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2017 Reading Summit Workshop Presenters Gallery
CYNTHIA ALANIZ taught in the elementary school classroom for more than 20 years using Reader’s Workshop and Writer’s Workshop. She is currently an elementary school librarian in Coppell, Texas, and enjoys supporting her students and teachers as they pursue their own learning and interests. She has a strong and undying passion for reading and books, and she calls herself a “children’s literature enthusiast.” She
is the author of the blog Librarian in Cute Shoes and is active in the American Library
Association, the Texas Library Association, Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), the American Library Association, and the Children’s Literature Assembly (NCTE). She believes in the power of books to change lives because she believes they have changed hers. Workshop: A Closer Look at the Picture Book (Houston PM)
STEVE BLACK joined Scholastic in 1991. As manager of product programs at Scholastic, Steve currently directs the Book Fair Preview program while writing and recording booktalk scripts and podcasts. He regularly delivers webinar training sessions and conducts live booktalk and product presentations for teachers, students, parents, and coworkers. Workshop: Booktalking: Transforming Dormant to Passionate Readers (Raleigh PM) (Houston PM)
BRANDON BLOM is the principal and lead dreamer of Stoneridge Elementary School in Roseville, California. He is passionate about making school fun for students and staff, as well as looking critically at what schools do to meet the needs of all students. Brandon has been a CUE Rockstar presenter, NAESP presenter, and keynote speaker. He has written about why teachers need to be taken care of, why his school no longer uses computer-based reading systems, and how his school has moved away from old homework policies.
Workshop: Building a Love of Reading Campus-Wide (Houston AM & PM) (Seattle AM)
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Seattle PM – Panelist)
STEPHANIE BRANT currently serves as the proud principal of Wood eld Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Prior to becoming a principal at Wood eld, she served as the principal at Gaithersburg Elementary School, principal intern at Fox Chapel Elementary School in Germantown, and the assistant principal at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School in Rockville. Before coming to Montgomery County Public Schools, Stephanie worked in Fairfax County as an assistant principal. Prior to becoming an administrator, Stephanie taught rst and second grade, as well as taught Reading Recovery, an intense intervention program that
served struggling readers. As a teacher, Stephanie focused on literacy and building life-long learners and works in her current position to inspire readers, problem solvers, and critical thinkers who are competitive learners in the 21st century. Her transparency, commitment to literacy, and community engagement have been key factors to her success. Workshop: Creating a School Wide Literacy Culture: A Case Study (DC AM)
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (DC PM - Panelist)
BECKY CALZADA is the district library coordinator in Leander ISD, a fast-growth school district just northwest of Austin, Texas. She’s been an educator for 30 years, with the last 17 years of her career as a librarian in Texas. She strives to continuously improve, build relationships, and support the teachers, librarians, and administrators in her district while learning about library design, technology integration, literacy best practices, and leadership.
Becky provides staff development in her district and has presented at the Texas ASCD conference, TCEA Librarian’s Academy, and Texas Library Association Conference. She is a co-
moderator of #TXLCHAT, a Twitter chat forum primarily, but not limited to, Texas librarians to build PLN’s to share ideas and resources while expanding her learning network. She is past-chair of Texas Library Association-School Library Division. In her leisure, Becky enjoys reading to her grandkids and nding new books to read and share with others.
Workshop: Creating Opportunities for Sharing Literacy with Students & Teachers (Houston AM) Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Houston PM – Panelist)
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