Annual Regional Language Arts Conference
Welcome to the Annual Regional Language Arts Conference (LAC) website! The LAC is an annual event in which Western Pacific educators are provided with opportunities for professional growth and enrichment in literacy.
The conference is organized by the Division of English and Applied Linguistics (DEAL) at the University of Guam and co-sponsored by the Guam International Reading Association. IRA members can register for the conference during their fanuchånan (Aug.-Dec.) semester. Participation is limited, so we encourage you to register early.
Educators can earn two (2) PD894 graduate credits/CEUs for attending this conference! Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera will be utilizing Google Classroom for this event.
For additional information you can e-mail the instructor, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, at mnrivera@triton.uog.edu
Theme: Recharting Known Shores of Literacy
November 18-19, 2022
The 35th LAC organizers invite you to reflect and share ways our conscience, our community, and our voice influence our development of language arts pedagogy.
DATE | TIME | VENUE LOCATION |
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Nov. 18 |
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Tan Lam Pek Kim English and Communications Building, University of Guam |
Nov. 19 |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
RIGHA Royal Laguna Guam Resort |
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Dr. Kevin Colleary is an adjunct professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York. His research and publications focus on social studies education, knowledge curricula, content area reading, critical thinking, digital literacy, second-language learners, diversity issues, best practices in teaching and learning, and helping teachers understand how to develop content driven literacy instruction at all grades.
Dr. Colleary’s most recent publication is “Ensuring a Better Future: Why Social Studies Matters” published by Gibbs-Smith Education. He is also an author of a number of elementary level textbook programs published by McGraw-Hill Education. He has been an elementary, middle school and high school teacher in Harlem and Brooklyn, New York. He has authored numerous chapters in a wide variety of educational texts and has been published in a variety of professional journals. He is often requested for professional development and educational conference keynote presentations around the world. His thoughtful insights, energetic style and passionate delivery make him a sought-after speaker and professional developer. Dr. Colleary received his BA in history from Siena College, Albany NY. He also earned both his master’s and doctorate in education from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
A native New Yorker, Kevin currently lives in Helsinki with his husband who is the Ambassador of Portugal to Finland and Estonia.
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Dr. Thomas “Toby” Yos is a faculty member of the University of Hawai‘i Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and is a specialist in Philosophy for Children (p4c). Arriving to Hawai‘i in 1991, Dr. Yos studied under p4c Hawai‘i founder Dr. Thomas Jackson and received a doctoral degree in Philosophy. Since that time Dr. Yos has been working in Hawai‘i’s public schools. He has mentored hundreds of teachers, done p4c with thousands of students, presented on p4c at numerous conferences, and done p4c workshops in both China and Japan. Having also spent two decades doing Resiliency Theory based counseling, Dr. Yos is an expert in creating p4c-based mentoring groups and the founder of Waikīkī Elementary School’s center for p4c and Social Emotional Learning.
Dr. Tammy Jones is a Project Coordinator for PALS/PLACES at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, supporting teachers to develop place-based curriculum. She is also the co-curriculum developer and co-facilitator of Try Think, a program run in the state correctional facilities and sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities. Tammy spent the first ten years of her career in education as an English teacher and Literacy Coach at James Campbell High School in ʻEwa Beach. In 2014 she transitioned into the role of middle school teacher at the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (SEEQS), a public charter school focused on examining essential questions of ecological systems. Since beginning her graduate studies at UHM in 2003, Tammy has worked closely with Dr. Thomas Jackson and the Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education to promote the Philosophy for Children Hawaiʻi (p4cHI) approach to thinking and learning.
Dr. Kevin Colleary is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University in New York. He teaches graduate level courses in educational foundations, philosophy and history of education as well as content area reading methods for science (STEM) and social studies. He works with elementary pre-service science, social studies and reading teachers in public and private schools including supporting them in internship and student teaching roles through supervision, mentoring and classroom instruction. In addition, he works closely with school administrators and classroom teachers on issues related to Common Core State Standards. He has also taught at Hunter College in New York and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Colleary is an author for McGraw-Hill Education. He is a member of the senior authorship team, which conceptualizes and writes national and state specific K-6 elementary social studies programs. He creates and provides professional development support materials and seminars for state curriculum leaders, district leadership and classroom teachers on content area reading and social studies curriculum issues. He has also served as Director of National Marketing for Benchmark Education Company in New Rochelle, New York. He served in various positions for McGraw-Hill as Senior Marketing Manager of English, National Marketing Manager of Reading/Language Arts, Director of Social Studies Curriculum, National Social Studies Consultant, and Marketing Manager of Social Studies.
