Check out where we will be presenting for the 2026-2027 school year!
REGISTER HERE FOR MENTOR TEXT MONDAYS!
This year's outstanding lineup features:
⭐ Marcy Campbell & Aimée Sicuro
⭐ Jason Chin
⭐ Matt de la Peña & Loren Long
⭐ Andrea Wang
⭐ Kate Hoefler
⭐ Chris Barton
⭐ Melissa Stewart
⭐ Jarrett Lerner
With 8 live Zoom sessions featuring 10 award-winning authors and illustrators, you'll discover practical, classroom-ready ideas for using mentor texts to strengthen reading, writing, language, and the craft of writing.
Conferences
- 9/15/2026-9/18/2026: BOOKBREAK PD, "Culture of Reading Virtual Conference" FREE TO ATTEND ALL SESSIONS
- 10/16/2026: Molloy College Literacy Conference 2026, Rockville Centre, New York
- 10/21/2026-10/23/2026: NYSEC Fall Conference, Albany, New York
- 11/3/2026: Long Island Regional Technical Assistance Center Building Responsive Practices for Early Learners in Pre-K & K, Woodbury, New York
- 2/1/2027-2/28/2027: LITCON 2027, All virtual conference
- 2/7/2027-2/9/2027: Southeast Conference on School Climate, Savannah, Georgia
Workshops
All of the workshops below will take place at WSBOCES in Wheatley Height, New York. You can register for the sessions by clicking here.
- 10/15/2026 and 1/21/2024: “Pages with Purpose: Bringing Grammar to Life with Picture Books” for Grades 3-8.
- 10/29/2026 and 2/11/2027: “Mirrors & Windows: Using Picture Books to Inspire Culturally Responsive Writing” for grades K-5
- 12/17/2026 and 3/11/2027: “Stronger Sentences, Stronger Writers: Sentence-Level Strategies to Strengthen Writing” for grades K-5
- 1/12/2027 and 4/7/2027: “Stronger Sentences, Stronger Writers: Sentence-Level Strategies to Strengthen Writing” for grades 6-12