Ded075 spring 2015

Welcome to the

Wonderful World of English/

Journalism/SpeechTheatre Education!

DED 075 Spring 2015

QR Code for today's Keynote

Quick Write

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?