Description of Proposals:

Type #1:  Individual 

Individual presentations are organized into 60-minute sessions.  This submission may include, but is not limited to: practitioner research, critical issues related to the literacy community, current practices, acquisition, or instructional strategies.  Presenters should be prepared to engage audiences in a lecture, demonstration, or workshop. To help create a diverse representation of topics, perspectives, and scholars, we reserve the right to accept your individual session application as a roundtable or poster session. Please be aware that a limited number of individual sessions will be accepted for the 2026 conference. 

Type #2: Roundtable 

Roundtables are individual presentations followed by a discussion with a group of people seated around a table.  The individual presentations at the roundtables run for 15-20 minute intervals, with discussion and feedback included within that time. After 15-20 minutes of each talk, attendees will be asked to move to another table and topic. Roundtables are an ideal format for networking and in-depth discussion on a particular topic. Presenters should bring targeted questions to pose to others at the table or handouts in order to learn from and with those attending. Multiple roundtables will be conducted in the same room. Tables will be organized by common topic/themes, targeted audience, or grade level.  

Type #3: Poster 

College student and faculty poster sessions combine the graphic display of materials with the opportunity for individualized, informal discussion of the student/faculty research throughout a 60-minute session. Poster sessions can be dedicated to the presentation of work-in-progress.  Individual presenters set up displays representing their papers in a large area with other presenters. 

Type #4: Exhibitor 

This session is specifically designed for exhibitors of the conference to share their products and professional resources.  As in the past, NYSRA asks that your presentation focus on literacy teaching and learning more generally, but you are able to share your products as part of the presentation.  In order to present an exhibitor session, the company must be exhibiting in the exhibit hall.