ADVOCATE Luncheon- Amplify Literacy Celebration Keynote with Dr. Natalie Wexler

12:15pm- Seating for Luncheon 12:30pm- NCRA Awards Celebration with Dr. Hiller Spires, NCRA President Elect Mary Ellen Skidmore Skidmore Grants Jean House Conference Scholarships James B Hunt Celebrate Literacy Award 1:00pm Amplify Literacy Celebration Keynote with Dr. Natalie Wexler How Writing Instruction Can Revolutionize Education Writing is a potentially powerful lever for deepening knowledge, improving reading comprehension and analytical thinking, and enabling all students to access grade-level material. But it’s also the most difficult thing we ask students to do. In this presentation, co-author of The Writing Revolution, Natalie Wexler, will share how to make writing less overwhelming for students and why you should embed it into your core curriculum across all subjects and grades.