Mr. Cohen will conduct a special presentaion on Critical Thinking for Teachers. He has been a mathematics teacher, a business education professor and professional development trainer. He has also been Human Resources Director for several fortune 500 companies including Exxon and Mobil before they were ExxonMobil and for several colleges. In his well rounded career, he worked as the special assistant to the dean of the business school at University of Massachusetts and has been guest lecturer at University of Massachusetts and Amherst College and adjunct faculty.
Mr. Cohen takes very seriously mentoring young people and continuing adult education. He is a sought after speaker for team building, critical thinking and inspirational talks as well as professional development. Equally important as part of his vita, he is an avid bicyclist who has circumnavigated Nova Scotia, New York state, all the main islands in Hawaii and Manhattan, Crater Lake, OR, and many other places and is always eager to discuss riding and riding opportunities.
He has a bachelor degree in mathematics and economics from Amherst College, Amherst MA, and an MBA from Columbia University in New York City. He has also done special training at Duke and the University of Michigan.
Dr. Kevin Colleary is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University in New York. He teaches graduate level courses in educational foundations, philosophy and history of education as well as content area reading methods for science (STEM) and social studies. He works with elementary pre-service science, social studies and reading teachers in public and private schools including supporting them in internship and student teaching roles through supervision, mentoring and classroom instruction. In addition, he works closely with school administrators and classroom teachers on issues related to Common Core State Standards. He has also taught at Hunter College in New York and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Colleary is an author for McGraw-Hill Education. He is a member of the senior authorship team, which conceptualizes and writes national and state specific K-6 elementary social studies programs. He creates and provides professional development support materials and seminars for state curriculum leaders, district leadership and classroom teachers on content area reading and social studies curriculum issues. He has also served as Director of National Marketing for Benchmark Education Company in New Rochelle, New York. He served in various positions for McGraw-Hill as Senior Marketing Manager of English, National Marketing Manager of Reading/Language Arts, Director of Social Studies Curriculum, National Social Studies Consultant, and Marketing Manager of Social Studies.
Dr. Smith is the Manager of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Hawaii and Pacific Sales and Service for McGraw-Hill Education. In that capacity, she is responsible for all aspects of teacher training, textbook and online learning sales, as well as Professional Development services for McGraw-Hill School Education educational materials, including SRA, Macmillan, Glencoe and Wright Group products to the Department of Defense Schools and to Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, and Hawaii.
She has degrees from Texas Tech University, Texas Southern University, and the University of Denver in education and in educational administration. She has taught in every grade level 1-12, and has been an elementary administrator. She has teacher certification in reading, English as a Second Language, as well as general studies K-12.
Dr. Nerissa Bretania Underwood is a former Superintent for the Guam Department of Education (GDOE). She served as GDOE's research, planning, and evaluation administrator. She holds a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Oregon, a master's degree in education, and a bachelor of arts degree in education. She has also served as the chair of the committee to develop Guam Department of Education's master plan relative to the increase in military presence. Dr. Underwood has been a leader in the local Filipino community organizations and an advocate of Guam's quest for self-determination and has served the community as a member of the Guam Memorial Hospital's board of trustees, the Guam Humanities Council, and St. Paul Christian School's board of directors. She is also the vice chair of the Democratic Party of Guam.
Penaflorida is a Filipino teacher who won the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year award for
his outreach teaching project known as, "Kariton Klasrum" (pushcart classroom). He
received his award from American actress Eva Mendes at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
According to Penaflorida, "Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and
poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes, and sizes. We are one great tapestry...Each
person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in
your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need."
For Language Arts Conference inquiries, please email uoglac@triton.uog.edu or contact (671) 735-2725.
For Language Arts Conference inquiries, please email uoglac@triton.uog.edu or contact (671) 735-2725.
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