What’s Inside

2 Welcome from the Executive Director 3 What’s Inside 4 Welcome from the Program Chair 5 Schedule 6 Make Your Case to Attend 7 Registration 8-9 All-Attendee Event & General Session Speakers 10-11 Meal Events 12 Preconvention Workshops 13 CEL Annual Convention & ALAN Workshop 14–15 The Elementary Experience 16–17 The Middle Level Experience 18–19 The Secondary Experience 20–21 The College Experience 22 Build Your Stack® 23 Health & Safety Policy 24–25 Navigating the Exhibit Hall Prior to the 2021 NCTE Annual Convention, NCTE members shared their thoughts about the Convention and what it means to them. You’ll see quotes from their blogs on the following pages (ncte.org/blog/category/ ncte21/ for the complete entries).

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