Tell Me More: Conferring with Artists, Writers, and Storytellers

Quality writing conferences happen in the context of a community of learners. The relationships and trust teachers build make these moments joyful, authentic, and effective. Rooted in a pedagogy of listening and kidwatching, Stella Villalba explores how artists, writers, and storytellers compose their lives through multimodal, multigenre, and multilingual expression—and how those same principles can shape meaningful writing instruction.

Through five pedagogical threads and a Cycle of Dialogi...