Welcome & Opening Address

Inclusive Special Education Practices within a Dual Language Community of Learners

This session will explore inclusive practices that teachers implement within dual language programs to support emergent bilingual students with disabilities, as well as the challenges they encounter in this endeavor. The research presentation includes an analysi...

This session will explore inclusive practices that teachers implement within dual language progra...

Leveraging Assistive Technology in Adolescent Literacy Instruction

This session provides participants with strategies and solutions for enhancing literacy instruction via assistive technology for middle/high school students with specific learning disabilities in reading. 

This session provides participants with strategies and solutions for enhancing literacy instructi...

The Reading Recipe: Family Engagement as the Key Ingredient

Family engagement is an evidence-based strategy to improve student outcomes, including literacy learning. This is especially important in Special Education, but the work is easier said than done.. In this session we’ll address concrete strategies for leveragin...

Family engagement is an evidence-based strategy to improve student outcomes, including literacy l...

Keynote Address - AI is for Everyone: Reimagining Education for an AI-Powered World

As an MIT-trained AI education researcher, Dr. Randi Williams is dedicated to creating an equitable future with technology. In her talk, Dr. Williams will highlight her work with Day of AI, a nonprofit spinoff of MIT's Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAIS...

As an MIT-trained AI education researcher, Dr. Randi Williams is dedicated to creating an equitab...

Presidential Session: Learning to be Literate: More Than A Single Story/Book Signing

Patricia Paugh is a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she teaches literacy methods courses and is graduate program director for elementary education. Pat’s scholarship is centered on is...

Patricia Paugh is a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University...

Cracking the code: Foundations of Reading MTEL Workshop

This session is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence needed to succeed on the Foundations of Reading MTEL. Participants will gain a deep understanding of test structure and competencies while exploring evidence-based practic...

This session is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence needed...

Exploring early literacy skill development informed by an accessible adapted benchmarking assessment tool for students with extensive support needs

This workshop presents an adapted accessible early literacy benchmarking tool for students with extensive support needs using concrete, representational, and abstract language. It incorporates artificial intelligence for literacy activities aligned with Alternat...

This workshop presents an adapted accessible early literacy benchmarking tool for students with e...

Mastering Small Group Structures & Routines to Support ALL Learners

This presentation provides practical strategies for mastering small group structures and routines to support all learners. Attendees will learn a systematic structure for small group instruction and how to explicitly teach each effective component, ensuring ever...

This presentation provides practical strategies for mastering small group structures and routines...

Plenary: Harnessing the Neurobiology of Reading: Strategies to Enhance Literacy for All Learners

Explore the neurobiology behind reading and discover how brain-based strategies can enhance literacy outcomes. This interactive workshop delves into the science of reading acquisition, neurodiverse learning, and practical classroom applications. Participants wil...

Explore the neurobiology behind reading and discover how brain-based strategies can enhance liter...