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Michelle Kelley
Wednesday Pre-Conference
Digging into the Clinical Literacy Coaching Framework:
A Coach's Playbook
Dr. Michelle Kelley is a Professor of Reading at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her research focuses on teacher knowledge related to reading assessment and instruction which has been widely published in various journals. She has published 4 teacher resources with the International Literacy Association and Capstone Publishers. She is active in many literacy professional organizations and presents regularly at international, national, and state conferences. She is currently Co-Editor of Literacy Practice and Research.
Nawal Qarooni
Friday Closing Keynote
Building Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations
Nawal Qarooni is an educator, writer, and adjunct professor who supports a holistic approach to literacy instruction and family experiences in schools across the country. Drawing on her work as an inquiry-based leader, mother, and daughter of immigrants, Nawal's pedagogy is centered in the rich and authentic learning all families gift their children every day. She serves on the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Advisory Board and is a member of the National Council for Teachers of English Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. Nawal holds a Bachelor of English from the University of Michigan, a Master of Teaching from Brooklyn College, and a Master of Journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. She won a New Jersey Press Association Award for her international reporting and transitioned into education as a New York City Teaching Fellow. To learn more about her work, visit nqcliteracy.org or follow her on IG at @nqarooni.
Paul Thomas
Thursday Opening Keynote
If We Are Scripted, Are We Literate? Seeking Teacher Agency in the
“Science of” Era
P.L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville SC), taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. The author of How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students (2nd ed.; IAP, 2022). NCTE named Thomas the 2013 George Orwell Award winner.
