All districts across the state of Michigan and beyond are invited to send teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators from all levels and content areas who are interested in diving deeply into work where we explore the significance of science and other related content instruction, and the impact that it can have on literacy. Session this year will be showcasing cross-disciplinary resources. Join us to engage in how this is transferable and implemented into the classroom.

The vision of the MiELA Network Institute is to build statewide capacity to address the literacy demands of the CCSS through a sustainable multi-year state network of K-12 ELA teachers. Participants will grow their own learning around curriculum, instruction, and  assessment for the purpose of supporting the learning of colleagues and students.

Cross-disciplinary literacies show a SIGNIFICANT increase in standardized tests in 3rd grade in ALL students. New research reveals that when science, reading, and math come together in rigorous hands-on projects, student collaboration, and engagement achievement can soar. Check out this video from Edutopia to learn more!

Dr. Elizabeth Moje, one of the key researchers behind the Essential Instructional Practices for Disciplinary Literacy: Grades 6-12, explains that disciplinary literacy incorporates the “belief that each discipline has its own literacy and that by stripping away the one-size-fits-all literacy 'strategies' and engaging students in the way that historians and scientists [among other disciplinary experts] actually read and write, literacy learning will be central, no longer a side dish” Read more

For both days of the conference, sessions will start promptly at 9:00 am. The main lobby of the virtual conference will be open for you to log into by 8:30 am. Credentials to the virtual conference platform will be provided in advance of the conference.

Session choices

The daily schedule for the conference will be as follows for each day:

Wednesday June 23, 2021
First Learning Session 9:00 am - 11:00 am (virtual session)
Lunch 11:00 am - 12:00 p.m.
Second Learning Session 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (virtual session)

Thursday June 24, 2021
First Learning Session 9:00 am - 11:00 am (virtual session)
Lunch 11:00 am - 12:00 p.m.
Second Learning Session 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (virtual session)

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