2009-2010 Events

Friday, December 11, 2009- Luncheon/Workshop ( Letter & Registration Form)
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Milleridge Inn, Jericho, Garden Room
Sponsor: Tony Cardamone of Permabound and Capstone Publications
Speaker: Ms. Kathryn Otoshi, author of the book, One

Pricing: $32.00 for LILAC members and $38.00 for non-members

If you have any questions, please feel free to call
Adrienne Robb-Fund at (631) 912-2027

Friday, April 16, 2010 - LILAC/NRC Annual Spring Conference 
Time: 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: The Melville Marriott
Topic: Calling All Learners ( Letter to Prosepective Presenters)
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Alfred Tatum & Dr. Lindamichellebaron

Workshop Schedule (check back)

Long Island Language Arts Council & Nassau Reading Council Conference
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORM
Please email your workshop proposal to Anja at
agroth@rockypoint.k12.ny.us by December 31, 2009.

Alfred Tatum
Dr. Alfred Tatum is a renowned literacy expert working in the Department of Literacy at Northern Illinois University. He also serves on the National Advisory Reading Committee of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and is on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association. He provides professional development support to schools across the nation interested in addressing the literacy needs of students characterized as vulnerable, particularly African-American adolescent males. Dr. Tatum's career began as an eighth-grade teacher on the south side of Chicago. Among other positions, Tatum has served as a senior program associate in the Center for Literacy of the North Central Region Education Lab, as assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, and director in the Reading Clinic at Buffalo State College in New York. A published author, Tatum’s work has appeared in the three major journals of the International Reading Association. His latest book, Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap, was published in 2005.

Lindamichellebaron
Dr. Lindamichellebaron, a former New York City public school teacher, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at York College (CUNY) in New York City. She is the President and founder of Harlin Jacque Publications. As an author/poet, Lindamichellebaron’s books include: The Sun Is On (listed as a recommended book for New York State middle schools), Rhythm & Dues, For the Love of Life and Anthony Ant and Grady Grasshopper. Dr. Baron’s innovative and expanding educational enrichment program, “Driving the Dream: Literacy and the Arts,” has been implemented in educational systems across the country. Dr. Baron is also coauthor of The Write Direction (Modern Curriculum Press), an instructional writing textbook series published in 1999. Her poems have been featured in a number of poetry anthologies as well as on stage in the recent musical and dance production, The Groove that Got the Move of Us! Dr. Lindamichellebaron has received numerous awards as an educator, author, entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and performing artist. She lives in Hempstead, New York, where she was recently honored with the official designation, Village Griot (storyteller).

Executive Conference Committee