Literacy Leaders Conference 2025
10th Annual听Literacy Leaders Conference
鈥�March 22nd, 2025
Snow date: March 29th
Composing Across the Curriculum
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Come join the Jefferson County Reading Council and 海角社区 University for the Annual Literacy Leaders Conference. A teacher-friendly conference, this professional development event offers a wide variety of sessions that focus on literacy across the curriculum and in the real world.
Content will be offered in Early, Elementary and Secondary Education.
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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
“Leveraging Music to Enhance Literacy”
Katie Madrid
Katie Madrid Bio
Wright Denny Intermediate, Jefferson County Schools
Katie Madrid is the music specialist at Wright Denny Intermediate School in Charles Town, West Virginia. Madrid teaches general music, recorders, ukuleles, as well as directs chorus, an Orff instrument ensemble, and musicals to third, fourth, and fifth grade students. In 2002, Madrid received her Bachelor of Art degree in vocal and instrumental music education for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the college of Alderson Broaddus in Philippi, West Virginia.
Growing up in Jefferson County WV, Madrid was inspired by her teachers and parents to become an educator. She believes in pouring back into the community that invested in her. Madrid resides in Charles Town with her husband, Nathan Madrid, and their four children who are all enrolled within Jefferson County schools. Madrid is an active WV 4-H All-Star and Jefferson County club leader, a worship team singer and connect group leader at her church Crossroads in Martinsburg WV, and a newly inductee of the WV Eta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.
Throughout her career, Madrid has taught in public, private, and homeschool environments within WV as well as Virginia. While in VA, she served as a district chorus chair as well as the VA Elementary Music Educators State Association secretary. Currently she is on the WV All State Children鈥檚 Chorus executive board and is a member of her school鈥檚 Leadership team. In the spring of 2024, Madrid was awarded Jefferson County School鈥檚 Teacher of the Year.
Madrid鈥檚 priority in life is to love God and love people which is transfers into her Music classroom. Her goal is striving for each student to be seen, accepted, and loved through building relationships with leveraging music as the tool. She adores teaching Music and considers it an honor to inspire the next generation.
鈥婼ESSION INFORMATION
Tenth Annual Literacy Leaders Conference
鈥婱arch 22nd 2025
Located on 海角社区 University campus, Erma Ora Byrd Hall, 301 N. King St, 海角社区stown, WV 25443.
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8:00-9:00 Registration and Poster Session
9:00-10:00 Welcome and Keynote Address – Auditorium
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鈥媁orkshop Sessions |
| 鈥�听 | Session 1听 | Session 2听 | Session 3听 |
| Room 102听 | Soaring to New Heights: A High Flying Approach to Literacy听
听(PK/K and Primary)听 |
听 | Say What You Will, It鈥檚 History听
(Elementary)听 |
| Room 103听 | Vocabulary Voyage: Building Background Knowledge for Better Comprehension听
(Elementary)听 |
Pen to Paper:听
From the Classroom and Beyond听 (Elementary)听 |
Numberless Word Problems: Building Math Skills Through Literacy听
听(Elementary)听 |
| Room 106听 | Authentic Roads to Content Area Literacy听
(Elementary)听 |
Using Personal Narrative to Examine Cultural Themes听
(PreK/K, Elementary, Secondary)听 |
Crafting Learning that Sticks through Canva Creations听
(PreK/K, Elementary, Secondary)听 |
| Room 109听 | Writing as Collaboration听
(Secondary)听 |
Write Poems Right Now: Techniques to Get Students Writing Poetry in Class听
听(Secondary)听 |
The 100 Word Personal Narrative and Teaching Revision听听
(Secondary)听 |
| Room 111听 | Engaging Strategies to Integrate Writing into Math Instruction听听
(Elementary Grades 3-5)听 |
The Science of Reading in Pre-K: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Literacy听
(PreK/K)听 |
Life鈥檚 Little Lessons with West Virginia Public Broadcasting听
(PreK/K)听 |
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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
鈥婭f you are interested in presenting at the Literacy Leaders Conference or are a student interested in submitting a poster presentation, please use the links below to learn more about the process and submit your proposals.
鈥婻EGISTRATION INFORMATION