Annual Conference

Registration LILAC 2026 Annual Conference. 

 Friday, March 27, 2026 - 7:15 - 2:30

Affirming the Importance of Human Expression in Literacy

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Katie McNight

"Dynamic Presenter, Dedicated Teacher and Award-Winning Author"

Former MS and HS English and Social Studies teacher, Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University, and founder of Engaging Learners, an educational company built around her successful Literacy and Learning Center model

Nina Crews

Award-winning children's book author, Kirkus Best Book author, winner of the NYS Library Association's Empire State Award, among many others

Her books include One Hot Summer DayA Girl Like Me, The Neighborhood Mother GooseExtraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton, and many more.

Exhibitors

Long Island Language Arts Council
2025 Annual Conference

Payment options are listed in all forms.

Workshop Proposals

2025 LILAC Workshop Proposal Information

Proposals are due by Monday, January 20, 2025.

Conference Archives

Long Island Language Arts Council & Nassau Reading Council Conference Archives

  • March 15, 2024
    The Tapestry of Literacies
    Dr. Kate Kinsella and Jamar Nicholas
  • March 24, 2023
    Learning Through Authentic Instruction
    Dr. Shane Templeton and Kelly Gallagher
  • March 25, 2022
    Growth Through Tough Times: Celebrating New Ideas in ELA and Literacy
    Dr. Sharroky Hollie and John Schumacher
  • March 25, 2021
    Supporting Students and Teachers through Social Emotional Learning in English Language Arts, Literacy, and Life
    Ralph Fletcher and Torrey Maldonado
  • March 2020 - Cancelled
  • March 22, 2019
    Literacy, Empathy, Social Justice
    Jay Heinrichs and Kathryn Otoshi
  • March 9, 2018
    Literacy and Learning:
    Creating Pathways Within Diverse Classrooms
    Kylene Beers, Ed.D. & E. Lockhart
  • March 10, 2017
    Literacy Empowers Hearts and Minds
    Pam Allyn & Kwame Alexander
  • March 4, 2016
    Celebrate Diversity in Literacy: Engage, Connect, Act
    Tim Shanahan & Andrea Davis Pinkney
  • March 6, 2015
    Literacy Matters for Every Learner
    Richard Allington & Pam Munoz Ryan
  • March 7, 2014
    Critical Thinking for Critical Times
    Tim Rasinski & Alan Sitomer
  • April 5, 2013
    Shifting Instruction to the Core
    Kelly Gallagher & Lester Laminack
  • March 23, 2012
    Literacy at the Core
    Harvey Daniels & Gordon Korman
  • March 25, 2011
    The Promise of the Future
    Sharon Taberski & Todd Strasser
  • April 16, 2010
    Calling All Learners
    Alfred Tatum & Lindamichellebaron
  • April 24, 2009
    Believing in Literacy
    Irene Fountas & Kwame Alexander
  • April 4, 2008
    Imagine a World Without Words
    Tom Romano & Jan Cherpiko
  • April 20, 2007
    Reading, and Writing, and Words…Oh My!
    Janet Allen & Gregory MaGuire
  • March 31, 2006
    Sharing the Stories That Live Within Us
    Laura Robb & Michael Winerip
  • April 2005
  • April 23, 2004
    Jacqueline Woodson & Patricia Reilly Giff
  • March 28, 2003
    John Guare​
  • 2002