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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> September/October 2017<br /> Volume 35, Issue 2<br /> Celebrating<br /> Literacy Leaders<br />  Meet David Wilkie and the rest<br /> of our ILA award winners<br />  Embracing your role:<br /> The changing scope of<br /> literacy leadership<br />  Top 5 highlights<br /> from Orlando<br /> WHO IS THE FUTURE OF<br /> LITERACY?<br /> ILA WANTS TO KNOW:<br /> Who are the INNOVATORS and<br /> DISRUPTORS, the VISIONARIES<br /> and MOTIVATORS who are<br /> changing the face of literacy?<br /> 30<br /> UNDER<br /> 30<br /> Nominate up-and-coming literacy leaders—people who transform<br /> the classroom, the community, or the world—for ILA's next 30<br /> Under 30 list, and help us share their dynamic stories.<br /> TO FIND OUT HOW, VISIT:<br /> literacyworldwide.org/30under30<br /> ontents<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 ILA UPDATE<br /> ILA 2017<br /> 8 Our Orlando Five: Fa<a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY September/October 2017 Volume 35,</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=2"> WHO IS THE FUTURE OF LITERACY? ILA WANTS TO KN</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=5"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=6"> LIT BITS Too Important to Miss In</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=7"> Where We Stand ILA</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=8"> ILA UPDATE Elevating the Profession It's b</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=9"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=10"> ILA 2017 Favorite highlig</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=11"> Above and at top, attendees Pernill</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=12"> 2 The networking op</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=13"> 4 The abundant res</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=14"> ILA 2017 Kathryn Lett (kathryn.lett@kentwoodps</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=15"> The boy cracked open his book and beg</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=16"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=17"> YEAR IN REVIEW Catching up with some of our ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=18"> produced its first books: two picture books and t</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=19"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS Do you have a </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=20"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Sarah Valter (svalter@lindbe</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=21"> Observing with intention When I first started vis</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=22"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP AnnaOsborn (aosborn@cpsk12.o</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=23"> We started by asking teachers to shar</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=24"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Allison Swan Dagen (allison.</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=25"> Around this time, I began to investiga</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=26"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Tynisha Meidl (tynisha.meidl</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=27"> Principle 2: Develop literacy knowledge As litera</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=28"> COVER STORY CELEBRATING LITERACY LEADERS ILA'</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=29"> David Wilkie, principal at McVey Elementary Schoo</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=30"> John Guthrie, Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy E</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=31"> Peggy Semingson, professor of curriculum and inst</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=32"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM DeborahWellsRowe (deborah</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=33"> Adults are charmed when they observe </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=34"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Susan Craig (craig-s@mssu</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=35"> While many textbooks do an excellent </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=36"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Antero Garcia (anterobot@</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=37"> In considering our engagement with co</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=38"> THE ILA NETWORK Angela Betancourt (betancourta @</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=39"> Celebrating literacy A celebration is held each y</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=40"> GLOBAL IMPACT AlinaO'Donnell (aodonnell@reading.</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=41"> first module of which was held in 2016—aimed to i</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=42"> EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2017 28–30 Latin American Cong</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=43"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=44"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHT news & notes Dobbs, Ippolito, & </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=45"> ininyoyuorurwworodrsds What Does It TAKE? Wheth</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=46"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=47"> SAVE THE DATE! ILA 2018 CONFERENCE</a> <a title="Literacy Today September/October 2017 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d724b63?page=48"> </a>