Amy Kathleen Conley

Passionate literacy education professional with 23 years of literacy teaching, professional development, program management, research, and policy work. Supports teachers, schools, and districts in creating literacy and educational technology systems that support the whole student and learning.

• CCTE (California Council on Teacher Education), member since 2021
• AERA (American Educational Research Association), member since 2020
• NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), member since 2012
• NWP (National Writing Project), member since 2012

• 2021, Everyone is a Literacy Teacher, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
• 2020, The RICA Exam, Enseñamos en el Valle Central, Fresno, CA
• 2020, Keep Calm and Earn Your EdD, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA
• 2017, Keynote: Intrinsic Motivation and Literacy, Fall Literacy Conference, Redwood Writing Project, Arcata, CA
• 2017, Intrinsic Motivation for Literacy, Academy of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
• 2013, Rhetorical Reading and Writing with Middle Schoolers, Humboldt Middle School Consortium

• 2023, Dyslexia Screenings and Interventions, Humboldt County Office of Education and Redwood Writing Project, November 1, 2023
• 2023, Using Independent Reading as Mentor Texts, Humboldt County Office of Education and Redwood Writing Project, November 1, 2023
• 2023, Building Identity and Community through Local Language Practice, Conference for the California Association for Bilingual Education, March 22-25, 2023
• 2022, Growing Writers, not Grading Writers, Conference on English Leadership, November 20-22, 2022
• 2022, Community of Practice, Community of Support: Teacher preparation using a professional development model for creating community, California Council on Teacher Education, October 20-22, 2022
• 2021, Imagining the Future of Literacy Instruction in California Teacher Preparation, California Council on Teacher Education, October 2021
• 2021, What Should Be in a Coursework Replacement to the RICA?, Educational Leadership Symposium, Online April 2021
• 2021, Creating the future of California's teacher preparation of literacy instruction together after RICA, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Online April 2021
• 2019, Literacy and Philosophical Inquiry, Literacy Conference, Redwood Writing Project, December 2019
• 2018, Coaching ERWC for Intrinsic Motivation, Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum Leadership Conference, June 2018
• 2017, Blogs and choice: Using technology to promote intrinsic motivation, California Association of Teachers of English, February 2017
• 2016, Service-learning and student empowerment, California Teachers Association Teacher Innovation Expo, April 2016
• 2015, Connecting students to their purpose, positivity, and passion, Fresno Area Conference of English Teachers Yosemite Conference, November 2015
• 2015, Service-learning programs to improve student outcomes, California Teachers Association Good Teaching Conference, March 2015
• 2015, Conferences and portfolios in the high school classroom, Redwood Writing Project Conference, February 2015
• 2015, Service-learning and intrinsic motivation for literacy, California Teachers Association Teacher Innovation Expo, February 2015
• 2014, Nurturing intrinsic motivation in literacy, Humboldt State Literacy Conference, January 2014

• 2023, Dysgraphia Overview, Dyslexia Awareness Week, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
• 2023, Dyslexia Overview, Dyslexia Awareness Week, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
• 2022, Multilingualism as an asset, Campus Dialogue on Race, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
• 2022, Service learning and applied learning, Teaching Talk Series, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
• 2020, RICA Preparation, Cal Poly Humboldt and Humboldt County Office of Education, Arcata, CA

• CAL POLY HUMBOLDT, Foundational Literacy, undergraduate, Spring 2023-present, Teaching Literacy in the K-8 Classroom, graduate, Fall 2019-present, Content Area Literacy, graduate, Fall 2020-present, Teaching Literacy in the Special Education Classroom, graduate, Fall 2020-present, Reading Practicum, graduate, Fall 2020-present, Liberal Studies Elementary Education Clinical Practice, undergraduate, Spring 2020-Spring 2020, Teacher Performance Assessment Support, graduate, Fall 2021-present, Introduction to Secondary Education, undergraduate, Spring 2022
• FRESNO STATE, Foundational Literacy, graduate, Spring 2022, Inquiry & Puzzles of Practice in Education, graduate, Spring 2022

