CLA and MFECOE Online Children's Literature Conference, February 21, 2025 ~ Participant

CLA and MFECOE Online Children's Literature Conference, February 21, 2025

Schedule: Welcome begins at 8:30 in the main Zoom Room; Sessions begin at 9:00 a.m. and closing remarks begin at 5:30 p.m.

Virtual Platform: Zoom link to be emailed out to registered participants the day before the conference.

Costs:

Participant: $30

Student Participant: $15

Keynote Speaker: Kathy Short, University of Arizona
Dr. Short is a professor in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona whose scholarship and teaching center around children’s and adolescent literature in a diverse society. Her specific focus is global literature, dialogue, curriculum as inquiry, and intercultural understanding. She has worked extensively with teachers in many parts of the world to develop curriculum that actively engages students as readers and inquirers. She has co-authored and co-edited many books, including Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People, Critical Content Analysis of Children's and Young Adult Literature, Teaching Globally: Reading the World through Literature, Essentials of Children’s Literature, Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers, and Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children’s Literature. She is the director of Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures, which offers resources and programs to build bridges across global cultures through children’s literature, and served as President of the U.S. national section of the International Board of Books for Young People and the National Council of Teachers of English. She was named Outstanding Educator of the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English and serves on various book award committees, including the Caldecott Medal and the Batchelder Medal. She is the Founder’s Endowed Chair of Global Children’s and Adolescent Literature at the University of Arizona.

Program Description: This conference will be of interest to researchers, faculty, graduate students, and teachers who work in the area of children’s literature and literacy education.

Registration Deadline: February 18, 2025

Cancellation Deadline and Refund Policy: February 7, 2025

All cancellations must be submitted via email to mbaer@uga.edu before the cancellation deadline in order to receive a full refund. Cancellations after the cancellation deadline are non-refundable. If cancellation is not made by the deadline, and you are not able to attend, you or your organization is still liable for payment.

Registration Transfer: If you have registered for an event but cannot attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. Simply email 48 hours before the event to mbaer@uga.edu with the registration information of the person who will attend.

Accessibility Statement: Please contact Melanie Baer, mbaer@uga.edu or Beth Massey, bmassey@uga.edu by January 17, 2025 to request any accessibility services for this event.

Payment Information

Paying by check: If you choose to pay by check by submitting a purchase order, the amount due will adjust to $0.00 because you haven't actually paid anything yet. We will send an official invoice by email showing the amount due and the address to mail payment so that you can submit for payment. Checks should be made payable to “UGA”.

Paying by UGA General Ledger Journal Entry: If you are a UGA faculty or staff member and are paying by departmental journal entry, the amount due will adjust to $0.00 because you haven't actually paid anything yet. Please enter the name, phone number and email address of the person responsible for the funds (chartstring) you are using to pay for the registration fee so we can work with them to make the journal entry. Registration will not be confirmed until we have this information.

Invoice procedure for everyone paying by check/PO or UGA Journal Entry: Invoices will be sent a few days after the registration is confirmed. When you successfully complete the registration process, you will receive two emails from Melanie Baer (mbaer@uga.edu). One to let you know the registration has been received and a second when it is confirmed. A few days later, you will receive an email from Julie Davis (julidavi@uga.edu) including a copy of the official invoice and the payment address. Please don’t remit payment until you receive the email from Julie Davis as sometimes checks are sent to the wrong UGA office by mistake. This process often takes up to 5 business days to complete.

Paying by credit card: Credit cards sometimes aren’t processed until a few days after you submit the registration in Marketplace. Please make sure the card number is correct, the billing zip code matches the billing address for the card and the card isn’t expired, or expiring in the next few days. If the credit card doesn’t go through for some reason, you will have to re-submit the registration.