Literacy Retreat 2025 - Secondary: Full Schedule

1:00pm CDT

Academic Language

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Presenters

Dr. Daryl Michel

Founder and Author, Be A Change, LLC

Daryl Michel, PhD, consults with organizations nationally and internationally in areas such as instructional coaching, teacher education, disciplinary literacy, learning and lesson study, and curriculum design. He is the founder of Be A Change, LLC, and coauthor of Student-Focused... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 202

Breakout Session #2

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Page to Pixels: Reading and Thinking Online

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 302

Presenters

Dr. Shona Rose

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 302

Breakout Session #2

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PG-21: Teaching Poetry and Grammar to 21st Century Learners

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 104

Do your students struggle with revising and editing? Do they insist poetry is a foreign language? In this session we’ll explore and model short active strategies and activities that generate movement, boost motivation, increase engagement, and result in greater student achievement. Your students will have a greater understanding of how grammar works, and why poetry matters – for and beyond STAAR.

Presenters

Melanie Mayer

Independent Consultant, Unaffiliated

Award-winning High School English teacher and author (and former college All-American basketball player and successful coach) provides humorous, inspirational, and practical keynotes, staff development trainings, and Instructional and Leadership coaching for educators, including... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 104

Breakout Session #2

1:00pm CDT

PROVE It! Testing Strategies That Work

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 306

Teaching students HOW to think first and WHAT to think about second.

This session will provide data-backed solutions and systems to strategically and purposefully equip students to answer multiple-choice and new item type questions on STAAR. Participants will receive an overview and practice of the PROVE strategy for both reading and revising/editing passages, along with practical ways to integrate this game-changing approach into consistent daily instruction.

Presenters

Brittaney McKay

Educational Consultant, In Between the Lattes, LLC

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 306

Breakout Session #2

1:00pm CDT

Text Structures from the Masters

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 103

Presenters

Gretchen Bernabei

Trail of Breadcrumbs, LLC

For over 20 years, I've shared writing lessons from my classroom with teachers across the country. We teachers overcomplicate instruction so often, and the best results come from simplifying what we ask students to do. Writers of all ages and abilities benefit through clear choice... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 103

Breakout Session #2

1:00pm CDT

The Ultimate Insider's Guide to ECR Writing Success (Secondary)

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 203

Get ready to level up your students’ ECR writing with strategies that actually make writing fun instead of frustrating. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn insider techniques for helping students paraphrase and explain ideas in their own words with confidence. Discover easy, effective ways to conference with students using sticky notes to target improvements and boost their writing along with reading comprehension. Walk away with ready-to-use activities and practical tips you can implement immediately in any language arts classroom.

Presenters

Carlin Liborio

Educational Consultant, Liborio Consulting, LLC

Educational Consultant with a masters degree in Elementary Education, experience teaching grades K-6, coaching RLA teachers, and writing curriculum for 17 years in 3 different countries, with the past 9 years being in Texas public schools. I have worked on numerous TEA & Pearson educator... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 203

Breakout Session #2

1:00pm CDT

Tracking Growth in Literacy Without Grades

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 102

Presenters

Ty Duncan

MindPlay

Mindplay is changing reading in Texas. Districts and campuses are growing students and changing their accountability ratings with the most advanced and sophisticated product on the market.

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 102

Breakout Session #2

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Why Are We Reading This?

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Room 201

In this fast-paced, hands-on session, Suzy will model pre-reading strategies that yield maximum, authentic engagement. A plethora of impactful strategies that ignite intellectual curiosity, purpose, and just enough prior knowledge will get students saying, “Can we read now?” Designed for next-day implementation, participants will leave with easily implementable techniques to motivate students to read, read, read.

Presenters

Suzy Pepper Rollins

Author/Consultant, Fast Lane Learning, LLC

Suzy Pepper Rollins is a passionate educator with a mission of creating academic success for ALL learners. She is the author of Teaching in the Fast Lane, Learning in the Fast Lane, and Teaching Vulnerable Learners. Her BRAND-NEW workbook, The Opening Minutes, is packed with... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 201

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