Below please find the presentations for most of the breakout sessions from the Birmingham Literacy Leadership Conference. Thanks to everyone who came and helped make this conference such a success! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Tuesday Morning Breakout Sessions

Peter Brunn
Creating a Climate and Culture for Learning (K–8) (presentation not available)

Reba Wadsworth
Supporting Comprehension Instruction in K–6 Classrooms

Dick Allington
What Really Matters: Kids Need to Read a Lot (presentation not available)

Tabatha Scharlach
Crafting Learning Together through Lesson Study and PLCs (K–12)

Tuesday Afternoon Keynote Session

Reba Wadsworth
Learning from the Past—Focusing on the Future

Tuesday Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Ann Marie Corgill
Six Things I Know for Sure: Now What Do I Do with What I Know? (K–8) (presentation not available)

Lino Rodriguez
Building and Sustaining a Professional Learning Community (K–8)

Tabatha Scharlach
Designing an Effective RtI Program (K–12)

Susan Young
Developing Vocabulary Through Thinking and Talking About Words (K–8)

Wedneday Morning Breakout Sessions

Peter Brunn
Creating a Climate and Culture for Learning (K–8) (presentation not available)

Reba Wadsworth
Motivating Adolescent Readers through Conversation, Collaboration, and Independent Reading (6–10)

Tabatha Scharlach
Designing an Effective RtI Program (K–12)

Sue Wilder
Developing Vocabulary Through Thinking and Talking About Words (K–8)

Wednesday Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Louanne Jacobs and Amelia Spencer
Co-teaching for Literacy Learning: When Two Heads Really ARE Better Than One (K–12)

Reba Wadsworth
Supporting Comprehension Instruction in K–6 Classrooms

Lino Rodriguez
Building and Sustaining a Professional Learning Community (K–8)

Ann Marie Corgill
Six Things I Know for Sure: Now What Do I Do with What I Know? (K–8) (presentation not available)