STUDENT POSTER PROPOSAL
Student Poster Session
The Literacy Leaders Conference Poster session is designed to allow teacher candidates to showcase their application of research-based literacy practices in their own teaching as they network with area teachers.
Posters need to be able to stand on a tabletop and should include the following elements:
- Title that conveys what the researched practice involves
- Summary of what the practice involves and Key points from research regarding why the practice is effective
- Clear steps depicting how the practice was implemented in an area classroom
- Artifacts or data demonstrating the impact the practice had on student learning
- Analysis of the strengths and limitations found in using the practice
- Recommendations for ways the practice might be modified or used for better success, for other students, or in other content areas.
- You will have table space in front of your poster to display any additional items or materials used for implementing or resulting from implementation.
- Provide 15 copies of a teacher-friendly ‘how to’ handout that interested teachers may take with them.
To submit a Workshop Proposal, please upload a professional headshot in jpg format to Google Drive or dropbox and Complete the following application using the link below:
- Name
- Email and phone number where you can be reached.
- Course and Instructor Who Invited You to Submit Your Poster
- Title of the Poster
- Brief Description of the Highlighted Practice: Write the description the way you would like it to appear in the conference program. Limit 50 words.
Example:
GIST requires students to find the essence of a passage by requiring students to state the most important idea of a paragraph, passage, or longer text in a designated number of words. As a summarization strategy it focuses students on the importance of finding or generating key words.
Professional Bio:
Write your bio in third person as you would like it to appear in the conference program. Limit 50 words.
Example:
John Doe is an Art Education Major from Romney, WV with a passion for capturing the world through photography. He was excited to find that the GIST Strategy helped his students identify the essence of meaning to be conveyed through illustrative works.