Reading Conference

Overview

Senate Resolution No. 70 created the Task Force on Reading Curriculum and Instruction to conduct a study to gain data on the teaching of reading and the Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA).

Based upon its findings, the task force recommended that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in conjunction with higher education institutions, offer an annual reading conference for school teachers, administrators and higher education faculty that is focused on substantive reading professional development and curriculum alignment, effecting emergent and conventional reading.Past conference literacy topics have included literacy development, technology, culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, tools and practices.

Resources

2024 Conference Information

17th Annual Reading Conference
Reading Instruction Reframed:
The Power of Evidence-Supported Reading Strategies
Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
Rose State College Ballroom (Midwest City) and Virtual

The 17th Annual Reading Conference will feature keynote speaker Dr. Sheri Vasinda.

Save-the-Date (PDF, 330k)
Conference Agenda (PDF, 113k)
Online Registration

2024 Conference Speaker Information

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Sheri Vasinda is a professor of literacy at Oklahoma State University and specializes in supporting readers and writers who struggle.

Vasinda is a former classroom teacher, dyslexia specialist, literacy coach and co-author of Integrating Technology in Literacy Instruction: Models and Frameworks for All Learners.