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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. Proposals may be submitted until September 15.

NSLA's 2022 Featured Speakers

Mark Your Calendar to attend - February, 24, 25, 2022

Dr. Jan RIchardson
Author, Educational Consultant, and Reading Specialist

Dr. Stephen Peters
ILA President 2020-2021
Administrator and Author

Carmen Agra Deedy
Award-winning Children’s Author and Storyteller

Sydney Jensen
2019 Nebraska Teacher of the Year and Ted Talk Speaker

Dr. Jan Burkins

Author - Shifting the

Balance

Kari Yates | Stenhouse Publishers

Kari Yates

Author - Shifting the

Balance

Candace Fleming | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

Candace Fleming

Children's Author and

Storyteller

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 - conferencesessions@neliteracy.org

The Shifting the Balance Book Study was a success.

Think about joining us in the Fall, 2021 as we do another Book Study over "Shifting the Balance" before the authors present at the 2022 Conference.

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