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DR. KIMBERLY N. PARKER currently teaches English at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from
the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and her research looks at the literacy practices
of young black men. She has an unwavering belief in the power and promise of underserved young people and is currently piloting a program intended to increase the number of students of color in honors English classes. Kim has received several honors, including the Marion Gleason Most Promising New Teacher Award from the New England Association of Teachers of
English (NEATE). She has been named a Literacy Champion from the Massachusetts Literacy Council and has received a Book Love Foundation Grant. She is the former secondary representative at-large for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and former president of NEATE. She is currently a trustee of the NCTE Research Foundation.
Workshop: I’ll Read More If I Can Choose (Raleigh AM)
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Raleigh PM – Panelist)
NICOLE PAYLOR has been an educator for 18 years and has served as principal of Fountain Rock Elementary School since July 2016. Nicole is currently working to transform the learning at Fountain Rock, infusing the arts into the instructional delivery process and by placing a heavy emphasis on literacy. An avid reader, Nicole built a lending library in her of ce which allows students to “check out” books during the school day. In addition, she has implemented booktalks both in the classroom and at faculty meetings, formed the rst student online book club, purchased over 500 books for the school so far this school year,
and hosted a Back-to-School Night Scholastic Book Fair. Recognizing that reading on, or above, grade level is critical to student success, Fountain Rock students participate in a dedicated sixty-minute reading block in addition to the regularly scheduled ELA instructional block.
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (DC PM – Panelist)
STACEY RIEDMILLER is a fourth-grade language arts teacher near Cincinnati, Ohio.
She gets paid to read books and share them with elementary students. She encourages students to share their reading lives by using #kidsarereading. You can nd her on Twitter @ literacybigkids where she is usually live-tweeting as she reads.
Workshop: Passion-Driven Reading Communities: They Should Be the Norm (Chicago PM) (Raleigh AM)
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Raleigh PM – Panelist)
JOHN SCHUMACHER (AKA Mr. Schu) is a blogger, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs. He served on the 2014 Newbery committee, which named the title Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures “the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature.” He has also served on ALSC’s Children and Technology committee, AASL’s Best Websites for Teachers and Learning, two readers’ choice award committees, the School Library Month Planning Committee, and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature selection committee.
Every day is a giant book party for this teacher-librarian! In fact, Library Journal named him “The Xtreme Librarian” for the high level of exertion — along with some gears and stunts — he uses to get kids reading, and Instructor Magazine named him a Cool Teacher for rede ning what it means to be a teacher- librarian.
John blogs daily at MrSchuReads.com. He also hosts the Scholastic Book Fairs web series Mr. Schu Goes to the Book Fair* and co-edits the Reader Leader* blog.
Workshop: Breakfast With Mr. Schu (All Locations)
Workshop: School Librarians: Champions of Change (All Locations – AM)
Workshop: Ambassador Schu’s Review of Books for You and Your Readers, Too! (All Locations – PM)
* For more information, visit our digital Guidebook:
bookfairs les.scholastic.com/ ippingbooks/2017-Summit-Guidebook/2017-Summit-Guidebook.html
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