Conference Presentations

• Shift in Action: Gearing Up with Graphic Novels.  Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, San Antonio, TX, November 2008.
• Principles for Working with English Language Learners in a Mainstream Class.  Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, New York City, with David and Yvonne Freeman and Sandra Mercuri, November 2007.
• Language Learners in the English Classroom: Developing Literacy for English Learners.  Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, New York City, with Nancy Frey and Carol Rothenberg, November 2007.
• Mapping Words and Images: Writing Graphic Novels with Adolescents.  Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, New York City, with James Bucky Carter, November 2007.
• Picture This: The Use of Garphic Novels and Comics.  Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, Nashville, TN, November 2006.
• Developing literacy in the after school program.  Presentation at the Annual After School Leadership Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 2006.
• Content literacy strategies across the curriculum and grades, K–12.  Presentation at the International Reading Association conference, Chicago, IL, with Nancy Frey, May 2006.
• It takes us all: Creating a schoolwide commitment to literacy. Presentation at the International Reading Association conference, Chicago, IL. May 2006.
• Finding the coach: Lessons from a large, urban district.  Presentation at the research symposium of the International Reading Association conference, Chicago, IL. May 2006.
• Closing the high school achievement gap.  Presentation at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development conference, Chicago, IL. April 2006.
• Linking professional development schools with student achievement.  Presentation at the American Educational Research Association conference, San Francisco, CA, with Nancy Frey, April 2006.