The‌ ‌conference‌ ‌will‌ ‌feature‌ ‌keynote‌ ‌speaker‌ ‌Kelly‌ ‌Starling‌ ‌Lyons,‌ ‌author‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌2020‌ ‌Caldecott-Honor‌ ‌winning‌ ‌book‌ ‌‌Going‌ ‌Down‌ ‌Home‌ ‌with‌ ‌Daddy‌ ‌‌and‌ ‌co-creator‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌blog‌ ‌‌The‌ ‌Brown‌ ‌Bookshelf‌.‌ ‌Kelly‌ ‌will‌ ‌focus‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌power‌ ‌of‌ ‌read‌ ‌alouds‌ ‌and‌ ‌shared‌ ‌reading‌ ‌to‌ ‌engage‌ ‌and‌ ‌empower‌ ‌diverse‌ ‌readers. There‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌additional‌ ‌sessions‌ ‌on:‌ ‌

  • Choice, challenge, and content to foster student engagement
  • Strengthening students' voices through fluency work
  • Vocabulary and multisensory word work
  • Bringing it all together