Session Samplings
View this video of several keynote speakers and presenters to get a taste of what the Literacies for All Summer Institute is all about!
Featured are Katie Van Sluys, Lorraind Wilson, Brian Cambourne, Tameka Breland, Franki Sibberson, Becky McCraw, Jeff Gentry, Susan Barwick, Jennifer Wilson, Dorothy Watson and Jerry Harste.
Early Career Teachers
Speaker Susi Long and several early career teachers from South Carolina were featured in a luncheon dialogue highlighting their experiences and research from their book, Tensions and Triumphs in the Early Years of Teaching.
View a video discussing some of their experiences.
Inquiry In Action
Heidi Mills, Tim O'Keefe and Tameka Breland presented a sesson on Friday morning highlighting their work on literacy through inquiry based on their book Looking Closely and Listening Carefully.
View a video from their session.
2009 Summer Institute Program
Read about the variety of sessions and speakers that presented in Columbia, SC. 
Plan to attend the Day of Whole Language Opening Session, Creating Cultures of Literacy through Inquiry, at the NCTE Annual Convention this November in Philadelphia on Friday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. featuring Heidi Mills and Tim O'Keefe.
Faculty from three diverse elementary schools across the country will share the beliefs and practices that have been foundational in creating cultures of literacy through inquiry. In all three settings, literacy is used as a primary tool for learning, for inspiring conversations, posing powerful questions, developing units of study, and taking critical social action.
LISTEN to Heidi Mills discuss this session.
- Mike Oliver, Kris-Ann Florence, Gwen Struble, Jeanie Germaine, Zaharis Elementary School, Mesa, Arizona
- Heidi Mills, University of South Carolina and Center for Inquiry, Columbia
- Jennifer Hiro, Innovations Public Charter School, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- Timothy O’Keefe, Center for Inquiry, Columbia South Carolina
Join WLU for these additional whole language sessions featured this November in Philadelphia!Mark your Calendars
Join us for the 2010 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Reflecting on Our Practice: Pathways and Possibilities" July 8-11, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Call for Program Proposals
MAIL: Download the PROPOSAL FORM 
Send to NCTE postmarked by December 10, 2009