DESE Literacy Summit 2025
Please plan to join Missouri’s Literacy Team and your K-12 colleagues from around Missouri on June 30, and July 1, 2025, at The Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark for our 2025 Literacy Summit, “Every Teacher is a Literacy Teacher.” The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) encourages educators from all content areas to attend! DESE will provide two days of high-quality professional development sessions delivered by literacy experts, along with breakfasts, and lunches at no cost to participants. Both days will include sessions for K-12 educators.
Registration for the Literacy Summit is now open. Click here to reserve your spot at the Summit!
Other expenses (lodging, travel, dinners, etc.) are the responsibility of attendees.
- The Lodge of Four Seasons – Reservations/Map
- Agenda
A detailed schedule with keynote and breakout session information will be posted soon.
June 30, 2025
- 7:30 am -8:30 am: Check in and Breakfast
- 8:30 am - 9:45 am: Welcome and Keynote
- 10:00 am - 3:45 pm: Breakout Sessions (lunch provided)
- 4:00 pm -4:20 pm: Closing
July 1, 2025
- 8:00 am - 9:15 am: Breakfast and Welcome Back
- 9:30 am - 3:30 pm: Breakout Sessions (lunch provided)
- 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Closing
- Keynote Speaker (Info coming soon!)
Information coming soon!