Literacy Leaders Conference

The Literacy Leaders professional development conference is hosted collaboratively with the National Writing Project at Shepherd, the Jefferson County Reading Council, and the Shepherd University School of Education. This full day event includes a keynote address by a guest speaker, poster sessions, and a full day of workshops on various literacy teaching strategies. Four ‘strands’ of workshops highlight instruction for pre-k/k, elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.

Teachers, teacher candidates, and community members interested in literacy instruction throughout the four-state area are encouraged to attend.

To submit a workshop proposal go to https://www.shepherd.edu/llcproposals/

Teacher Candidates who wish to participate in the poster session must submit a poster proposal at https://www.shepherd.edu/llcposterpresentations/

To register to attend the conference, please register at https://www.shepherd.edu/llcregistration/

For questions regarding conference attendance and proposals, please contact Dr. LeAnn Johnson, Steering Committee Chair at ljohnson@shepherd.edu.

The Shepherd University Division of Graduate Studies Office of Continuing Education offers a credit option for participating teachers seeking non-degree graduate credits for re-certification. In addition to attending the conference, participants in this option complete projects applying conference learning to the classroom and must set up an account and register for the course.  Details regarding the credit option are found with the conference registration link. Questions regarding the credit option should be directed to Cindy Powers at lpowers@shepherd.edu.