CDC and state guidelines for the safety of all participants. Local and state-wide health data will be monitored in the months prior to determine the exact safety guidelines for the event. Notices will be posted on the website and sent to all registrants.
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
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
Respectful Representation: Intentionality in Classroom Literature
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
Visual Storytellers: Narrative Devices in Art
Friday, September 3rd: Special Topic: Diversity and Equity in Literacy and Education
African American Literacy Coalition and Educator Workshop
A Program Evaluation of an Early Learning Center for Disadvantaged Students
Poverty and Trauma's Impact on Children
Illustration and Diversity, Creative Approaches to Art Education
"Imitation of Life" Creative Theater...And How You Can Create It
Is Low-Income Equal to At-Risk?
Respectful Representation: Intentionality in Classroom Literature
Strategies to Impact Urban Elementary Student Reaching Achievement in the Classroom and After-School Academic Enrichment Programs
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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