ILA recap: Final Day

By now you have read about three of the four days of the ILA conference.  If not, read here and here and here.  If the Friday pre-conference institute was like a warm up, Saturday and Sunday were running at full strength, and Monday was the cool down.

ILA recap: Sunday of the conference (but posting on Thursday)

Hopefully you have seen my first two posts on the ILA conference here and here.  If not, check those out!  I will make references to information in them so if you read this and want to learn more, refer to those two posts. 

Sunday was a very busy day. Just like Saturday, I got to see some big names and soon-to-be big names in literacy.  The conference just kept getting better and better!

ILA Recap: Mary Ellen Vogt, Stephanie Harvey, and Jennifer Serravallo

My first day at ILA was really the pre-conference institute.  While I learned some new terms and came away with some ideas, I was excited for the conference to REALLY get started.  I got to hear some real famous (to teachers) speakers!

ILA Recap: Empowering ESL Students

I mentioned in my Five for Friday post that I went to the ILA conference in St. Louis.  There were lots of people who wanted more information.  Before I get started, I feel like I need to give some acronyms:

I started working on my ESL endorsement my first year of teaching-- back in 2004.  I feel like even though I have a decade of ESL education and practice, I still have a lot to learn.  One of my big goals in going to the International Literacy Association (ILA) conference was to learn more about how to reach all students.  I even signed up for the pre-conference "institute" related to "Empowering ELLs". I'm devoting this post to what I learned during this day.  I'll talk about other sessions later this week and next week.

I have to say this was the "worst" day of the conference for me.  I found it less engaging and inspiring than the other days.  So, if you feel the same after reading this blog post, don't give up on this series yet!