Welcome to the
Wonderful World of English/
Journalism/SpeechTheatre Education! DED 075 Spring 2015
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Why in the world do you want to be an English/Journalism/Speech Theatre teacher?
Poems from Billy Collins United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003
Why teach English/ Journalism/Speech-Theatre? Best of all subject areas! Something for everyone! Students need to Read, Write, Speak, and View across all content areas!
Essentials......
WE have to BE what we want THEM to BE Readers
Passionate
Writers
Respectful
Thinkers
Curious
Risk-takers
Perseverant
Learners
Kind
Start feeding your "teacher soul" now. :-) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) ncte.org Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE) kansasenglish.org Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (ALAN) alanya.org Special Interest Group: Network on Adolescent Literature (SIGNAL) signal-ya.org International Reading Association (IRA) reading.org Kansas Reading Association (KRA) kansasread.org Journalism Education Association (JEA) jea.org
What questions do you have?