Summer Literacy Institute 2022

The Institute is intended for Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Instructional Coaches, Administrators and Regional Partners.

The Summer Literacy Institute is to be held on Tuesday, June 14, from 7:45am to 3:15pm. 

The ESC of Central Ohio has waived all costs for summer professional learning in 2022, and will provide a boxed lunch at this event.

Sara Kajder, PhD is an Associate Professor of English Education at the University of Georgia, a Professor in Residence, and a consultant for k-12 school systems across the US and Canada. A former middle and high school English teacher, her research centers on exploring both adolescents’ literacy practices and the classroom contexts which support, welcome and lever their affordances. She has published extensively in research and practitioner journals, edited collections and practitioner texts , including the seminar text Adolescents’ Literacies which was recognized with the NCTE James Britton Award. Dr. Kajder chairs the Georgia Children’s Book Awards (grades 4-8) Committee and proudly served on the Elizabeth A. Walden Awards committee through ALAN. A past chair of the NCTE Middle Level Section Steering Committee, Kajder just completed a six year co-editorship of the NCTE journal Voices from the Middle with Dr. Shelbie Witte at Oklahoma State University. She was recently recognized with the Carl Glickman Fellowship, the National Technology Leadership Fellowship, and the inaugural Divergent Award for Excellent in Literacy in a Digital Age Research.

Dr. Ernest Morrrell is the Coyle Professor, a member of the faculty in the English, and Africana Studies Departments and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. Ernest is also director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) James R. Squire Office for Policy Research in the English Language Arts. He is an elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a past president of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and a co-convener of the African Diaspora International Research Network. From 2015-2021 Ernest has been annually ranked among the top university-based education scholars in the RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings published by EdWeek. Ernest is also the recipient of the NCTE Distinguished Service Award, the Kent Williamson Leadership Award from the Conference on English Leadership, and the Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies. His scholarly interests include: Critical Pedagogy, English Education, Literacy Studies, Postcolonial Studies, popular culture and education across the African Diaspora.

General Session: Responsiveness, Joy, and Engagement in Literacy Classrooms: Designs for Powerful Learning