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2017 VATE Conference: #LoveLearnVATE: Empowering Teachers, Empowering Students

9:00am EDT

Virginia English Language Arts Supervisors (VELAS) Meeting Monroe Ball Room

10:00am EDT

Registration Lobby

11:00am EDT

Teaching English Methods: Reflections on Course Development and Revisions Jefferson Orientation for New VATE Members and/or First-Time Conference Attendees Washington

12:00pm EDT

General Opening Session and Luncheon: Equality, Equity, and Ethics: Using the Literature We Teach Toward Empowering Teachers, Empowering Students Monroe Ball Room

2:00pm EDT

Empowering Teachers and Students to Exercise Their 1st Amendment Rights: Academic Initiatives for Biblical Literacy in Public Education Washington For the Love of READING: Technology for Inspiring Students Who Struggle with Reading Madison Old School and New School Meet Jefferson

3:00pm EDT

Avoiding a Teaching Slump Jefferson Motivating the Unmotivated Patrick Henry Re-Seeing Revision: Students as Writers and Readers Washington Real World: Relevance in Learning Madison

4:00pm EDT

Listen to Me Write: Empowering Students and Preparing Teachers in Writing Workshop and the Writing Center Washington Nonfiction Reading Strategies for all Content Areas Patrick Henry Romanticism: Over There and Over Here Madison Write This, Not That Jefferson

7:00pm EDT

Evening Reception at the Rising Sun Tavern Rising Sun Tavern

7:30am EDT

Registration Lobby

9:00am EDT

English Curriculum and SOL Insights from the Virginia Department of Education Monroe Ball Room

10:00am EDT

Elementary Round Table Discussion Patrick Henry Middle Grades Round Table Discussion Washington Secondary Round Table Discussion Jefferson VCEE Meeting Madison

11:00am EDT

Breaking the Thin Glass: Alternative-Genre Responses to Virginia’s SOL Writing Tests Patrick Henry Empowering Motivated and Strong Readers in Secondary Schools Madison Listening: The Practice That Empowers Student Readers and Writers Washington There's Always More to the Story: Real-Life Learning with Primary Sources from The Library of Congress Jefferson

12:00pm EDT

VATE Awards Ceremony with Buffet Luncheon and Keynote Speaker, Matthew Quick Monroe Ball Room

2:00pm EDT

Grammar Remixed: Interactive Grammar Instruction Washington Pop Culture and English Language Arts: Strategies for Using Pop Culture to Enhance Literacy Learning Madison Teacher Preparation 101: Basics and Best Practices Jefferson Teaching Writing in 2017: Tweet The Instructions & Put An Example on Instagram! Patrick Henry

3:00pm EDT

Critical Multimodal Writing: Structuring Students as Critical Readers and Writers of New Media Madison Literacy Explosion: Finding an Authentic Audience for Student Work Washington Mindfulness, Reducing Stress, and Increasing Student Focus in a Highly Interactive World Patrick Henry Moving from Talk to Action: Classroom Inquiry during Student Teaching Jefferson

4:00pm EDT

#LoveLearnWrite Jefferson Developing Effective Targets for the Secondary English Classroom: Streamlining Instruction for Teachers & Students Patrick Henry Examining Issues of Access and Equity in Text Choices Washington Full STEAM Ahead: Using Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math to Navigate Literacy Madison

6:00pm EDT

Dinner with a Board Member Various Area Restaurants

8:00am EDT

VATE Board Meeting Patrick Henry

10:00am EDT

Breakfast and Classroom Management Workshop with Freyja Bergthorson Monroe Ball Room