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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seglem, R. & Bonner, S. (2021, November). #Why middle matters: The middle level mosaic. Virtual Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English.
Bonner, S. (2022, November). #Why middle matters -- Middle grade literature as dreams and possibility: The middle level mosaic. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Anaheim, CA.
Dominguez, M. & Bonner, S. (2022, November). #Why middle matters: Illuminating the middle: Censorship, sustainability, and finding light in a climate of fear. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Anaheim, CA.
Bonner, S. & Corbitt, A. (2023, November). #MakersintheMiddle: Inviting imagination, joy and creativity in the ELA classroom through game play. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Columbus, OH.
Bonner, S. & Corbitt, A. (2024, November). #MakersintheMiddle: Inviting imagination, joy and creativity in the ELA classroom through game play. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Boston, MA.
O'Donnell-Allen, C., Seglem, R. & Bonner, S. (2024, November). Wobbling with Hope: Using the pose, wobble, flow model to claim and sustain your commitment to antibias, antiracist teaching. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Boston, MA.
Bonner, S. & Corbitt, A. (2024, November). #MakersintheMiddle - Creating a heARTful community: Infusing ELA, art and activism to promote student voices. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Boston, MA.
Seglem, R. & Bonner, S. (2024, November). Teaching with heart: Using design pedagogy to center empathy & humanity in the classroom. Presentation for the National Council of Teachers of English. Boston, MA.
National Leadership
2022 - 2024
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