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Middle Level Annual Convention Events

Click here to register online today!Middle Level program sessions reflect the wide range of interests and needs of middle level educators.  Attending these program sessions allow you to make friends and meet colleagues who are teaching at the same level and share your interests, issues, and instructional concerns.  You will also find the many speakers, authors, and presenters engaging, enlightening, inspirational, and insightful!

Use the online searchable program to find sessions of special interest to you today! 

 

Thursday, 11/21

Kick off the convention with these preconference sessions then join us at the Middle Level Section Get-together at 4:30 p.m.  The Get-together is a place to gather and exchange ideas and hear featuring speaker NAME.      

Finish up the evening with the Thursday General Session featuring NAME.

 

Friday, 11/22

Are you a first time attendee?  Then start the morning out at the First-Timer's Breakfast, "Mentoring Matters," from 7:00-8:00 a.m. sponsored by The Random House Foundation Inc. Teacher Award for Literacy.  Get some tips on making the most of your convention experience, and find out who the winners are. 

Sir Ken RobinsonDon't miss the Friday General Session featuring speaker NAME, author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education, and arts bodies.

Join us for the Middle Level Luncheon at 12:30 p.m with featured speaker Rita Williams Garcia and presentation of the 2013 NCTE Hoey Award sponsored by Scholastic Classroom Magazines

 

Check out these additional middle level focused sessions on Friday! 

 

Saturday, 11/23

Scott WesterfeldStart off Saturday morning with the ALAN Breakfast featuring Walter Dean Myers as this year's speaker.  

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) also sponsors Workshop W.14, "Celebrating Great Books for Young Adults: ALAN Turns 40" on Monday and Tuesday. 

Balloons over BroadwayJoin the 2013 Orbis Pictus Award celebrations before and after the luncheon with a discussion of the winning nonfiction titles in Session G., and meet the authors of the winning nonfiction titles in Session K.

The Middle Level Mosaic Session JK.01 is a traditional high energy session where teachers come together with their favorite authors and literacy leaders to engage in discussions about literacy practices in interactive roundtable discussions.  Featured speakers include Barry Lane, Bud Hunt, Troy Hicks, Sarah Kajdar, David Lubar, and Jeffrey Wilhelm.

 

View these additional middle level focused sessions happening on Saturday!

 

Sunday, 11/24

Sandy HayesCome listen to NCTE President, Sandy Hayes, as he gives his presidential address at the Sunday General Session.  

 

Be sure to add these middle level focused sessions to your Sunday schedule! 

 

 

 

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