Brief Description: Teachers in Louisville partnered with the University of Louisville faculty Tasha Laman and Kathy Whitmore and UL graduate students to explore literacy curriculum innovations and implement them into their classrooms in a project known as the Early Literacy Project(ELP). Teachers from preschool to upper elementary collaborate on transactional reading theories and critical inquiry methods inside their classroom. Teachers from the ELP presented their findings at the Literacies for All Summer Institute and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Title: Breaking through walls and barriers of mandates: Linking practice to teacher knowledge.
Location: 2015 Literacies for All Summer Institute, Decatur, GA
Presenters: Tasha Laman, Kathy Whitmore, Carla Wilson, Julie Delk, Shelley Schuhmann, Kathleen Mullins

Title: Reclaiming curiosity: Having the courage to inquire with kids.
Location: 2016 Literacies for All Summer Institute, St. Louis, MO
Presenters: Emily Zuccaro, Christie Angleton, Tasha Laman, Kathryn Whitmore, Janelle Henderson, Katherine Warren

Title: Dancing our way to literacy learning.
Location: 2016 National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta, GA
Presenters: Kathryn Whitmore and Shashray McCormack

Title: Singing and dancing our way into writing: A kindergarten inquiry during "Black History Month."
Location: 2016 Literacy Research Association Conference, Nashville, TN.
Presenter: Kathryn Whitmore