2023 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-Building Authentic Connections Through #ClassroomBookADay Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
2023 WEMTA – Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association
-Building Community with #ClassroomBookADay
2022 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-Connecting Through Story: The Transformative Power of Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
2022 Summer Virtual Learning Workshops
-#ClassroomBookADay 101
-Selecting Inclusive Texts through a Critical Lens for #ClassroomBookADay
2021 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-Supporting Student Identities through the Picture Books We Choose: Critical & Intentional Selection of Read Alouds
2021 MRA – Michigan Reading Association
*Featured Speaker
-Selecting Inclusive Texts Through a Critical Lens
-#ClassroomBookADay & the Power of Shared Stories
2020 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-How Words & Pictures Come Together
-Native Voices Telling Their Stories: Indigenous #OwnVoices Authors
-Unapologetically Me! Characters Confidently, Courageously, & Proudly Themselves (#BuildYourStack)
2020 Summer Virtual Learning Workshops
-#ClassroomBookADay 101
-Going Deeper with #ClassroomBookADay: The Power of Critical Selection
2020 WSRA – Wisconsin State Reading Association
-Building Community One Book at a Time
2019 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-How Words & Pictures Come Together
-Native Authors: Bringing Indigenous #ownvoices Into Your Classroom
-Spotlighting #ownvoices Picture Books with #classroombookaday Read Alouds (#BuildYourStack)
-Books to Bring Native & Muslim Representation Into the Classroom w/Traci Sorell & Jasmine Warga (#BuildYourStack)
2019 ILA – International Literacy Association
-Curating Inclusive Books for the Classroom (Follett Lunch & Learn with Juila Torres)
-Developing Identity, Empathy, & Community through Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
-Seeing Themselves On & Behind the Pages
2019 Greater Bayland Literacy Council
-#classroombookaday 101: Building Community Through Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
2019 #nErDcampMI
-Elevate & Advocate! Building Equitable Reading Experiences with Critically Curated Texts
-Daily Picture Book Read Alouds: Building Community through Shared Stories
2019 WSRA – Wisconsin State Reading Association
-Engaging Students Through Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
2018 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-Developing Identity, Empathy, & Community through Daily Picture Book Read Alouds
2018 Waukesha County Reading Council
-Daily Picture Book Read Alouds to Build Community, Identity, & Empathy
2018 #nErDcampMI
-Daily Picture Book Read Alouds to Build Community & Identity
2018 Scholastic Reading Summit
-Engaging Picture Book Read Alouds that Support Community and Identity
2017 #nErDcampMI
-Picture Books Every Day: The Power of Shared Stories
2017 Scholastic Reading Summit
-Picture Books for All Ages
2016 NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
-Advocating for Picture Books at Every Grade Level
2016 The EdCollab Fall Gathering
-Picture Books at Every Grade: The Power of Shared Stories
2016 #nErDcampMI
-Picture Books at Every Grade, Every Day
2015 #nErDcampMI
-A Year of #bookaday Picture Book Read Alouds in Middle School: Why I Did It, How It Went, & Why I’ll Do It Again
