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SUNDAY
3/15/15 Registration Open
2:00PM - 8:00PM
MONDAY
REGISTRATION OPEN 7:00AM - 5:00PM
Date
Day
Concurrent Sessions
3/16/2015 Mon
3/16/2015 Mon
Start Time
End Time
Presenter & Copresenter Names
8:30AM
9:30AM
9:15AM
10:45AM
Opening Session
Dr. Donald Hernandez
Dr. Josh Cramer and Lisa Avetisian
Elizabeth Atack
Esther Prins
Deborah Paz
Najah Callander
Kathryn Bauchelle
Lindsay McHolme
Mari Riddle
Linda Nelson
Julie Baker Fink
Presentation Title
Disparities in Child Well-Being, and Promising Policy and
Programmatic Solutions
Growing a Stronger America - One Family at a Time
How Do We Bridge the Language and Culture Gap? Library
Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Families
"The World Needs Your Stories": Creating Digital Stories in an
Irish Family Literacy Program
Engaging and Empowering the Families of English Language
Learners
Utilizing Community Partners in Family Engagement
Student Centered Programs for Family Success
Measuring Adult Literacy for Coalition Work
Using Technology to Teach Literacy: Connecting the Dots for NonLiterate Spanish Speakers
Bridging Families: The Family Together Family Literacy Project
Developing a Literacy Blueprint for Community Action: Overview
and Insights
Funder Huddle - The Challenges and Opportunities of Funding a
Collaborative Community-wide Campaign (An LFN session)
3/16/2015 Mon
9:00AM
12:30PM
Frank Ridzi and Joe Welsh
3/16/2015 Mon
11:00AM
12:15PM
Nicole Taylor
Language and Literacy Practices Among Refugee Families
Dr. Jane Stavem
Betsy LeBorious
Dr. Rebecca Palacious
Developing a “Warm Welcome” for Mobile Families
How Welcoming Is Your School?
Using ABCmouse.com (Free Resource for Public Schools, Head
Starts and Libraries to Develop Literacy)
Clare Family Learning Project: An Irish Approach - 20 years of
Innovation and Growth
The Two-Gen Playbook: Best Practices and Policy
Advances for Family Learning
Make Students the Stars: Moviemaking in the Classroom
Doubling Down on PD: An Update on the GEDTS 2015
Professional Development Curriculum (GED Testing Service)
Mary Flanagan
Marjorie Sims
Brittany Pope
Daphne Atkinson
3/16/2015 Mon
1:30PM
2:45PM
Emily Gesing
Donna Kirkwood
Kathleen Satorious
Pam Taylor
Shea Coughlin and Kara Davis
Myrna Fragoso
Amanda Bonds
Kristin Calder
Sandra Strong
Jackie Cordova
Daphne Atkinson
Donna Kirkwood
Ron Robertson
Janine le Sueur
3/16/2015 Mon
1:30PM
3:45 PM
Nicole Robinson
Harnessing the Power of Community for Literacy
Planning Group Meetings That Work
Combine Forces! Building Effective Partnerships
Family Literacy @ Your Public Library---How Do We Do It?
Creative and Effective Ways to Sustain Your Program and
Mission
Academia de Padres Líderes Para el Éxito Estudiantil
Try This! Activities and Methods for Preschool Parent
Engagement
Growing A Coalition Through Civic Engagement
Reading for Meaning--Fluently
Ready to Read Using Dialogic Reading
All About Scoring (GED Testing Service)
Using Role Play as an Instructional Method
Strengthening Preschool-K Alignment Through the Home
Building Capacity to Advance Literacy in Your Communities
Houston Public Library: Linking Families to the World of Toyota
Family Learning
Date
Day
3/16/2015 Mon
Start Time
1:30PM
End Time
3:45 PM
3/16/2015 Mon
3:00PM
4:15PM
3/16/2015 Mon
4:45 PM
6:00PM
Presenter & Copresenter Names
Donalyn Miller -- In Depth Session 1
(Book signing following)
Nina Sazer O'Donnell
Maureen Bish
Rachel Ray
Ann Marie Rios
Kathy Smith
Linda Corbett
Dianne Smith
Jackie Cordova
Jose Cruz
Frank Ridzi
Aaliyah Samuel
Michelle Suarez
Mary Schultz
Margaret Doughty
Networking reception:
Toyota Family Learning Showcase
Presentation Title
National Results and Equity Collaborative’s New Guide to
Achieving Results for Vulnerable Children From Birth to Age 8
(LFN session)
Engaging Dads Through Entrepreneurship
ILA: Taking it One Step Further
Adult Leadership Academy for Student Success
How Can We Help?: Engaging Families
Leveraging Literacy and Learning in a Digital World
Reverse PACT Time for Parent and Child
Listos para leer, utilizando la Lectura de Dialogo
Working Ideas for Your Literacy Coalition
LFN Business Meeting
First Things First Approach to Improving Early Literacy
Engagement+Effort=All Aboard!
