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 Day, A Girl Like Me, The Neighborhood Mother Goose, Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton, and many more.

Exhibitors

Long Island Language Arts Council
2025 Annual Conference

2025 Vendor Letter.pdf

2025 Vendor Ad Form.pdf

2025 Vendor Registration Form.pdf

Payment options are listed in all forms.

Workshop Proposals

2025 LILAC Workshop Proposal Information

Proposals are due by Monday, January 20, 2025.

Workshop Proposal Letter 2025

Workshop Proposal Form 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