Katie Keier (she/her/hers)
Katie Keier has been a classroom teacher, school librarian and literacy specialist in grades PreK-8 for thirty-four years. She is currently a kindergarten teacher in a Title I school near Washington, DC. Katie is passionate about play, literacy learning, agency and access for all learners, arts integration and Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogy. She is the co-author of Catching Readers Before They Fall (Stenhouse Publishers) and writes on the www.catchingreaders.com blog, as well as for Classroom Corridors on the NCTE website. When she is not learning and playing with young children, she can be found running and playing on the trails in the mountains of Virginia.
2026 Sessions
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Catching Readers, Sparking Joy
Joyful readers are capable and confident, eager to read and engage with challenging texts as they become fluent and proficient in literacy skills. How can… Read More →
2025 Sessions
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Re-Imagining the Read Aloud: Provocations for Anti-Oppressive Conversations in the Early Years
Join us as we explore how the multi-day read-aloud has transformed conversations, thinking and learning around race, equity and anti-oppression in Kindergarten to Grade 3… Read More →