• 2021-2022, Scoring and Writing Rationales for Expository Reading and Writing Course
• 2022, Manuscript review for Issues in Teacher Education
• 2022, Review of "Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed to Teach English Language Arts/Literacy and English Language Development" Before the February 10, 2022 CTCC meeting
• 2021-present, AERA Literacy-Sig Digital Encyclopedia Project
• 2017, Manuscript review for California English
• 2017, Curriculum writing for 6th Expository Reading and Writing

• 2020-2021, Educational Technology Instructional Coach, Fortuna Union High School District
• 2007-2020, English Teacher, Fortuna High School
• 2001-2007, English, Social Studies, Geometry, Choir Teacher, Hayfork High School

• 2022, Network Improvement Communities of Literacy Leaders as Literacy Change Agents, Humboldt County Office of Education
• 2022, Translanguaging Native Languages in Middle School, Trinity Valley Elementary School, Mixed methods study of effect on engagement of learning home and cultural languages at school
• 2020-2021, Racial Equity Listening Campaign, PI, Fortuna Union High School Teachers Association, Design data collection and analysis plan for annual evaluation of racial equity
• 2019, Program Evaluation of SFJazz Middle School Jazz Program, Mount Allen (PI), Dr. Don Hunt, Reagan Dozier, and Gus Leonard, Investigate demographics and geographic proximity of schools served for statistical analyses of arts opportunity for Title 1 schools
• 2019, Exclusionary Discipline Practices and School Leadership, Dr. Hank Gutierrez and Dr. MyKou Chang, Design surveys and interview protocols to analyze EDP data from high school administrators in two counties to see how leadership styles correlate to EDP

• 2007-present, Literacy Coach, Humboldt Literacy Project
• 2000-2001, Adult Education Teacher, Fortuna Adult School

• 2023, Ungrading Faculty Learning Community, Center for Teaching and Learning
• 2023, Coordinating Ungrading Book Group, Center for Teaching and Learning
• 2022, Scholarship Committee, School of Education
• 2022, Writing Equity in Action Workshop, Center for Engaged Writing
• 2022, Braiding Sweetgrass Learning Group, Native American Studies Department

• 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt Dyslexia Grant, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, $21,000
• 2022, Faculty Grant Award, Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Association, $800
• 2016, Institute for Teaching Grant, California Teachers Association, $17,000

• 2023, Growth-based Grading for Future Educators, Grading for Growth
• 2023, Community of Practice, Community of Support: IHE Teacher Preparation Using a Servingness Professional Development Model for Creating Community, Education Renaissance
• 2021, Imagining the Future of Literacy Instruction in California, California English, 27, 1, 6-9, https://www.cateweb.org/journals/september-2021/
• 2017, Teachers, Mindset, Motivation, and Mastery: Research Translated to K-12 Practice, Rowman & Littlefield
• 2014, Nurturing Intrinsic Motivation and Growth Mindset in Writing, Edutopia; George Lucas Educational Foundation
• 2014, How to Change the World: Service PBL in the Common Core Literacy Classroom, Edutopia; George Lucas Educational Foundation

• 2018-2021, Advisor, Fortuna Library Youth Advisory
• 2017-present, President, Friends of the Fortuna Library

• Juliet Wahleithner, Assistant Director of Teacher Education, California State University, Fresno, 5005 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA, 93740-8025, 559.278.0219, jwahleithner@csufresno.edu
• Libbi Miller, School of Education Chair, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA, 95502, 707.826.3734, erm81@humboldt.edu
• Sara Sterner, LSEE Program Leader & Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA, 95502, 707.826.3669, sara.sterner@humboldt.edu
• Selena Van Horn, Assistant Professor, California State University, Fresno, 5005 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA, 93740-8025, 559.278.4011, svanhorn@csufresno.edu
• Rosemary Wrenn, Teaching Reference, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, 805.709.8674, rosemary.wrenn@ctc.ca.gov