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The mission of the Nebraska State Literacy Association (NSLA) is to lead in the promotion of literacy in the state of Nebraska through collaboration, advocacy and professional development.

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Proposals for NSLA Annual Conference in Kearney

"Engaging in Equity"

Submit your Proposal for the NSLA 49th Annual Conference held on Thursday, Friday, February 24, 25, 2022. NSLA is looking for educators to present sessions or workshops. Sessions are either 45 or 60 minutes and workshops are 90 minutes. Click here for Proposal Submission. If you have any questions please feel free to email - conferencesessions@neliteracy.org. You can submit proposals until September 15.

Social Media Contributors

NSLA is looking for educators that would like to help promote literacy through our NSLA Facebook page. We would love educators that would volunteer to serve as the organizer for a specific topic each week. This could involve finding other educators to help you post around the specific daily topic each week, or you could take on the task of posting yourself each week on the specific daily topic. We want to reach out to our Facebook followers with more information.

Daily focus:

Sunday - Picture books

Monday - Young adolescent books

Tuesday - Professional books

Wednesday - Reading and writing

Thursday - Electronic learning - text meets tech

Friday - Assessment

Saturday - Advocacy

If you are interested in becoming a Social Media Contributor please email -

NSLA's Virtual Summer Book Study

Shifting the Balance:

Six Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

by

Jan Burkins and Kari Yates, 2021.

Visit their webpage for introductory information and podcasts

We will meet Sunday evenings

July 11, 18, 25

6:30 pm

We will meet for approximately an hour unless conversation is strong, then we may go longer.

Free for members.

(If you are not a member please consider joining now.)

Small cost for students - $10.

Order your book now so you can be part of the book study.

Register for the Book Study

Book Study Introductory Flyer

Share the flyer with others to invite them to take part.

View Introductory slide show
about the Book study.

Watch the Introductory video that matches the introductory slide show above.

Complete Google form with Participant Information

before starting Book study

Participants will also be invited to join a Group Facebook page. Please be sure you have liked the NSLA Facebook page so you can be invited to the private Facebook page.

Please mark your calendar for the 2022 NSLA Conference.

February 24 - 25, 2022

Kearney, NE

Younes Center

Visit the Conference page
for more details.

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Jan Richardson

Dr. Stephen Peters

Carman Agre Deedy

Sydney Jensen

Candace Fleming

Congratulations to NSLA's new officers

2021-2022 Board

Chair - Diane Mickey

Chair Elect - Sarah Sell

Past Chair - Nikki Piper

Treasurer - Dr. LeDonna Griffin

Director of Membership - Jody Sempek

A Big Thank You to the Officers leaving the Board

Past Chair - Karen Heafer

Director of Membership - Faye Doolittle

Treasurer - Kristin Ganoung

Time to join NSLA!

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Join today so you can take part in the book study.

Nikki Piper

Dr. Tiffany Young

Dear 2021 Virtual Series Attendees, Speakers, and Sponsors,

We extend to you our warmest thanks for your investment and support of Nebraska students’ literacy learning. Over the past five weeks, we have been delighted to spend our Thursday evenings with each of you as we learned about setting up conditions for all students to learn, selecting quality multicultural literature, teaching remotely, building a strong reading foundation, and creating digital learning environments. We left the sessions feeling energized about our collective work in the area of literacy and we hope this excitement was shared with you across our increasingly comfortable and flexible format of digital learning.

If you are a member and you were unable to attend these sessions live you can access the handouts in the member resources section.

We look forward to seeing many of you at next year’s conference in Kearney, NE from February 24-25 where we can celebrate together all of the good work you are doing for students.

With our deepest gratitude,

Nikki Piper and Tiffany Young