Council Chronicle, Vol. 21, No. 3, March 2012

Table of Contents

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• National Center for Literacy Education Launched by NCTE and the Ball Foundation

  Lorna Collier

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  Abstract: The National Center for Literacy Education will support locally based teams of educators in their efforts to strengthen literacy teaching and learning in every discipline.

• Capitalizing on Social Media to Find Professional Community

  Lorna Collier

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  Abstract: Social media networks like Twitter, Facebook, NCTE's Connected Community, and others are proving to be valuable ways for educators to find personal and professional support.

• Do NCTE’s Early Career Leadership Programs Really Make a Difference? Ask Shekema Silveri!

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  Abstract: Shekema Silveri  shares how her experiences as a 2008  recipient of NCTE’s Early Career Educator of Color Award helped her move into a leadership role.

• “Catching Tigers”: Bringing the Creative into Writing Instruction

  Deb Aronson

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  Abstract: Teachers and authors Judith Rowe Michaels and John S. O’Connor offer different approaches to writing instruction, but both agree that incorporating creative writing can engage students in ways not always achieved by traditional instruction.

• Making It Work—First Steps to Common Core Integration

  Lorna Collier

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  Abstract: Teachers and administrators beginning implementation of the Common Core State Standards see both the potential for positive change and the promise of hard work ahead.

• Right Book, Right Reader, Right Time

  Deb Aronson

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  Abstract: Teri Lesesne: The Woman Who LOVES YA Literature

• NCTE Spring Elections

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  Abstract: Candidates are announced.

• Evaluating English/Language Arts Teachers: An NCTE Policy Research Brief

  The James R. Squire Office of Policy Research

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  Abstract: Research has long acknowledged how important teachers are to student learning, but defining teacher quality isn’t as clear cut. This NCTE Policy Research Brief explores some of the factors that influence how teacher quality is defined and suggests approaches to support policymakers, researchers, and educators in their common pursuit of excellent teaching in our nation’s classrooms.

• Presidential Address: Telling Our Stories [FREE ACCESS]

  by Yvonne Siu-Runyan

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  Abstract: This excerpt is from the Presidential Address that 2010-2011 NCTE President Yvonne Siu-Runyan delivered at the NCTE Annual Convention in Chicago in November, 2011.

• Reader’s Commentary: Lessons from a Lurker

  by Sandy Hayes

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  Abstract: Sandy Hayes shares three “shameful confessions.”

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