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Children’s Literacy Foundation Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Literacy in Your Community Wednesday, April 9, 2014 St. Johnsbury, VT Conference Agenda 8:459:00: Arrive and settle in with coffee/tea and light breakfast. 9:009:45: Guest Speaker: Stacy Raphael Stacy directs school programs at the Flynn Center in Burlington. She works with more than 100 schools in almost 1,000 workshops every year. Previously Stacy ran education programs for the Vermont Arts Council Montpelier and engaged in grantmaking to schools and communities. 9:4510:15: Question and Answer Session 10:1510:30: Break for coffee, tea, and muffins. 10:3011:45: Panel Discussion: Building Partnerships to Improve Community and Family Literacy. Mary Gaetz, Outreach Coordinator, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Adam Kane, Executive Director, Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, VT Stacy Raphael, Associate Director for School Programs, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT Duncan McDougall, CLiF Executive Director, Moderator There will be time for questions and answers. 11:4512:45: Networking and lunch 12:451:30: Idea Sharing Session Hear from our presenters and some current Year of the Book and Community Literacy towns about their favorite new programs. 1:303:00: Round Table Discussions Join a table to discuss a topic of particular interest with colleagues and presenters. Feel free to participate in as many conversations as you wish. 1. Planning a New Program. Moderated by Stacy Raphael. 2. Funding Your Programs. Moderated by Adam Kane. 3. Getting Press for Your Programs. Moderated by Katie Titterton, CLiF Communications Director. 4. Ideas Into Action—Integrating Arts Into Your Classroom. Moderated by Mary Gaetz. 5. Brainstorming with CLiF Staff about Program Ideas. CLiF staff.

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Children’s  Literacy  Foundation    

         Creating  and  Sustaining  a  Culture  of  Literacy  in  Your  Community    Wednesday,  April  9,  2014            St.  Johnsbury,  VT        

 Conference  Agenda    8:45-­‐9:00:     Arrive  and  settle  in  with  coffee/tea  and  light  breakfast.        9:00-­‐9:45:     Guest  Speaker:  Stacy  Raphael                                                          Stacy  directs  school  programs  at  the  Flynn  Center  in  Burlington.  She             works  with  more  than  100  schools  in  almost  1,000  workshops  every  year.           Previously  Stacy  ran  education  programs  for  the  Vermont  Arts  Council           Montpelier  and  engaged  in  grantmaking  to  schools  and  communities.      9:45-­‐10:15:     Question  and  Answer  Session      10:15-­‐10:30:     Break  for  coffee,  tea,  and  muffins.      10:30-­‐11:45:     Panel  Discussion:  Building  Partnerships  to  Improve  Community  and  Family  Literacy.    

Mary  Gaetz,  Outreach  Coordinator,  Hopkins  Center  for  the  Arts,  Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  NH  Adam  Kane,  Executive  Director,  Fairbanks  Museum,  St.  Johnsbury,  VT  Stacy  Raphael,  Associate  Director  for  School  Programs,  

    Flynn  Center  for  the  Performing  Arts,  Burlington,  VT  Duncan  McDougall,  CLiF  Executive  Director,  Moderator  

    There  will  be  time  for  questions  and  answers.      11:45-­‐12:45:     Networking  and  lunch        12:45-­‐1:30:     Idea  Sharing  Session         Hear  from  our  presenters  and  some  current  Year  of  the  Book  and         Community  Literacy  towns  about  their  favorite  new  programs.    1:30-­‐3:00:     Round  Table  Discussions           Join  a  table  to  discuss  a  topic  of  particular  interest  with  colleagues  and                                                          presenters.  Feel  free  to  participate  in  as  many  conversations  as  you  wish.    

1. Planning  a  New  Program.  Moderated  by  Stacy  Raphael.    2. Funding  Your  Programs.  Moderated  by  Adam  Kane.    3. Getting  Press  for  Your  Programs.  Moderated  by  Katie  Titterton,  

CLiF  Communications  Director.    4. Ideas  Into  Action—Integrating  Arts  Into  Your  Classroom.  

Moderated  by  Mary  Gaetz.  5. Brainstorming  with  CLiF  Staff  about  Program  Ideas.  CLiF  staff.    

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     Before  you  leave  St.  Johnsbury,  please  take  advantage  of  these  two  opportunities:  

• The  CLiF  Giveaway  Book  Table.  A  wide  selection  of  new  books  for  you  to  take  and  give  to  children,  families,  or  organizations  in  your  town.  

•  The  Fairbanks  Museum.  Adam  Kane  has  kindly  offered  all  conference  attendees  complimentary  admission  to  the  Fairbanks  Museum  from  3  PM  when  the  conference  ends  to  5  PM  when  the  museum  closes.  

   Bios  of  Conference  Presenters  

Mary  Gaetz  has  worked  at  the  Hopkins  Center  for  the  Arts  at  Dartmouth  College  since  2011,  coordinating  the  Hop’s  K-­‐12  programming  including  HopStops,  School  Matinee  Series  performances,  and  the  START  program.  Prior  to  joining  the  Hop,  Mary  taught  theatre  at  the  University  of  Nebraska-­‐Lincoln,  worked  as  the  family  arts  coordinator  and  a  producer  for  the  Nebraska  Repertory  Theatre,  and  was  education  manager  at  Northern  Stage  in  White  River  Junction,  Vermont  where  she  managed  the  Project  Playwright  program.      Adam  Kane  became  the  Executive  Director  of  the  Fairbank  Museum  and  Planetarium  in  September  2013.  He  was  the  Co-­‐Executive  Director  of  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  Museum  (LCMM)  in  Vergennes,  VT,  where  he  played  a  major  role  as  Archaeological  Director  from  2000  to  2011  and  leader  of  the  Maritime  Research  Institute.  He  is  a  commentator  for  Vermont  Public  Radio  and  a  speaker  with  the  Vermont  Humanities  Council’s  Speakers  Bureau.    Duncan  McDougall  founded  the  Children’s  Literacy  Foundation  in  1998.  He  has  given  hundreds  of  literacy  presentations  to  thousands  of  children  and  parents  throughout  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  His  vision  and  leadership  have  helped  CLiF  mature  into  an  organization  that  has  served  and  inspired  150,000  low-­‐income,  at-­‐risk,  and  rural  children  in  400  towns  and  given  more  than  $3  million  in  brand-­‐new  books  to  children  who  need  them  the  most.   Stacy  Raphael  directs  school  programs  at  the  Flynn  Center  in  Burlington,  working  with  over  100  schools  in  almost  1,000  workshops  every  year.  Before  joining  the  Flynn  staff  in  2012,  Stacy  ran  education  programs  for  the  Vermont  Arts  Council  in  Montpelier,  engaged  in  grantmaking  to  schools  and  communities,  oversaw  the  statewide  roster  of  teaching  artists,  and  served  as  Vermont  program  director  for  the  national  Poetry  Out  Loud  program  established  by  the  Poetry  Foundation  and  the  National  Endowment  for  the  Arts.