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69th MRA Conference

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10:30am EST

Author Visits: Beyond the Basics, Beyond the Books River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Alice McGinty • Sarah Aronson Read, Feel, Grow: Cultivating Vocabulary Development and SEL with Interactive Read-Alouds Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Allison Phillippe Virtual Great Lakes Great Books Award Presentation 2024-25 Virtual EventJesse Shirtz • Heather Lander

1:00pm EST

Museum Visits as Literacy-Learning Opportunities: A Look at The Henry Ford’s Literacy-Focused Programming River Overlook E (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Lori Petrelius The Gift of Story DeVos Ballroom CJohn Schu

2:30pm EST

Building Bridges: Developing Community Partnerships that Improve Literacy Learning River Overlook D (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon • Joshua McMillon Lit Everywhere: Dynamic Research-Supported Literacy Tools for Learning In and Out of School Grand Gallery C (DeVos Place)Erin Pell • Annie Spear Rebellious Read Alouds DeVos Ballroom CVera Ahiyya

4:00pm EST

Authors' Garden Ambassador West (Amway)Shannon Anderson • Alice McGinty • Kelly J. Baptist • Vera Ahiyya • Nancy Roop • Dana VanderLugt • Janet Ruth Heller • Cindy Williams Schrauben • Anna Roseboro • Elaina Heard • Dr. Erica Robertson • Sarah Aronson • John Schu • Dr. Jarred Amato • Emmy Kastner Books 'N Bites Ambassador East (Amway)

10:30am EDT

Classroom Ebb and Flow DeVos Ballroom CKelly J. Baptist Science of Reading + Birth to Age 5 Educator, Family, and Community Engagement = Building a Reading Brain Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Robin Pizzo • Annie Spear • Laura Tortorelli

1:45pm EDT

Braided Pathways: Funding Literacy Innovations River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Carol Ann Paul • Dr. Leah van Belle Where I'm From: Centering Adolescent Engagement, Voice, and Literacy Identity through a University-Community Partnership Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Maggie Hanna • Jacqueline LaRose