About The Write to Learn Conference

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Annual Convention Goals

The Write to Learn Conference is designed to reflect the Missouri Writing Projects Network’s (MWPN) commitment to literacy education and teacher leadership. With this in mind, the goals of the Conference include the following: 

  • Provide professional development in literacy education, ranging from early childhood through graduate studies, inclusive of practice and research. 

  • Share literacy practices that benefit students, schools, campuses, and communities. 

  • Offer space for professional growth through networking, access to emerging ideas, and support from peer professionals. 

  • Provide access to literacy resources and opportunities as well as specialists interested in learning how literacy resources and opportunities can be improved in service to literacy educators. 

The Conference is a space specific to matters of literacy education. It is strategically designed to promote literacy, support the goals listed above, and promote the broader values of the MWPN. It is not a place for individuals or organizations whose beliefs are inconsistent with our values to distract from our goals and intentions. We recognize and value intellectual freedom but not behavior or beliefs that severely undermine educators’ ability to learn and engage in the Conference. This may include, for example, individuals or organizations whose goals are inconsistent with our values against book banning; individuals or organizations whose primary focus is not on education; individuals or organizations that openly promote hate. We are steadfast in our goals and values and are unwavering that they not be compromised. 

The exhibit hall, speaker events, and communal spaces are critical to the success of our mission.  It is in all of these spaces that teachers share ideas, build meaningful relationships, and advance literacy education. To facilitate this outcome, all conference spaces must remain safe, respectful, and free of unnecessary disruption and distraction that does not directly promote literacy.  In keeping with this purpose, the exhibit hall is not a space for advocacy or political activities outside the politics of literacy education matters.