Travis Vertical Team Equity Conference, Lively Middle School, Austin ISD January 2019, January 2020, January 2021; Conference Lead Coordinator and presenter

*The Travis Vertical Team Equity Conference is a product of the Nuestras Escuelas, Nuestros Poderes Collaborative that Katie McKay founded in January 2017.

Here are links to slideshows summarizing the Equity conferences in January 2019 and January 2020. Slideshow for January 2021 coming soon!

Conversaciones Estructuradas a la distancia, Austin Independent School District Multilingual Education Team Professional Learning, Virtual interactive workshop in Spanish for Middle and High School Dual Language Spanish, Math, Science, and Social Studies Teachers on Structured Conversations in Remote Teaching, July 2020, Workshop designer and presenter

Conversaciones Estructuradas, Austin Independent School District Multilingual Education Team Professional Learning, Full Day interactive workshop in Spanish for Middle and High School Dual Language Spanish, Math, Science, and Social Studies Teachers, November 2019, Workshop designer and presenter

Aprendizaje basado en problemas, Austin Independent School District Multilingual Education Team Professional Learning, Full day interactive workshop for Middle and High School Dual Language Spanish, Math, Science, and Social Studies Teachers, November 2019, Workshop designer and presenter

Sheltered Instructions for Teachers of Refugees, Austin Independent School District Multilingual Education Team Professional Learning, Two-day interactive workshop for K-12 teachers of refugee, asylee, and immigrant students, September 2017, January 2019, Workshop designer and presenter

Keynote: Audience for All! The Power of Publication in a Multilingual Writing Classroom, Workshop presentation: Culturally Sustaining Teaching Today, Heart of Texas Writing Project Conference, University of Texas at Austin, February 2018, Conference Lead and Keynote speaker

Writing Workshop in the SEL Classroom, Austin ISD Social Emotional Learning Symposium, Austin, TX, June 2017, Presenter

EdTech’s Blindspot: Closing the ELL Equity Gap, SXSW Edu Conference, Austin, TX, March 2016, Panelist for panel facilitated by CommonSense Media

Keynote: Teaching for Equity and Excellence: Multilingual Writers and their Audience, ELL Conference: Building Community, Working Toward Equity, June 2013, Greater Kansas City Writing Project, Kansas City, MO

Getting Writing Workshop Going Strong, Heart of Texas Writing Project Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, October 2011, 2012, 2017, Keynote speaker and Coach for Presenters

The Components of Writing Workshop, Austin Discovery School, August 2012, K-6 Professional Development

Digital Innovation and Equity in Schools, Digital Media and Learning Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2012, Panelist on panel facilitated by Howard Rheingold

Transforming Multilinguals’ Writing through Family and Community Involvement, Rural Sites Network Conference, Little Rock, AK, March 2011, A National Writing Project Conference

Inviting Families into Literacy Partnerships, National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2010, Co-presented with author JoBeth Allen

Courageous Conversations: Meeting Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Rural Classrooms, National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2010

Spotlight on Multilingual Students, Heart of Texas Writing Project Inservice Institute, UT Austin, July 2010

Ensuring ELLs Equal Access to Curriculum, Bilingual, Immigrant, and Refugee Education Conference, Omaha, NE, May 2010, A Council of the Great City Schools Conference

Cultivating Community Partnerships through Celebrations of Student Writing, Urban Sites Network Conference, Portland, OR, April 2010, A National Writing Project Conference

Pinpointing Promise: Looking Closely at the Writing of ELLs, National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009

Borderlands/La Frontera Literature Study: Engaging K-12 students with Racism, Community, and Local Issues, Pflugerville Diversity Conference, Pflugerville, TX, August 2009

Culturally Responsive Literacy Practice, National Writing Project Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2009

Culturally Relevant Teaching, National Writing Project Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 2008

Social Action and Advocacy for ELLs, Urban Sites Network Conference, Denver, CO, April 2008