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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> September/October 2016<br /> Volume 34, Issue 2<br /> 30 Under 30:<br /> The Next Class<br /> · Meet Deborah Ahenkorah<br /> Osei-Agyekum and 29 other literacy<br /> champions changing the world<br /> · How AUA is mentoring the next<br /> generation of leaders<br /> · The U.S. Teacher of the Year:<br /> “Stories are your sword”<br /> BECAUSE ALL<br /> TEACHERS ARE<br /> LEADERS<br /> Douglas Fisher,<br /> Nancy Frey,<br /> & John Hattie<br /> ISBN: 978-1-5063-3235-2<br /> List Price: $36.95, Your Price: $29.95<br /> “Every student deserves a<br /> great teacher, not by chance,<br /> but by design”<br /> — Douglas Fisher,<br /> Nancy Frey, & John Hattie<br /> Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply<br /> his groundbreaking research to literacy practices. These practices are “visible” because<br /> their purpose is clear, they are implemented<a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY September/October 2016 Volume 34, </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=2"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS Douglas Fisher,</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=3"> ontents 20 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 P</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=5"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=6"> LIT BITS ILA 2016 Edition Couldn't make it to</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=7"> Book finds in the Exhibit Hall </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=8"> PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE a fter list</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=9"> PLAN FOR SUCCESS WITH ILA BRIDGES UNITS How do IL</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=10"> ILA UPDATE ILA's Journey to Advance Literacy for </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=11"> The reception from ILA members and others </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=12"> OUR VIEW Angela Rivell (arivell@reading.org) ha</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=13"> When it comes to ILA involvement, </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Barbara Comber, (barbara.com</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=15"> Many reasons have been suggested for </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=16"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Colleen E. Whittingham (coll</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=17"> I asked him what these words meant to him, and we</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=18"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Marsha Grace (marshagrace200</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=19"> I also learned to play bridge and got</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=20"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Shanna Peeples (shanna.peepl</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=21"> Over the last year, I've had the privi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=22"> COVER STORY Deborah Ahenkorah Osei-Agyekum </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=23"> Deborah Ahenkorah Osei-Agyekum, 29 Cofounder/Exec</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=24"> Qasim Aslam, 29 Cofounder, The History Project | </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=25"> Milagros Barsallo, 29 Cofounder, RISE Colorado | </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=26"> Tanyella Evans, 29 Cofounder/CEO, Library For All</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=27"> Gustavo Fuga, 23 Founder, 4You2 | SÃO PAULO, BRAZ</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=28"> Instead, they promote place-based, hands-on exper</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=29"> Tynea Lewis, 28 Site Administrator, LitPick Stude</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=30"> Sean T. Lynch, 29 English Department Head, Common</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=31"> Aarti Naik, 28 Founder, SAKHI for Girls' Educatio</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=32"> Swetha Prabakaran, 16 Founder, Everybody Code Now</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=33"> the arts can have have on students with a learnin</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=34"> Melissa Wells, 29 Literacy Coach, Arcadia Element</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=35"> FEELING INSPIRED? We know we are. We couldn't hav</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=36"> See what's new from Corwin Literacy—resources tha</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=37"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS Prove to yo</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=38"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Teresa A. Baugh (tabaugh1</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=39"> Classmates with diverse personalities</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=40"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Brandie McNabb (brandie.m</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=41"> Teaching is an art form in itself, an</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=42"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Brian Bowman (bsbowman@k1</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=43"> of uncovering my students' fears, I discovered wh</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=44"> THE ILA NETWORK Maria Hernandez Goff (mariagoff1</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=45"> society, raised this concern and voiced a solutio</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=46"> THE ILA NETWORK Laurie A. Sharp (lsharp@wtamu.ed</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=47"> alliances and creating a network among literacy e</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=48"> GLOBAL IMPACT Dolsie Rosalee Townsend (dolsie.tow</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=49"> What's in a day? In my view, when a d</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=50"> EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2016 29–Oct. 1 Illinois Rea</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=51"> SAVE THE DATE! ILA 2017 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS Orl</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=52"> MEMBER news & notes SPO</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=53"> in your words Teacher APPRECIATION #ILA16 Closin</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=54"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=55"> INTERNATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION RESOURCE CATAL</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 2016 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8165a33c?page=56"> Visit CalkinsLibraries.com for details including </a>