Annual Spring Symposium


48th Annual Spring Symposium

 

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

 

Literacy Toolbox for General and Special Educators: Practices, Assessment, Technology, and Feedback


Presented by Dr. Valentina Contesse, Ph.D.

April 13, 2024 @ 8 :00 am – 3:30 pm Pacific Time (Light Breakfast and Lunch included)

Location: The University of Portland, Dundon-Berchtold Hall

This day-long symposium will focus on strategies for literacy instruction from the co-author of UFLI Foundations, Dr. Valentina Contesse.  

Includes:

  • Critical Features of Effective Foundational Reading Instruction 
  • Using Data to Plan Targeted Intervention for Students with Dyslexia
  • Tech Tools to Support Reading Instruction and Intervention 
  • State of Oregon & Washington Literacy Updates
  • Networking + Give-Aways!

Plus – All Attendees will earn 6 KPS-Aligned PD Hours to use toward license renewal or for maintaining their CEUs for The Center for Effective Reading Instruction.

Washington Teachers: IDA-Oregon is an approved Clock Hour Provider

 

REGISTER NOW

 

For more information on IDA OREGON SPRING SYMPOSIUM…email: info@orbida.org


About Dr. Valentina Contesse:

Dr. Valentina Contesse is a clinical assistant professor of special education in the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida (UF). Dr. Contesse works for the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) and is the co-author of UFLI Foundations: An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program. Her research focuses on early literacy instruction and intervention, teacher preparation and training in reading, and the effects of performance feedback on the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices. Dr. Contesse teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in various UF teacher preparation programs and coordinates professional development for practicing teachers focused on evidence-based reading instruction.


 

 

Scholarships are available! Applications can be found here, and are due by March 15, 2024. Applicants will be notified before the early bird deadline so that they may take advantage of these savings if they are not a recipient of a scholarship.

Not an IDA member?  Click here to Join IDA, we’d love to have you (big discounts for members!)

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Calling All Exhibitors!

IDA Oregon would like to invite you to become a sponsor or exhibitor at our upcoming International Dyslexia Association – Oregon Branch’s Annual Spring Symposium.  The year’s event, “Literacy Toolbox for General and Special Educators: Practices, Assessment, Technology, and Feedback” with Valentina Contesse, Ph.D. is Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the University of Portland, Dundon-Berchtold Hall.

Attendees are educators from across Oregon and SW Washington who are deeply committed to helping young people, particularly young people with dyslexia, read.  We thank you for your support. 

 


There are three levels of sponsorship. The benefits associated are listed below:

Supporter/Exhibitor at $150

  • One 8-foot banquet table
  • Lunch for your organization representative and one reduced-price conference registration
  • Your logo on the event program and other appropriate event collateral

 Table Sponsor at $250

  • One 8-foot banquet table
  • Lunch for your organization representative, one conference registration and an additional registration at a reduced price
  • Your logo on the event program and other appropriate event collateral
  • One social media spotlight

Community Sponsor at $500

  • One 8-foot banquet table
  • Lunch for up to 2 organization representatives, one conference registration and an additional registration at a reduced price
  • Your logo on the event program and other appropriate event collateral
  • Three social media spotlights
  • Opportunity to speak (2-3 min.) to all attendees from the podium
  • Opportunity to provide information in each person’s take-home bag

To sign up, please complete this google form Or email president@orbida.org for more information.

Please email your logo to president@orbida.org.  If we used your logo last year, and you would like us to use the same one, you may note that on the google form. 

We look forward to seeing you at our Symposium!

 


 

 

 


DISCLAIMER:  The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) – Oregon Branch is pleased to present a forum for information to benefit its constituents. It is IDA’s policy to not recommend or endorse any specific program, product, institution, company, or instructional material, noting that there are a number of such that present the critical components of instruction as defined by IDA’s Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. Any program, product, institution, company, or instructional material carrying the IDA Accredited seal meets the IDA Standards. Advertisements or products in this, or any other conference-related material, do not necessarily reflect the views of IDA or its branches.

 

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