Building a Financial Program for Families
The Tale of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
TUESDAY
REGISTRATION OPEN 7:00AM - 5:00PM
3/17/2015 Tue
3/17/2015 Tue
3/17/2015 Tue
8:15AM
12 Noon
2:00PM
8:45AM
1:30PM
3:30PM
Opening Session
General Session and luncheon
Powerful Collaborations: Library-School-Community
Featured Session Panelists:
Partnerships (national webcast session at Julia Ideson Building)
Dr. Rhea Lawson, director of the
Houston Public Library
Carol Shattuck, president and CEO of
the Collaborative for Children (Houston)
Kent Oliver, director of the Nashville
Public Library
Renata Soto, executive director,
Conexión Américas (Nashville)
Matt Poland, CEO of the Hartford Public
Library
Concurrent Sessions
3/17/2015 Tue
9:00AM
10:15AM
Libby Doggett
Rocio Galarza
Kathy Houghton
Dolores Austin
Mary Bridgforth
Dr. Judy Cheatham
Jillian Davis
Dr. Pamela Johnson
Meredith Levine
Sandra Rascon
Bob Paponetti and Kim Scott
Cynthia Hutchinson and Terry Tusing
3/17/2015 Tue
10:00AM
11:15AM
Joe Welsh
3/17/2015 Tue
10:30AM
11:45AM
Cheryl Keenan
Tonya Crum
Rocio Galarza
Kathy Houghton
Regina Boulware-Gooden
Talk, Read, and Sing with Sesame Street
Learning Disabilities and Self-Determination
Reaching the '"One" With Technology in a Family Literacy
Classroom
Engaging Families in Learning Through Strengthening the Four
Components of Family Literacy
Summer Learning as a Means of Closing the Achievement Gap:
The Recipe for Success
Introducing the Library of Congress Literacy Awards
Ready To Learn: Supporting 21st Century Parents & Learners
The Future of Literacy in Libraries: STEM and Beyond
Family Service Learning: Strategies, Examples, Challenges
The Many Faces of Collective Impact: Literacy Coalitions (LFN
session)
Get Ready, Get Set, ExCELL: A Family Transition to Kindergarten
How to Partner with Local United Ways to Create Collective
Impact (LFN session)
Fast Forward for Success
Hablen, lean, y canten con Sesame Street
Written Expression Disabilities
What Maximizes Preschoolers' Performance in Public Settings?
