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Welcome to the 2022 State of Maryland Literacy Association Conference. This is Maryland’s 50th annual conference!  The three day event is packed with exciting opportunities for professional development, networking, and examining exemplary materials for classroom use. This conference is intended for a wide-range of audiences including classroom teachers, reading specialists, special educators, curriculum specialists, administrators, and other educators. There is a variety of high caliber speakers, researchers, practitioners, publishers, and authors that are presenting throughout the conference, as well as the pre-conference "Session Saturday" presentations. You may apply for CPD credit through MDSE by filling out this form.  To qualify, you must have attended 15 hours total.  This includes time you spent engaged in "Session Saturday" presentations.  Please fill out all of the information.  Incomplete requests will not be filled.  Requests will be cross referenced with attendance from "Session Saturday" presentations and on the weekend of March 31-April 2nd 2022.   If you participated for the required hours, you will receive a credit. Please be patient, you will receive your form.

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For general questions, contact the Conference Coordinator, Gayle Glick at ggayle56@aol.com.
Saturday, April 2 • 11:00am - 11:50am
Every Kid a Writer: Strategies That Get Everyone Writing

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In this session, based on Kelly’s latest book, we’ll explore simple and streamlined strategies that can be used to get everyone in the classroom writing with energy and enthusiasm.  You’ll learn practical tips and teaching moves to help students find their voice, establish a clear purpose for writing, read with the eyes of a writer and harness the power of the pen!

Speakers
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Kelly Boswell

Author/Educational Consulant/Instructor, MSU
Kelly Boswell has many years of experience as a classroom teacher, staff developer, literacy coach, and district literacy specialist. She is the author of Every Kid a Writer (Heinemann, 2020), Write This Way From the Start (Maupin House, 2018) and Write This Way (Maupin House, 2016... Read More →


Saturday April 2, 2022 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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