UNI's College of Education welcomes you to attend the 47th Annual Elementary Literacy Conference, "Literacy, Leading and Learning: Integrating Inquiry, STEM, and the Common Core" on April 17, 2015.
Steve Jenkins
The 47th Elementary Literacy Conference will be held on Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Schindler Education Center on the UNI Campus. The conference will include multiple sessions on topics in the area of literacy, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and the Common Core standards. It will feature Steve Jenkins, author/illustrator; who has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive,gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.
For more information about the Iowa Core Curriculum -www.corecurriculum.iowa.gov
For more information about the National Common Core Standards - www.corestandards.org