NCTE’s College Section Represents a Wide Diversity of Experiences, Reflected by a Variety of Convention Offerings
You’ll find sessions pertinent to teaching English in the two-year college, assessment in composition courses, first-year writing, and current research in the field. If you teach college English, you’ll be intrigued by a range of interesting sessions on composition, literature, reading, and communication. There’s truly something for everyone!
What kinds of sessions can I attend?
What Kinds of Sessions Can I Attend?
Throughout the Convention there are nearly 300 sessions designated of interest to college-level educators. Here are a few of the topics:
- Cultivating New Voices at 25: Reflections Legacies and Futures of Mentorship for Scholars of Color
- Planning with Purpose: Nuts and Bolts for New College Teachers
Scholarly Podcasting for Teaching and Research
Navigating the Censorship Landscape in the College Classroom - Going Boldly into Revision: Overcoming Student Resistance to Revision in the Transition to First-Year Writing
- Bold Beginnings: Fostering Engagement and Relationships through Inquiry Mentorship Experiences
- Dream Boldly: Transforming Literacy Education by Confronting the Racist and Exclusionary History of Literacy in the United States
- Reading in a Digital Age: Teaching Students to Navigate Rapidly Changing Literacies in Open-Access Contexts
Honoring Students’ Dreams of Language Diversity: Promoting Linguistic Justice in College Writing
Goal Setting and Future Planning in the Composition Classroom
Redreaming the Very Purpose of College Writing in the Age of AI - Dreams of Failure; Fears of Success: Video Games and Queerness in Teaching
- From Setbacks to Comebacks: How College English Instructors Can Apply Student Learning Theory to Increase Resiliency and Retention
- (Neuro)Diverse Dreams: Envisioning Futures for Neurodivergent Educators and Educators Living with Mental Health Disorders
Dream Boldly for Climate Inquiry, Action, and Justice
I’m a Teacher Educator—Are there sessions for me?
Of course! The English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) group puts together a special program with hundreds of sessions for those who are engaged in the preparation, support, and continuing education of teachers of English language arts/literacy. Sample session topics include:
- Dream Boards as Anchors for Literacy: Empowering Students to Dream Boldly and Write Purposefully
AI Meets English Class: Enhancing Writing Reading and Critical Thinking
Engaging Teachers in Literate Identity Transformation - Lyric Essays: Igniting a Passion for Writing
Engagement Funds of Knowledge Thinking Tasks and Reading Research: Creating Literacy Tasks in Classrooms - Critical Issues in English Education: Research by ELATE Research Grant and Award Winners
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Advocate Boldly for the Right to Read - Fifty Books in 50 Minutes: Dreaming and Creating Our Shared Futures
- The Future Is Now: Exploring 21st-Century Teaching Ideas with the Next Generation of English Teachers
- Dreaming of Successful Pathways in Academia: A Conversation on Navigating the Ranks of Academia in English Teacher Education
- “More Important Than Ever”: Supporting the Integration of Technology in Literacy Instruction in Teacher Preparation Classes
(Re)Considering the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Teachers and Librarians: Integrating AI Into Young Adult Literature Courses
25 Professional Writing Tips to Transform Students’ Dreams into Stories: A Master Class from Award-Winning Authors - Dreaming Together: Cultivating Family and Community Partnerships Rooted in Strength, Love, and Hope
- Teaching Like a Writer: Dreaming, Creating, and Composing Humanizing Curriculum Literacy Meets Global Activism
College Level favorites:
New This Year: New & Early Career Teacher Strand
Search the Convention app and see the Convention program for sessions in the New & Early Career Teacher Strand. These sessions focus on highlighting issues for new teachers and celebrating those in the early years of their profession. Recognizing that teachers today take various paths to the classroom, these sessions will answer questions and offer strategies specifically curated for new and early career teachers and those who support them.
FEATURED COLLEGE SESSIONS: The College Section has designed special sessions that address current issues in the field that reverberate through our classrooms.
NEW! COLLEGE SECTION LUNCHEON: Join your community college and university faculty colleagues for this new luncheon that will include a keynote address.
Friday, Nov. 21, 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
ELATE LUNCHEON: Celebrate the accomplishments of ELATE (English Language Arts Teacher Educators) members and enjoy a keynote address.
Friday, Nov. 21, 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
COLLEGE SECTION WORKSHOP:
Join the College Section and the Two-Year College English Association for an immersive learning experience for college teachers: “Teaching for Joy and Justice in the College Classroom”
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2:45–5:30 P.M.
COLLEGE SECTION GET-TOGETHER: Meet members of the College Section Steering Committee, hear Section updates and award announcements, gather with friends and colleagues over appetizers, and hear from a keynote speaker.
Thursday, Nov. 20, 5:45–7:00 P.M.
What about research?
Each year the Annual Convention features a carefully selected set of sessions devoted entirely to current research in the field, bringing together different perspectives on critical issues. You will be able to search the Research Strand on our online program to explore nearly 200 sessions.
- 60 Years of Research, Scholarship, and Praxis in English Teacher Education: Looking Back and Dreaming of the Future
Critical Issues in English Education: Research by ELATE Research Grant and Award Winners
L. Ramon Veal Research Seminar - Dreaming of the Past: The Evolution of Literacy Practices in the History of English Education
Building a Science of Reading for Literature: Turning Research into Practice - Driven to Dream: Bold Moves in Research in Young Adult Literature
Taking a Vulnerable Stance on Research: A Dream in Three Parts - Dreams Into Action: Research focused on Critical Literacy and Civic Engagement to Empower Preservice Teachers and Enhance the Future of ELA Teacher Education