MCTE Fall 2024 Conference

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MCTE Fall 2024 Conference

Welcome to MCTE’s Fall 2024 Conference!

7:30am EDT

Land Acknowledgement, Membership Meeting, Welcome, and Continental Breakfast Big Ten AJessyca Mathews • Sara Hoeve

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Leaving the Cafeteria: What it Actually Means To Move Beyond that Seat at The Table Big Ten ACornelius Minor

9:35am EDT

Diversity, Inclusion, Justice & Equity: Continuing to Build a Future of Equity through Collaboration and Reflection Big Ten ARaven L. Jones • Benjamin Briere • Rae Oviatt • Dr. Rosalyn Shahid

11:00am EDT

A Critical Intersectional Approach to Selecting and Integrating Culturally Relevant Texts Room 101Dr. Christina M. Ponzio • Sara Weeks • Brianna Albert Being Child Centered in A World That Wants to Center Everything Else Big Ten ACornelius Minor Mindfulness Space Room 104B Room to Wrestle: Using Novels in Verse as Mentor Texts Room 104ADana VanderLugt • Kelly J. Baptist • Patrick Flores-Scott Youth Leadership & Literacy Justice in Digital Spaces Room 102Corinne Z. Lyons • Dr. Leah van Belle • Dr. Rosalyn Shahid • Maddox Neloms • Khai Shahid Youth Speaking Out on the Climate Crisis Room 110Allen Webb • Dawn Reed • Arianna Webb • Mia Breznau Girl, Get in the Game! Teaching YA Lit About Girls in Sports: Stories of Success, Humanity, Hope, and Grit Willy RoomAmanda Stearns-Pfeiffer New Conversations & Connections with Comics & Graphic Novels Corniche RoomNatalie Popadich • Valerie Valentino Reimagining School Writing Room 61Matt Hamilton • Katie Sluiter • Rachael Behl Uproot, Disrupt & Set Free: Abolitionist & Liberatory Pedagogy in Our Classrooms Room 106Ylisse joell Yepez Welcoming Students into Writing Assessment Michigamme RoomAnn Burke • Derek Miller • Leah Barnett • Jeffrey Austin Preparing the Table for Future English Teachers Room 62Kristin VanEyk • Macy Kerr • Abby Morris • Otto Brautigam • Madison Ely • Ryann Dykstra • Madison Pankratz

12:00pm EDT

Luncheon Big Ten A

12:20pm EDT

Freshwater for Michigan English Education, (Un)Burdened by What Has Been Big Ten AEbony Elizabeth Thomas

1:00pm EDT

Is Your Classroom Door Open or Closed?: Using Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors to Frame Community, Collaboration, and Belonging in Teaching Room 62Christopher Kingsland Mindfulness Space Room 104B Shifting Perspectives: How a Disciplinary Literacy Frame Invites Students’ Authentic Selves into Literacy Learning Room 101Liz Lietz • Laura Gabrion Teaching for Black Lives: Centering Community-Based Literacy Educators in Liberatory Education Room 104ADr. Leah van Belle • Corinne Z. Lyons Working Towards Authentic and Humanizing SEL Practices with Children’s Literature Room 102Allison Phillippe • Katie Johnson Building Confidence and Classroom Community through Promising Writing Practices that lead to Postsecondary Success Willy RoomAndy Schoenborn • Sharon Anne Murchie Essay-ing with Ross Gay: Exploring Community Interactions through a Pedagogy of Love Room 61Joel Berends Every Child Deserves to be Seen: Redefining Literacy and Belonging in Michigan Classrooms Corniche RoomJessyca Mathews Justice and Equity: Disciplinary Literacy and the Pursuit of Student Belonging Room 106Jay Haffner • Emily De La Cruz Using Literacy Skills to Address Real Community Problems in a PBL English Classroom Michigamme RoomLyndsay Daly • Cathy Engel • Eric Wilkinson Annual English Educators Session Room 110

2:00pm EDT

Leading Can Be Challenging Michigamme RoomAnna J. Small Roseboro Rooted in Justice: Growing Student Advocacy and Activism through Place-Based Environmental Education Room 104AJeffrey Austin • Dr. Rosalyn Shahid Complexity, Interconnectedness, and Nonlinear Learning: A Fractal Approach to Lesson Planning in English Room 61Vaughn W. M. Watson • Alexa Kiefer • Brynn Kuhlman • Danilo Judd • Lauren Miller • Madelyn Turrill Curating Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum in Polarizing Times Room 106Mary Juzwik • Laura Yares • Melissa Shanker • Courtney McCampbell • Jodie Duda • Mark Vickers Remixing English Curriculum and Pedagogy for Social Justice and Empathy Development Room 101Kim Stein The Future is Now! Exploring 21st-Century Teaching & Research with the Next Generation of English Teachers Room 104BAmanda Stearns-Pfeiffer • Allen Webb • Katie Sluiter Utilizing Fishbowl Discussions to Create Critical and Equitable Communities Willy RoomNicole Murtaza-Rose • Dr. Timothy Constant • Morgan Doolan Affirming and Amplifying Students’ Home Language and Literacy Backgrounds in Disciplinary Learning through Virtual Book Clubs Room 62Dr. Christina M. Ponzio • Christine Meyer • Deanna Lazorka • Hannah Denbow • Austin Kienutske An Abolitionist Book Club: Deepening Critical Consciousness with Young Adult Literature Room 110Mary McConnaha • Ryan Dahl • JD Lancaster • Vincent Delgado Developing Rationales for the YAL Texts We Should Be Teaching & Reading Corniche RoomKel Sassi • Julia Jacklin • Shelby McGlinch • Erin O’Donnell • Ashley Kluting Diverse Pages, Inclusive Voices: Nurturing Multicultural Literacy and True Belonging Room 102Sarah Rutt Williams • Pengtong Qu • Lydia Denning