| March 7 Literacy in Lexington |
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The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning invites you to join us for a one day conference No Community Left Behind: Literacy in Lexington Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 9:00am – 4:30pm 251 W. Second Street Lexington, Kentucky Panelists, speakers and workshops will address: * What are critical points in building lifelong learners? * What are best practices for literacy providers? * How do funders identify a strong literacy program? * How can you or your agency recognize and address illiteracy? * What community work is being done and where are the gaps? Speakers Scheduled (bios below): Starr Lewis Associate Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education Life Trajectories: A personal story of literacy Dale Lipshultz President, National Coalition for Literacy Literacy Officer, American Libraries Association Moving Past 1992: Implications of Results of the Recently Released NAALS Study Curt Dudley-Marling Professor, Lynch School of Education, Boston College Supporting Literacy and Learning in Urban Households: African-American and ESL families’ response to learning initiatives Registration fee is $25 and includes breakfast and lunch. Breakfast drinks and pastries provided by Starbucks Coffee. Conference is available to the first seventy-five registrants. Download registration form at www.carnegieliteracy.org. This event is made possible by a grant from the Virginia Clark Hagan Foundation. For more information, call (859) 254-4175 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Speaker Bios Starr Lewis received her BA from the University of Kentucky and her MAT from the University of Louisville. Prior to coming to work at the Kentucky Department of Education, she taught English and psychology for 17 years at North Bullitt High School. She joined the department in 1991 as a Regional Writing Consultant and has served as Director of the Kentucky Writing Program and Humanities Branch Manager. Dale Lipschultz, Ph.D., literacy officer of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, serves as president of the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) in Washington D.C., a nonprofit membership organization that seeks to advance adult education, language, and literacy in the United States. Prior to coming to ALA, Lipschultz was the senior program associate with the Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center (ILRDC). In addition, she played a leadership role in the founding and development of several Chicago-based literacy initiatives. She was the coordinator of the Read with a Child Literacy Program at La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, the executive director of Reach Out and Read Family Literacy Program (ROAR), and project director of the Literacy and Health Partnership, also in Chicago. Lipschultz has a Ph.D. in Child Development from the Erikson Institute in Chicago. Curt Dudley-Marling, a former elementary and special education teacher, is currently a professor in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Curt has dedicated his professional life to helping struggling readers and writers. His articles have appeared in Language Arts, The Reading Teacher, English Education, the New Advocate, Reading and Writing Quarterly, the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Teacher Education, and more. His books include A Classroom Teachers Guide to Struggling Readers (2004), Readers and Writers with a Difference (1996), Living with Uncertainty: The Messy Reality of Classroom Practice (1997), and Who Owns Learning: Questions of Autonomy, Choice, and Control (1995). Curt is also a former co-editor of Language Arts and is current Chair of NCTE's Elementary Section Steering Committee. Curt presents on enhancing reading comprehension, struggling readers and writers, and working with parents around literacy.
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