NCRA 52nd Annual North Carolina Reading Conference: Full Schedule

North Carolina Reading Association
52nd Annual North Carolina Reading Conference
March 26-28, 2023
Benton Convention Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Your VOICE matters! Celebrating LITERACY!

9:25am EDT

LGBTQ+ Educator Roundtable discussion; moderator Alan Bailey

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This is a space and time dedicated to providing educators, authors, and artists who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community a place to meet, network, and discuss their experiences as professionals.

Presenters

Alan R. Bailey

Professor Emeritus & Teaching Professor, East Carolina University

Over a career spanning nearly four decades, I have served as a school librarian, a branch manager of a public library, and have worked in community college and university libraries. For more than 25 of those years, I was responsible for developing collections for young children. I... Read More →

Monday March 27, 2023 9:25am - 10:15am EDT
Piedmont 2

Roundtable

Host Organization NCRA
Content/ Strand Leadership, North Carolina Storied Lives
Grade Level Grades K-12
Audience LGBTQ+ educators, authors, and artists

3:25pm EDT

Applying the Science of Reading with Intensive Phonics Instruction

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This workshop will provide a basic overview of the science of reading and structured literacy from a practical perspective. Participants will leave with an understanding of the following concepts:
- research-based frameworks for understanding the processes involved in reading,
- the essential elements and teaching principles of structured literacy, and
- strategies to more effectively teach foundational literacy skills across grade levels.
A large portion of the workshop will feature hands-on and dynamic training dedicated to teaching phonological awareness and explicit phonics.

Presenters

Sean Lindsey

Lead Education Specialist, Reading Horizons

Reading Horizons supports educators with powerful tech-enabled foundational reading instruction that helps all students reach reading proficiency by the end of third grade. For nearly 40 years, the Reading Horizons method has aligned to the evolution of the science of reading, empowering... Read More →

Monday March 27, 2023 3:25pm - 4:15pm EDT
Salem 1A

Concurrent Session

Host Organization NCRA
Content/ Strand Science of Reading, Multi-Lingual Learners, Students with Learning Disabilities, Literacy Across Content Areas
Grade Level Grades K-12
Audience All

NCRA 52nd Annual North Carolina Reading Conference

9:25am EDT

Alan R. Bailey

3:25pm EDT

Sean Lindsey

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