Reading Academy
June 27-28, 2024 | Northcentral Technical College (Wausau, WI)
The University of Wisconsin Schools of Education, in collaboration with PK-12, CESA, and DPI partners, are excited to offer a Reading Academy for educators. Designed to provide professional learning supporting PK-12 educators, educator preparation instructors and students, and others in literacy instruction as outlined in WI Act 20.
Reading Academy Highlights
- Overview of DPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and personal reading plan template
- Wisconsin’s literacy experts leading breakout sessions and facilitating team time
- Team work time throughout the event
- Networking with peers
We encourage teams of up to three (3) people from a school district or institution to attend. In addition, UW educator preparation students and May 2024 graduates in early childhood education, elementary education, and special education are invited to attend. A limited number of stipends will be available for these UW students and graduates.
Please contact the following people with any questions:
| Registration: Northcentral Technical College Rachel Schiltz | Agenda/Stipends: Deanna Schultz Director | UW-Stout School of Education |
Agenda
Thursday, June 27, 2024
| 10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome Opening Session: Panel of Reading Experts Panelists: Amber Garbe, UW-Stevens Point Professor of Literacy; Barb Novak, WI Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI); Amy Webb, Spring Valley School District Reading Specialist and Curriculum Director Facilitator: Heidi Eliopoulos, Altoona School District Superintendent |
Heidi Eliopoulos
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch (provided) Table Talk |
| 12:30 p.m. | General Sessions: Personalized Reading Plan Learn about the personalized reading plans component in Act20 and engage in guided practice with the DPI Personalized Reading Plan template. Leaders: Stacy Gray and Robyn Bindrich, DPI Literacy Consultants |
Stacy Gray
Robyn Bindrich
| 2:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
Session 1: Curriculum**: Using the WI DPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and identifying the need for supplemental materials Leaders: Stacy Gray and Robyn Bindrich, DPI Literacy Consultants **Recommended session for pre-service teacher candidates | |
Session 2: – Screeners, diagnostic assessment, and progress monitoring will be addressed. Leaders: Amber Garbe, Jacki Sernau, and Polly Manske, UW-Stevens Point |
Stacy Gray
Robyn Bindrich
| 3:30 p.m. | Team Time to review and work on items from the day's sessions |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner (on your own) |
Friday, June 28, 2024
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast (provided) |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakoutt Sessions: Choose a session |
Session 1: Assessment *: Screeners, diagnostic assessment, and progress monitoring will be addressed. Leaders: Amber Garbe, Jacki Sernau, and Polly Manske, UW-Stevens Point *Recommended session for pre-service teacher candidates | |
Session 2: Equity at the Center Removing Barriers in Universal Instruction for Individual Learners Includes an overview of equitable, multi-level systems of support and Universal Design for Learning; how to meet the needs of individual students within Act 20 and build in supports. Leaders: Barb Novak & Tanya Morin, DPI Consultants |
Tanya Morin
Tanya Morin has been the Dual Language/Bilingual-Bicultural Education Consultant at the Department of Public Instruction since March of 2022. Prior to her current role, Tanya served as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Consultant at DPI, and taught in bilingual education programs in Texas, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Tanya received a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from UW-Madison, where she focused on strategies for leveraging EL students’ out-of-school experiences in the classroom.
| 9:30 am | Breakout Sessions: Choose a session |
Session 1: Pre-service teacher session with UW Professors of Literacy
Leaders: Kelly Pankratz, UW-Whitewater, and Kathryn Allen, UW-Oshkosh | |
Session 2: Curriculum: Using the WI DPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and identifying the need for supplemental materials
Leaders: Stacy Gray and Robyn Bindrich, DPI Literacy Consultants | |
| Session 3: Networking/Sharing or Team Time |
Kelly Pankratz
Kathryn Allen
Dr. Kathryn Allen has been an educator for more than 30 years. Her experience includes work in early childhood and elementary education, as well as teacher education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She received National Board Certification while teaching in St. Paul Public Schools and continues to model and encourage the practices of inquiry and reflection emphasized in the National Board Certification process.
Dr. Allen’s research interests include teacher learning, particularly as applied to foundational literacy concepts. Her research supports the idea that collaborative, situated, teacher-centered professional learning holds promise as a meaningful way for educators to serve as literacy leaders in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
Robyn Bindrich