STUDENT POSTER PROPOSAL
Student Poster Session
The Literacy Leaders Conference Poster session is designed to allow teacher candidates to showcase their application of research-based literacy practices in their own teaching as they network with area teachers.
Posters need to be able to stand on a tabletop and should include the following elements:
- Title that conveys what the researched practice involves
- Summary of what the practice involves and Key points from research regarding why the practice is effective
- Clear steps depicting how the practice was implemented in an area classroom
- Artifacts or data demonstrating the impact the practice had on student learning
- Analysis of the strengths and limitations found in using the practice
- Recommendations for ways the practice might be modified or used for better success, for other students, or in other content areas.
- You will have table space in front of your poster to display any additional items or materials used for implementing or resulting from implementation.
- Provide 15 copies of a teacher-friendly ‘how to’ handout that interested teachers may take with them.
To submit a Workshop Proposal, please upload a professional headshot in jpg format to Google Drive or dropbox and Complete the following application using the link below:
- Name
- Email and phone number where you can be reached.
- Course and Instructor Who Invited You to Submit Your Poster
- Title of the Poster
- Brief Description of the Highlighted Practice: Write the description the way you would like it to appear in the conference program. Limit 50 words.
Example:
GIST requires students to find the essence of a passage by requiring students to state the most important idea of a paragraph, passage, or longer text in a designated number of words. As a summarization strategy it focuses students on the importance of finding or generating key words.
Professional Bio:
Write your bio in third person as you would like it to appear in the conference program. Limit 50 words.
Example:
John Doe is an Art Education Major from Romney, WV with a passion for capturing the world through photography. He was excited to find that the GIST Strategy helped his students identify the essence of meaning to be conveyed through illustrative works.
Email your proposal to Ljohnson@Shepherd.edu.