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Create an Impactful Guiding Coalition with a District Literacy Team | Taren Hendricks and Kelsey Walker | Educators
Thursday June 20, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm MDT
Salon E
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The progress of moving literacy practices in a school district can feel daunting. Creating a guiding coalition can help expedite the process. A district literacy team is an integral part of a school district’s literacy ecosystem. Learn how to recruit members, determine member roles and responsibilities, develop a mission and vision statement, collaborate around collective commitments, create a guiding framework, plan regular meetings with detailed agendas, and spur literacy development and growth in a school district. We will share hands-on activities to build literacy leadership and help you create a phased plan of action to implement an effective, sustainable district literacy team. 

Objectives
Understand how a district literacy team complements a literacy ecosystem.
Learn the hallmarks of an efficacious district literacy team.
Reflect on specific district literacy team meeting components.  
Create a phased plan for implementation of a district literacy team.

Reflection Questions
What are the hallmarks of an efficacious district literacy team?
What are the components for a district literacy team meeting?
What is your phased implementation plan for your district literacy team?
Speakers
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Kelsey Walker

Secondary Literacy Coach, Goshen County School District #1
Kelsey Walker a CERI-certified structured literacy dyslexia specialist and a secondary literacy coach at Goshen County School District in Torrington, Wyoming. She has an M.Ed in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in Secondary English from University of Nebraska at Kearney... Read More →
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Taren Hendricks

K-5 Literacy Coach, Goshen County School District
Thursday June 20, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm MDT
Salon E
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