Conferences & Presentations

Presentations

Coalition of Reading and English Supervisors, 2025 – Keynote: Uncommon Sense About Comprehension
Plain Talk About Literacy & Learning, 2025 – Breakout Session: Transformational Comprehension Results for ALL Children
Pacific Coast Research Conference, 2025 – Poster: Teacher Knowledge of Reading Comprehension: A Year-Long Study
Reading League Annual Conference, 2024 – Transforming Reading for All Children
Northern Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, 2024 – Keynote: Ensuring Comprehension Success for Every Child
International Dyslexia Association, 2024 – Using Practice-Based Professional Development to Improve Teachers’ Knowledge of Reading Comprehension
Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024 – Symposium: Impact and Reciprocity of Reading and Writing Interventions in Upper Elementary Grades
AERA Annual Conference, 2024 – Symposium: Using ChatGPT for Large-Scale Writing Project Scoring
Indiana State Curriculum Meeting, 2024 – Why Alex Can’t Read, The Reasons Will Surprise You

Brownsville, TX, 2022 – Four school-based presentations on the ACE Literacy Project
Portland, OR, 2021
Read by 3rd, 2020
New Mexico – Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Hatch
Sunrise Rotary – Monthly presentations in Brownsville, Harlingen, Victoria, Laredo
Public Radio Outreach via KAMU.TAMU.EDU

2024: Jan. 5, Jan. 30, May 25, Jun. 7–8, Jul. 19–20, Aug. 2–3, Aug. 9–10, Aug. 19, Sept. 11 & 18, Oct. 8, Oct. 11 & 13, Oct. 16 & 23, Nov. 13, Dec. 4
2023: May 26–27, Jun. 23–24, Jul. 14–15, Jul. 28–29, Aug. 4–5, Aug. 5–6, Aug. 8 & Oct. 9, Aug. 10–11, Aug. 18–30, Sept. 23 & Oct. 12, Oct. 24 & 31, Nov. 19
2022: Jan. 3, Jan. 6 & 7, Jan. 10 & 11, Jan. 22 & 29, Feb. 5 & 12, Feb. 7 & 8, Feb. 9 & 11, Jun. 6 & 7, Jun. 13 & 14, Jun. 21 & 22, Jul. 18 & 19, Jul. 21 & 22, Aug. 2 & 3, Sept. 7 & 8, Sept. 12, 19, 26 & Oct. 3, Sept. 13 & 19, Sept. 14 & 19, Sept. 15 & 19, Oct. 6, Oct. 31 & Nov. 14
2021: Jan. 5, Jan. 30, May 25, Jun. 7 & 8, Jul. 19 & 20, Aug. 2 & 3, Aug. 9, Aug. 9 & 10, Aug. 19, Sept. 11 & 18, Oct. 8, Oct. 11 & 13, Oct. 16 & 23 ,Nov. 13, Dec. 4
2020: May 26 & 27, Jun. 23 & 24, Jul. 14 & 15, Jul. 28 & 29, Aug. 4 & 5, Aug. 5 & 6, Aug. 8 & Oct. 9, Aug. 10 & 11, Aug. 18 & 19, Aug. 18 & 30, Sept. 23 & Oct. 12, Oct. 24 & 31, Nov. 19

Administrator: Jun. 16, 2022, Jul. 20, 2022, July 14, 2023
Elevate & Empower: Aug. 26, 2022, Sept. 26, 2022, Feb. 20, 2023, Aug. 18, 2023, Jan. 26, 2024, Feb. 12, 2024, Mar. 7, 2024, Jan. 7, 2025

First Thursday KAT Chat is a monthly webinar that meets on the first Thursday of every month at 4 p.m. CST on Zoom.

2023: Jan. 3 & 7
2022: Jan. 6, Jan. 10–11, Feb. 7–8, Feb. 10–11, Jul. 25–26, Jul. 27–28, Sept. 6–7, Sept. 12–13, Sept. 19–20, Oct. 6, Oct. 11–13
2021: Oct. 11 & 13