FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2007
Contact: Lori Bianchini
800-369-6283, ext. 3644
Carol Jago Elected Vice President of NCTE
 Members of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) have elected Carol Jago vice president of the organization. Jago, who has taught at Santa Monica, California, middle and high schools for 32 years, is a literacy coach at Santa Monica High School and co-director of the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA. Jago is the author of nine books on the teaching of English, four of which have been published by NCTE:
In recent years she has served on several NCTE boards and will now commit to a four-year term on the NCTE Executive Committee. Jago, who will assume office at NCTE’s Annual Convention to be held in New York, November 15–18, will serve as vice president during 2008, president-elect in 2009, and assume the presidency of the Council in November 2009 at NCTE's Annual Convention in Philadelphia.
“Naturally, I am delighted by the outcome of the election,” says Jago. “I believe that most teachers want to be more effective. They know that success in school and in the workplace depends on high levels of literacy. We must ensure that more gifted and passionate young people enter the teaching profession.”
Jago applauds NCTE as the leading professional body for teachers of English in this country and sees her mission as working to help the Council speak with a voice that is heard and respected, and which is influential in all matters that affect student literacy and learning. She is also realistic about the obstacles facing literacy teachers in the 21st century. “In this era of instant access and communication it is not always easy to convince students -- and sometimes teachers -- of the value of the rich currency of the written word,” she comments. “But I believe that this is one of the greatest challenges facing me and my colleagues in the classroom. It is a challenge that I welcome and I am delighted to be able to address it from the perspective of the leading national professional organization.”
Jago is a spokesperson for NCTE and often speaks with the media on topics related to the teaching of English, including literature, reading, writing, and assessment. Contact the NCTE Communications Division at if you'd like to arrange an interview with Jago.
For all of NCTE’s national election results, see http://www.ncte.org/about/gov/elec/news.
The National Council of Teachers of English, with 50,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels of education. For more information, please visit http://www.ncte.org.
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