2025 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Check - In Mt. Memorial Garden Level
9:00 - 9:20 AM: Welcome & Poetry Reading Mt. Memorial 1st Floor
(featuring John Poch)
9:35 - 10:20 AM: Session A Mt. Memorial & McClain Rooms
SESSION A
A1. The Power of Playing with Poems (Poetry | E, M, S, TE)
Anderson/Franklin College
McClain 100
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A4. The Power of Authentic Writing (Writing | E, M, S); Note: participants should bring a unit to revise during this workshop
Sinclair/IPS
Mt. Memorial 106
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A2. Starting a Writing-for-Wellness Program in Your School (Writing | G)
Huehls, DelCastillo, Mullins/IPS
McClain 107​​​​​​
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A5. Equity and the Promises of Multimodality: Digital Literacies as Access (and its Limitations) (Digital & Media Literacies | C/U)
Myers, Marvin, Lew James, Flahive/U. of Notre Dame
Mt. Memorial 201
A3. Bringing Book Clubs into the Classroom (Reading | M, S)
Davidhizar, Furfaro/Fairfield Jr. High
Mt. Memorial 105​​
A6. Teacher Education & Prof. Dev. Presentations I
A6a. Showing Love in the Classroom: Spider Web Discussions as Pathways for Student Voice (Teacher Education & Professional Development | G)
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A6b. Interdisciplinary Literacy: A Science of Reading Course for All University Teacher Candidates (Teacher Education & Professional Development | M, S, C/U, TE)
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A6c. Planning with Purpose: Building Weekly Routines to Simplify and Streamline Your Teaching (Teacher Education & Professional Development | E, TE)
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Mt. Memorial 202
A7. Helping Students Fall in Love with Reading through Choice and Independence (Literature | M, S, TE)
Higgs-Coulthard, Twietmeyer/St. Mary's
Mt. Memorial 203
10:35 - 11:20 AM: Session B Mt. Memorial & McClain Rooms
SESSION B
B1. Moving from Community Service to Service Learning (Digital & Media Literacies | M, S, C/U)
Swisher-Carroll/Edwardsburg H.S.
McClain 100
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B4. Beyond the Pages: Unleashing Critical Thinking through AP Seminar (Research & Inquiry | S, C/U)
Coake/College Board
Mt. Memorial 106
B2. 13 1/2 Evidence-Based Reading Comprehension Strategies (Literature | M, S, TE)
Current/Roosevelt M.S.
McClain 107
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B5. So, You Want to be an Author? (From Writing to Publishing to Marketing) (Writing | G)
Klemm/Indiana State Library
Mt. Memorial 201
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B3. Engaging Reluctant Writers: Teaching Research & Writing to Secondary Students (Writing | M, S, TE)
Pridemore, Pawlack/EES Innnovation
Mt. Memorial 105
B6. Grief in Literature and its Impact on Students (Literature | G)
Porter/Grace College
Mt. Memorial 202
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B7. Develop Ideas for Stronger Writing (Writing | E, M, S)
Harris/Smekens Education
Mt. Memorial 203
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11:30 - 12:15 PM: The Future is Now Mt. Memorial 202 Preservice Teacher Presentations
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Exhibits Mt. Memorial Garden Level
12:15 - 1:45 PM: Luncheon & Keynote McClain Auditorium
with Helen Frost & Curtis Crisler
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Book Signing McClain Auditorium
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Dessert Reception Mt. Memorial Center for Literacy & Learning
2:15 - 3:00 PM: Session C Mt. Memorial & McClain Rooms
SESSION C
C1. Attacks on the Right to Read: Experiences with Censorship in Indiana Public Schools (Literature | G)
Swim, Bakehorn, Rodesiler/var.
McClain 100
C4. Building Grammar Confidence: Visualizing the Sentence through Diagramming (Writing | G)
King/Taylor U.
Mt. Memorial 106
C2. Preservice Teachers: Research-Based Reading Engagement Strategies for the Secondary ELA Classroom (Reading | S, TE)
Burkett, Stanley, Drapac, Deaton/Grace College
McClain 107
C5. What's Wrong With You? What Happened to You? What did You do?: Using Second-Person Narrative as Trauma-Informed Pedagogy to Foster Empathy (Literature | S, C/U)
Jackson, Goshen College
Mt. Memorial 201
C3. Propaganda in Action: Using Information Literacy Skills & Digital Tools to Analyze Literary Texts (S, TE | Digital & Media Literacies)
Higgins, Manduka/Warsaw Com. H.S.
Mt. Memorial 105
C6. Inquiry, Argument Writing, and DBQ Online (Writing | M, S)
Jackson, DBQ
Mt. Memorial 202
3:15 - 4:00 PM: Session D Mt. Memorial Rooms
SESSION D
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D1. Using a Love of Reading to Foster a Love of Writing (Writing | M, S)
Davidhizar/Fairfield J.H.S.
Mt. Memorial 202
D4. Teacher Education & Prof. Dev. Presentations II
D5a. The Promise & Practicalities of Ludic Reading Programs (Reading | S, C/U, TE)
Broome/St. Mary's College
D5b. Read-Aloud Is for Everyone (Reading | E, M, S)
Manduka/Warsaw Com. H.S.
D5c. Utilizing Multilingual Resources to Support Student Learning (Multilingualism | M, S)
Bleicher/Sturgis H.S.
Mt. Memorial 106
D2. CANCELLED
Feucht/Thinking Habits
D5. Family Journals as Literature, History, and Avenues for Writing Proficiency (Literature | G)
Norris, Philips, Burke/Grace College.
Mt. Memorial 201
D3. Peer Perfection: A Mentorship Model for Secondary Classrooms (Research & Inquiry | S)
Swim/New Tech Academy
Mt. Memorial 105
4:10 - 4:30 PM: Closing Remarks Mt. Memorial First Floor