Date
Day
3/17/2015 Tue
Start Time
10:30AM
End Time
11:45AM
Presenter & Copresenter Names
Lori Jacoby
Margo Waddell and Cathy Miller
Presentation Title
Engaging Families in Powerful Learning Together
National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) Preschool Model
Margaret Doughty
Dr. Jeri Levesque
Dr. Susan Landry
Rural Innovations – the 4X4 Family Literacy Approach
Family Learning Is Social Innovation
Closing the 30 Million Word Gap: How We Can Promote Healthy
Language Development
PNC Grow Up Great + National Center for Families Learning =
Great Resources for Parents and Early Educators
Sally McCrady and Andrea Brown
Sandra Rascon
Joe Welsh
3/17/2015 Tue
2:00PM
3:15PM
Sondra Stein
Donna Elder and Brittany Howell
Autumn Jackson
Vicki Clark
Daphne Atkinson
William Mehojah, Sue Bement and
Jagdish Sharma
Jeff Conyers
Rose Gioia-Fine
Corrine Ribble
3/17/2015 Tue
3:30PM
4:45PM
Anthony Gabriel
Dr. Monique Sénéchal
Rick Donahue
Naomie Nyanungo
Sheri Elder
Nilia Jimenez
Daphne Atkinson
Linda Kopecky
Frank Ridzi
David Sisk
Meghan Wells
3/17/2015 Tue
Sandra Strong
Rodeo
Evening
Family to Family Mentoring Training
How to Partner with Local United Ways to Create Collective
Impact (LFN session)
How Parental Education Impacts Development of Adult Skills
How Key Shifts in ELA Affect Instruction for College and Career
Readiness
English in the Schools: Empowering ELL Parents
Working Together: The Collaboration Imperative
Let’s Talk about Evidence (GED Testing Service)
Producing Results Through Parent Engagement
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - A National Effort With Local
Successes (LFN session)
Families, Technology, and Early Literacy-How a Daily Ding can
help Families Succeed
Catalytic Philanthropy: Investing in Coalitions for Impact (LFN
session)
Engaging African American and Other Minority Men
Starting From Home: Literacy Practices That Matter
Improving Early Childhood Literacy Rates Through Parent
Education in High Poverty Communities Across the U.S. - a
Research-Based Case Study
Making Collaboration Work: Lessons From a Collective Impact
Approach to Improving Adult Education Programs in
Philadelphia
Advocacy and Influence in Texas
AVANCE's Intergenerational Approach to Workforce Outcomes
Mathematical Reasoning: Mastering Word Problems (GED
Testing Service)
Bright EYES: A Successful Early Childhood Literacy Coalition
Toward Evidence-Based Practice in Collective Impact and
Coalitions (LFN session)
Mobile Family Engagement
Launching Your Family Learning Initiative Using
PowerMyLearning®
Foundational Skills: Research Tells Us How
WEDNESDAY
Registration Open 7:00AM - 8:30AM
3/18/2015 Wed
3/18/2015 Wed
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
9:15 AM
11:45 AM
Opening Session/continental breakfast
Annie Murphy Paul - 2nd In-depth
session
(Book signing following)
Concurrent Sessions
3/18/2015 Wed
9:30AM
10:45AM
Patricia Lovett and Andrea Brown
Dr. Donna Ford
Candace Radoski
Hannah McIntire
Prepare the New Majority for School by Involving the Whole
Family
Understanding and Supporting Low Income and Culturally
Different Families: The Scholar Identity Model™
First Book's Family Engagement Resources
Best Practices for Engaging Schools and Families
Date
Day
3/18/2015 Wed
Start Time
9:30AM
End Time
10:45AM
Presenter & Copresenter Names
Katie Murphy
Presentation Title
The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm for ELL Families
Kai Fai Steele
Mary Yarus
Phyllis Hunter
Families in the Digital Age
Dyslexia 101
Change the Trajectory of Failure in High Poverty Schools with
Family Engagement
Engaging All Sectors of the Community to Improve the Reading
Level of Elementary Students
Promoting the American Dream Through Education
Power of Partnerships: Coalition Building
Supporting Literacy Through Family and Community
Engagement
Look Who's TALKing
Linking Family and Community Engagement to Literacy
Partnering with Parents to Build Literacy
Parent Engagement and Effective Teacher Home Visits (An LFN
session)
Growing the Capacity of an ELL Coalition
The Summer Slide: One Foundation’s Approach to Making a
Difference
Using Minimal Pairs, A Few Sight Words and Short Simple
Sentences to Help Foster Reading Skills
Increase Family Engagement Through Blended Learning
Reimagining Family Learning Experiences at the MFAH
Charlie Conklin
3/18/2015 Wed
11:00AM
12:15PM
Carrie Wolk
Kim Scott
Barbara Johnson
Lidia Clarke
Randell Bynum
Maria Cristina Cruz-Wiley
Karen Kalish
Kathy Stevens
Maryann Ott
Angela Webster
Suzanne Ludlum
Elizabeth Garcia