8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Holiday Inn Select Hotel and Convention Center

185th & Harlem Avenue, Tinley Park, IL

Featuring...

• Illinois' premier secondary reading and literacy conference
• over 20 concurrent sessions featuring the latest best practice in reading and literacy instruction
• Leading educators, literacy experts and YA authors share their insights into adolescent literacy issues
• Illinois Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) available
• Exhibits area
• Morning refreshments
• Luncheon Keynote address and Door Prizes--time to network
• Neal Shusterman's books sold and autographed (cash, checks and credit cards)
• Pre-conference Dinner with Neal Shusterman and Judith Irvin on November 6, 2010
• Contact us about school team discounts (available June 2009)
• New for 2010!!!...our Pre-Conference Institute Workshop November 5, 2010
• New for 2010!!!...Graduate Credit available through National-Louis University

Keynote Speakers...

Noted  literacy educator and author

Dr. Judith Irvin

"Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy?"

Morning Keynote Presentation

with additional breakout sessions

"Understanding Struggling Readers" and "Engaging Students in Expository Text"

and

Acclaimed YA author

Neal Shusterman

"Writing for Teenagers and Other Alien Species"

luncheon Keynote address

with additional breakout sessions

"There's No C in Shusterman" and "Author, Neal Thyself"

NEW for 2010...

Join us for the Pre-Conference Institute Workshop featuring Dr. Judith Irvin

Who should attend?

• Interdisciplinary/instructional teams
• Reading and instructional specialists
• School and District administrators
• Curriculum directors
• Subject area coordinators
• ELL teachers
• Content area teachers
• Title I teachers
• Special education teachers
• Librarians
• Literacy teams

Download a flyer for the 34th Day of Reading Conference

Download a flyer for the Pre-Conference Workshop