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Step 1 – Registration, Pricing, & Payment

First, please fill out your conference information so we can get you registered in our system.  The form also contains information on how to pay.

Current Members Conference Fee – $180

Student Conference Fee (WVRA Membership Included)  – $125

Conference Fee (WVRA Membership Included)  – $200

Non-Member Conference Fee – $265

Register Now

 


Step 2 – Book Your Room

Oglebay Resort Group Rate – $139

Call 304-243-4000 with Group ID 49974, or book online at Oglebay Resort  with Group Access ID:  49974 & Password:  93607840.
Getting Reimbursed or paid by your county?
Email kawalker@k12.wv.us to reserve a registration spot for 30 days while the process takes place.

For Vendors

Deadline – November 1, 2024

The West Virginia Reading Association is the oldest professional organization in West Virginia committed to literacy instruction in the Mountain State. During the annual conference, over 500 educators from all over West Virginia and several surrounding states will go through the Exhibit Hall. This conference provides an opportunity for vendors to showcase some of their new and exciting materials.

WVRA Call for Vendors Oglebay 2024

Register for 1 Table  – $325

Register for 2 Tables – $650

Register for 3 Tables – $975


For Authors

Deadline – October 18, 2024

We invite visiting authors to network and sell autographed copies of their books during the conference at a reduced rate of $50 per table!  That’s $60 off the usual price!

WVRA WV Call for Authors Oglebay 2024

Author’s Registration – $50 per table


Meet Our Keynote Speakers & Special Guests!

Katie Garner Author's PromoMichael Shoulders Author PromoDrs Cooters Author's Promo


Here’s a List of this Year’s Workshops!

2024 WV Reading Association Workshops
Smarter, Stronger, Kinder:  WVPB Uses Sesame Street Educator and Family Resources
Literacy Strategies to Support Content Area Instruction: Yes, We Can!
Hands on Foundational Literacy Practices
Empowering Education: Exploring STREAM Learning Stations
Skill and Thrill: Effective Phonics in the Core
Sparking Family and Community Literacy Engagement: Sparking Early Literacy Growth Grant program
Yes, We CAN achieve 97+% Literacy by Thanksgiving 2025  (Funetix program)
Comprehension: Skills & Strategy versus Content Approach
What’s New in Children’s Books: Read Alouds and Activities
Cracking the Code of Reading: Whole & Small group instruction
Reading Aloud and Building Bright Minds!
Breaking Down Barriers of Comprehension
Reading Resources from NAEP
There Once Was a Story:  SEL books
Nurturing Literacy through Engaging Play
Comprehension Vs. Decoding: It Takes Both
Developing Writing skills
Is Artificial Intelligence a Friend or Foe in the Literacy Classroom?
Strive for 5 Literacy Instruction
Out of the Box, Sometimes Loud and Chaotic Strategies to Build Fluency
Building Relationships Through Parent Engagement
Enhancing Vocabulary and Comprehension: Engagement and the Science of Reading
Morphemes- A fresh way teaching Reading and Spelling
Yes, We Can: Empowering Educators to Boost Student Motivation
To know you is to love you: Teacher Health
When Students Feel at Home in Their Literacy Classroom: Mental Health of students
Nurturing Relationships: Literacy Activities from the Classroom to the Home
Intermediate Foundational skills- Who Knew?!
Role Models Motivate Students to Write: Voices of West Virginia
Whatever the Game, Let Joy Win: Joy of Moving and Learning
Family Fun at School and Home
When Mama Can’t Read
Applying Brain Research to Literacy Instruction
Overcoming Barriers to Literacy Instruction through Eric Jensen Achievement Boosters

Organizer

Kristin Walker
Nov 21-22, 2024
All-Day Event

Oglebay Resort

465 Lodge Dr.
Wheeling, WV 26003 United States

Schedule

Thursday, Nov 21, Projected Schedule

7:30 am

Registration
Exhibits
Scavenger Hunt begins

8:30 am-9:45 am

Opening Session
Keynote Speakers:
Drs. Kathleen and Robert Cooter

10:00am-11:45am

Concurrent Sessions

12:00pm-1:15pm

Awards Lunch

1:15

Scavenger Hunt continues

1:45- 2:30

Concurrent Sessions

2:30-4:00

Concurrent Sessions

4:30-5:30

Evening Sessions Options:
“Wine-down” time ($fee)
Author signings
Katie Garner

6:00

Enjoy dinner
Check out the festival of lights!!


Friday, Nov. 22, Projected Schedule

8:00 am

Exhibits
Networking
Scavenger Hunt continues

8:30am-9:45am

Opening Session
Keynote Speaker: Katie Garner

10:00- 11:30

Superintendent/County Representative Forum
Katie Garner, Drs Cooter, Mark Weakland

10:00-10:45

Round Tables
Literacy Fair Winners
Scavenger Hunt Continues

11:00-12:30

Concurrent Sessions
Katie Garner, Drs Cooter, Mark Weakland

12:30-1:30

Networking Lunch

1:30

Concurrent Sessions
2:30-3:30 Michael Shoulders
Scavenger Hunt Winners announced
Closing of Conference
Announcement of next year
Final Activity & “Big” Door Prizes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Schedule is subject to change.)