Reading Conference - Oklahoma Teacher Connection - Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

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.

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2025 Conference Information

18th Annual Reading Conference
Reading Instruction Reframed:
The Transformative Power of Evidence-Based Literary Instruction
Friday, Sept. 12, 2025
Rose State College Ballroom (Midwest City) and Virtual

The 18th Annual Reading Conference will feature keynote speaker Dr. Rachael Gabriel.

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2025 Conference Speaker Information

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Rachael Gabriel is professor of literacy education at the University of Connecticut. She is author of more than 50 refereed articles and author or editor of seven books for literacy teachers, leaders and education researchers. Gabriel currently teaches courses for educators and doctoral students pursuing specialization in literacy and is editor in chief of The Reading Teacher. A former teacher and reading specialist, Gabriel’s research is focused on literacy instruction, leadership and intervention, as well as policies related to teacher development and evaluation. Her current projects investigate how educators and school leaders build collective capacity, state literacy policies and discipline-specific literacy instruction.