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Featured Presenters

Dr. Towanda Harris

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Author/Consultant

Zetta Elliott

Patty McGee

Benchmark Education

Author

Mark Shulman

Tim Rasinski

Manuel Herrera

Affton Schools

Coordinator of Learning Services

Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter Talks, LLC

Owner

Presenters

Stephanie Barrientos (she/her)

Zionsville West Middle School

Instructional Coach

Stephanie Affinito

University at Albany

Clinical Teaching Faculty

Shannon Anderson

Speaker

Meghan Barry

Thorpe Creek Elementary

3rd Grade Teacher

Diane Behrman

Thorpe Creek Elementary

1st Grade Teacher

Casey Wente and Rachel Benedict

Kids Read Now

Outreach Support Specialist and Community Engagement Manager

Karen Biggs-Tucker

Wild Rose Elementary

5th Grade Teacher

Matt Birdsall

Teaching Strategies

Early Learning Solutions Specialist

JoyAnn Boudreau

HSE Intermediate Junior High

Teacher Librarian

Edith Campbell

Indiana State University; Cunningham Memorial Library

Associate Education Librarian

Emily Cespedes

Hamilton Southeastern Schools

ENL Teacher

Woongsik Choi

Purdue University

PhD student

Deanna Cline

Noblesville Schools

Assistant Principal

Stephanie Dale

Hamilton Southeastern Schools

teacher

Brenda Dales

Miami University (Ohio)

Professor Emerita

Wes Dicken

Noblesville Schools

Teacher

Leigh Anne Eck

Vincennes Community School Corpoartion

6th Grade English arts teacher

Carter Figg

Newsela

Director of Educational Partnerships

Denise Frazier

Indiana University East

Assistant Professor of Literacy Education

Heidi Grimshaw

Marian University

PhD Student, St. John's University

Dr. Lisa Marie Hale

University of Evansville

Assistant Professor of Education

Paul Hankins

West Clark Schools

Teacher

Ciera Harris

Ciera Harris Teaching

Curriculum Designer

Alyssa Janutolo

Thorpe Creek Elementary School

ENL Collaborative Teacher

Matthew Johnson

Ann Arbor Public Schools

Teacher

Janet Jordan

PFW

Retired educator

Wan Hee Kim

Purdue University

PhD Candidate

Tara Kingsley

IU Kokomo

Associate Professor

Rachel Knuttel

Prairie Trace Elementary, CCS

5th Grade Teacher

Isaac Larison

Marshall University

Associate Professor, Literacy Education Program

Haiyan Li

Purdue University

Doctoral Candidate

Dr. Diane Maletta

University of Notre Dame

Faculty of Supervision & Instruction

Mahasin Martinson

IUPUI

Teaching and Learning Librarian

Trish Morita

Purdue University

Assistant Professor

Dennisha Murff, Ph.D.

Murff Consulting Group

Founder and Elementary Principal

Dr. Tiffany Neal

HANDS in Autism Interdisciplinary Training and Resource Center, IUSM

Assistant Director

Stephawn Newsom

Newsela

Director of Indiana Success

Terrie Noland, CALP

Learning Ally

Vice-President, Educator Initiatives

Katie Norton

Southeastern Elementary

Teacher

Casey Irene Ochieng

Hamilton Southeastern Schools

Classroom Teacher

Kathy Ogden

St.Philip Neri

Teacher

Dr. Kathy Perez

Saint Marys College of California

Professor Emerita

Eileen Porzuczek

The Indiana Writers Center

Graduate Student in Emerging Media Design and Development at Ball...

Dr. Sharon Pratt

Indiana University Northwest

Associate Professor of Elementary and Literacy Education

Tommy Renfro

Indiana University East

Lecturer

Jackie Renick

Thorpe Creek Elementary

4th Grade Teacher

Joe Risch

Indiana Department of Education

Sr Specialist for Teaching and Learning

Caroline Rooney

Teacher

Carrie Rosebrock

Central Indiana Educational Services Center

Professional Learning Specialist

Tyler Schumacher

St. Anthony School

3rd Grade Teacher

Jake Singleton

Lincoln Junior High

Assistant Principal

Lauren Smith

Noblesville Schools

Instructional Coach

Jennifer Sniadecki

South Bend Community Schools

School Librarian/Teacher Leader

Laura Stewart

The Reading League

Chief Innovation Officer

Terra Tarango

Thursday Opening Keynote and Feature Speaker

April Thomas

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Reading Intervention Teacher/ PhD Student

Jen Townsend

Noblesville Schools

Director of Learning

Amy Walker

LCLE, Indiana University

PhD Student

Kelly Waller

Indiana Department of Education

Secondary ELA and Literacy Specialist

Jayne Walters

Indianapolis Public Library

Branch Manager

Dr. Maria Walther

Maria P. Walther LLC

Traveling Teacher, Author, Literacy Consultant

Gina Weaver

Noblesville Schools

Instructional Coach

B.A. Williamson

Author

Author/Teacher

Wayne E. Wright

Purdue University

Associate Dean

Alyssa Yokota-Byron

TeachingBooks

Implementation and Training Specialist