TEACHING & SERVICE
Professional Development Presentations
Bonner, S. (2013, October). Common Core Content Area Literacy and English/Language Arts Literacy. Professional Development facilitator, O’Fallon Community Unit School District #90, O’Fallon, IL.
Bonner, S. (2014, March) Differentiation. Professional Development facilitator, Heyworth Community Unit School District #4, Heyworth, IL.
Bonner, S. (2014, April). Action Strategies in Literacy. Professional Development facilitator, Heyworth Community Unit School District #4, Heyworth, IL
Bonner, S. (2015, April) Bringing Books To Life! Using Drama-Based Action Strategies to Increase Engagement, Comprehension, and Critical Thinking in the Middle School Classroom. Professional Development Facilitator, Regional Office of Education #39, Bloomington, IL.
Bonner, S. (2015, June). Reaching ALL Students: An Exploration of Differentiated Instruction, Motivation & Everything in Between. Professional Development Facilitator, Regional Office of Education #17, Decatur, IL.
Bonner, S. (2015, August). Reaching ALL Students: An Exploration of Differentiated Instruction, Motivation & Everything in Between. Professional Development Facilitator, Regional Office of Education #39, Bloomington, IL.
Bonner, S. (2016, January). Cultivating Curiosity: Exploring Inquiry in the Classroom. Professional Development Facilitator, Regional Office of Education #39, Bloomington, IL.
Bonner, S. (2016, September). Unpacking the 21st Century Mindset. Professional Development facilitator, Heyworth Community Unit School District #4, Heyworth, IL.
R. Seglem and Bonner, S. (2018, January-March). Connected Learning. Professional Development facilitator, Heyworth Community Unit School District #4, Heyworth, IL.
Seglem, R. and Bonner, S. (2019, May) Inquiry practices. Professional Development Facilitator, Decatur Public Schools, Stephen Decatur Middle School, Decatur, IL.
National Presentations
Bonner, S. (2020, November). Inquiry in the Classroom: A Cultivation of Curiosity, Creativity, and Collaboration. Roundtable presentation within Writing Can Change Everything: Middle Level Kids Writing Themselves Into The World. Virtual Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English.
Bonner, S., & Seglem, R. (2018, November). Raising voices through critical media literacy in a fake news, post truth America. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English National Convention, Houston, TX.
Slater, D., Bonner, S., Kajder, S., & Seglem, R. (2018, November). Harnessing the power of inquiry: Building a collective understanding of the world through YA literature and digital media. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English National Convention, Houston, TX.
Stone, N., Bonner, S., Kajder, S., & Seglem, R. (2017, November). What We Learned: How Multimodal Plugged-In Teaching of a YA Text Encouraged Students to Find Their Voices. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English National Convention, St. Louis, MO.
Seglem, R., Bonner, S, Stamatis, K., & Garcia, A. (2016, November). Advocating for and Facilitating Student Inquiry in a Multimodal World. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English National Convention, Atlanta, GA.
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National Leadership
2022 - present
Chairperson, Middle Level Section Steering Committee, National Council of Teachers of English
2020 – present
Member, Middle Level Section Steering Committee, National Council of Teachers of English
2018-2019
Member, Middle Level Nominating Committee, National Council of Teachers of English