Non-Profit Organization Supporting literacy and providing ELA Professional Development
Across Long Island, NY
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A full listing of our 2022-2023 PD events will be posted soon.
Become a Member Today!
For the 2022-2023 School Year, your $40.00 membership gives you many member benefits throughout the year, as well as the ongoing connection to a supportive network of ELA colleagues throughout Long Island.
LILAC Winter After School Virtual Workshop
Wednesday,February 16, 2022
3:30-4:45 p.m.
"Introduction to Mindfulness for LILAC Educators" with Melanie Anderson
This virtual workshop will help educators learn what mindfulness is, how to incorporate it into their own lives to better relate to stress and anxiety and provide hands-on practical mindfulness strategies that participants can use with students in their K-12 classrooms. This workshop is free for current LILAC members or $10.00 for nonmembers.
LILAC/NRC March 25, 2022 Spring Conference
Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Sharroky Hollie, an Educator and Director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, and John Schumacher, AKA Mr. Schu, Children’s Librarian for “Bookelicious”, part-time college lecturer, and “professional book talker,” as well as 20 breakout sessions for K-12 educators.
LILAC is pleased to present the annual Kenneth F. Gambone Writing Contest. Students in grades 4, 7, and 10 are eligible to participate. The student entries must be submitted by a current member of LILAC. Each student must enter two pieces of writing. The first piece is a timed, on-demand writing response to a designated quote. The second piece should be self-selected from the student’s portfolio to reflect his/her best work. We look forward to seeing your students' work each year nd to celebrating them each spring!
LILAC 2022-2023 Executive Board
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LILAC 2021-2022 Executive Board
