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Welcome to the 2021 State of Maryland Literacy Association Conference. This is Maryland’s 49th annual and 1st virtual conference. The three day event is packed with exciting opportunities for professional development, networking, and finding materials for classroom use. This conference is intended for a wide-range of audiences including classroom teachers, reading specialists, curriculum specialists, administrators, and other educators. There is a variety of high caliber speakers, researchers, practitioners, publishers, and authors that are presenting throughout the conference, as well as special workshop sessions scheduled. You may apply for CPD credit through MDSE by filling out this form To qualify, you must have attended15 hours total.  Please fill out all of the information.  Incomplete requests will not be filled.  Requests will be cross referenced with session attendance on the weekend of April 15-17th, 2021.  If you participated for the required hours, you will receive a credit. Please be patient, you will receive your form.

For general questions, contact the Conference Coordinator, Gayle Glick at ggayle56@aol.com.
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Saturday, April 17 • 10:00am - 10:55am
I Want to Help Wild Animals!

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 During this session, learn how children’s author Jennifer Keats Curtis and master wildlife rehabilitator Kathy Woods of the Phoenix Wildlife Center team up to help children learn about the right ways to help wild animals in need and use that new knowledge to write narratives of their own. The session includes a sneak peek into Woods’ wildlife clinic.
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Jennifer Keats Curtis

Jennifer Keats Curtis, or JKC as the kids call her, is a longtime writer and author of 25 books for children. A fan of all things science, she delights in coauthoring books with scientists and animal experts, helping them explain their important work to the youngest readers. Her next... Read More →
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Kathy Woods

Kathleen Woods has been a licensed rehabilitator for over 20 years.  She has permits to rehabilitate all native Maryland native wildlife from bats to bald eagles.  She runs the Phoenix Wildlife Center in northern Baltimore County.  She enjoys both meeting the public with an injured... Read More →

Saturday April 17, 2021 10:00am - 10:55am EDT
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