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Secondary Experience
SECONDARY LEVEL FAVORITES:
SECONDARY SECTION GET-TOGETHER—
Thursday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. ET
NCTE’s Secondary Section has selected a program with the best professional learning you’ll ever find, and a giant network of colleagues whom you’ll want to stay connected to all year long.
Whether you love teaching poetry, the Bard, critical literacy, choice reading, disciplinary writing, or some other specialty of grades 9–12, this Convention has you covered.
WHAT KINDS OF SESSIONS CAN I ATTEND?
More than 200 sessions on the Convention program are designated at the secondary level. Here are just a few of the topics that will be covered: ● Tell Me Who You Are: Memoir, History, and Racial
Literacy in the High School Classroom ● Striving to Stay Ahead of the Code: Exploring
Equity and Justice in Writing Assistance Tools ● The Time Is Always Now: NCTE’s Quick-
Reference Guide to Anti-Bias and Antiracist
Teaching ● Taking Interpretive Risks: Creating Antiracist
Classrooms through Critical Literary Theory ● Digital Tools as Equity Tools: Empowering
Student and Family Voices
I’M A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL—ARE THERE SESSIONS FOR ME?
This Convention is rich with learning experiences for everyone who supports literacy learning both in and outside the school, but if you’re an instructional leader searching for the maximum learning experience, you’ll also want to take advantage of the offerings from NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership (CEL). Learn more about “Leading with Balance: Achieving Harmony with an Ever-Changing World,” CEL’s Convention November 21–22, at http://ncte.org/groups/cel/convention.
