2024 NCTE Annual Convention

July 2024
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Moving Forward with Energy

This post was written by NCTE member Madison Gannon, reprinted with permission from ELATE-GS. They asked members what their biggest takeaways from last year’s NCTE Annual Convention were, whether they’re following up from work that was inspired or begun at NCTE, and how their experience attending the conference is bringing their work forward. Read on! My colleague, Sarah Continue reading →

Moving Forward with Inspiration

This post was written by NCTE member Danielle Parker, reprinted with permission from ELATE-GS. They asked members what their biggest takeaways from last year’s NCTE Annual Convention were, whether they’re following up from work that was inspired or begun at NCTE, and how their experience attending the conference is bringing their work forward. Read on! As a first-time Continue reading →

Moving Forward with Joy

This post was written by NCTE member Caroline Bedingfield Rabalais, reprinted with permission from ELATE-GS. They asked members what their biggest takeaways from last year’s NCTE Annual Convention were, whether they’re following up from work that was inspired or begun at NCTE, and how their experience attending the conference is bringing their work forward. Read on! My experience Continue reading →

NCTE Convention: Uniting Teachers and Bringing Enlightenment

This post was written by NCTE first-time Convention attendee Denise Loeber. Photo is the author and the friend she met on the airplane heading to the Convention, Michelle Commert.   If you want to know what it is like to attend an NCTE Convention; think Disney World for teachers. I took a leap of faith and Continue reading →

Attending My First NCTE Convention

This post was written by NCTE first-time Convention attendee Janina Schulz.   Attending an NCTE Convention has been on my bucket list for my entire two-decade career as an educator. I had the extraordinary privilege of attending the Convention in Anaheim with my friend and colleague, Jackie Smith. As high school teachers in the Central Valley of Continue reading →

Lessons from the NCTE Convention

This post was written by guest author Jacob Wunsh.  I was Google searching—something to the effect of “PD aside from Teach Like a Champion”—when I came across the NCTE Annual Convention for the first time. I remember feeling equal parts enthralled and overwhelmed. Hundreds of sessions . . . yet I knew no one who Continue reading →

On hope.

The following is an excerpt from Ernest Morrell’s Presidential Address at the 2014 NCTE Annual Convention.  We have to foster critical hope. My colleage Jeff Duncan-Andrade talks about this: “hope in the face of overwhelming odds.” We have to foster that hope. It is our responsibility as a profession to have that hope. People come into our Continue reading →

Members Share Stories of Their Meaningful Involvement in Affiliates, Part 1

This post comes courtesy of the “Affiliate Voices” column by Lori Goodson in the September 2019 issue of Voices from the Middle. This is Part 1 in a series of posts. Thousands of NCTE members understand the value of being involved at the state affiliate level. It’s an opportunity to build a professional network, take on a Continue reading →

Cosmopolitanism and Teaching Texts through the Lens of Human Rights: A Framework for Inspiring Global Citizenship

From NCTE’s Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Jess Terbrueggen, who is also a member of the Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a kosmopolitēs [citizen of the world].”—Diogenes As committee members, we have contemplated what it means to be a citizen of Continue reading →

Practicing Kindness

This post is written by member Holly Johnson. This is part of an ongoing monthly series from the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship.  “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” —Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne) The above quote comes from a whimsical, imaginary bear who seems very wise in his simple philosophy Continue reading →