The Middle Level Section of NCTE is the home for middle school and junior high educators, administrators and teacher educators interested in the area of adolescent literacy in the English language arts classroom.
The Edwin A. Hoey Award, sponsored by Weekly Reader, recognizes exceptional English language arts teachers of grades 5-8 who have demonstrated excellence in teaching English language arts and inspired a spirit of inquiry and a love of learning in their students. The award deadline has been extended to April 1, 2012.
Read more and submit a nomination today!
During this Literacy Education Advocacy Month, you can find your voice and take action right from your own computer or phone.
Take one step today. By March 16, contact your representative to ask him or her to sign on to Rep. David Price’s "Dear Colleague" letter to appropriate $154.3M to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Take another step tomorrow. Register for "Finding Our Voice -- Speaking Out to Build Support for Our Work," a free Web seminar on Tuesday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and learn how you can make a difference by sharing the importance of what you do as an educator.
April is National Poetry Month---a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. Plan now with these ideas and other poetry resources:
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Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: Grades 6-8
This book by Tonya Perry and Rebecca Manery reinforces a focus on student learning by demonstrating ways of addressing the Common Core State Standards in grades 6-8 while also adhering to NCTE principles of effective teaching.
Virtual Conference recordings also available for Grades 6-8.
Check out these additional common core resources today!