ILA Annual Conference: October 10-13 in New Orleans

The following message is from the International Literacy Association. 

This year, the ILA Annual Conference is being held in the fall for the first time, October 10–13 in New Orleans. Registration is still open and that hotel rooms should be booked soon for all planning to attend. For details, please see https://literacyworldwide.org/conference/register-now. A robust lineup of featured literacy research sessions will be offered, including these:

• Research into Practice Institute given by P. David Pearson, Nell Duke, Douglas Fisher, Diane Lapp, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Barbara A. Marinak, Cynthia Shanahan, Timothy Shanahan, Jennifer Danridge Turner, Denise Johnson, Hallie Yopp Slowik, who will discuss research perspectives on critical issues pertaining to literacy instruction.
• Annual Research Address and Roundtable, to be delivered by Steven Graham, Arizona State University, on The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Instruction, featuring follow-up roundtable discussions led by experts in specific aspects of writing pedagogy and concluding remarks by David Kirkland, New York University
• A Critical Examination of ILA’s Literacy Leadership Briefs, presented by ILA’s Literacy Research Panel and the Reading Hall of Fame.
• Exploring Alternative Views of the Relationship between Research and Practice, led by James Hoffman, University of North Texas, Diane Lapp, San Diego State University, and D. Ray Reutzel, University of Wyoming.
• Panel: What Can We Learn about Language Arts Instruction, led by Douglas Fisher and Diane Lapp, San Diego State University.
• Meet the Researchers Poster Session and a Poster Session by ILA Grant Recipients and the ILA 2019 Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award Winner and Finalists.

Researchers will be also presenting sessions on topics of note for classroom teachers, teacher educators, school administrators, and others. Plus, the editors of The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly will be hosting Meet the Editors sessions to answer questions about the submission process for prospective authors.

So, if you haven’t registered yet, now’s the time to make sure you don’t miss out on this outstanding opportunity. Don't delay - register today!