Back to School Ideas
It's time for school bells to start ringing, classrooms to start buzzing, and teachers to start off on their year-long adventure with a new group of students. Get things off to the best start by checking out these back to school teaching strategies and resources from NCTE today!
Upcoming NCTE Web Seminars
Middle School Content Area Literature: Picturing the Possibilities
Presenters: Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins
Date: September 22, 2009
Integrating Grammar into the Context of Writing
Presenter: Jeff Anderson
Date: October 27, 2009
Plan now to join NCTE in these Web Seminars for the 2009–2010 School Year!
These virtual events are a convenient and meaningful form of professional development. Browse this page for web seminar topics, schedule, descriptions, and more!
Missed a past Web Seminar?
Buy the CD today! On Demand Web seminars provide the recorded version of the virtual event and include all audio, video, chat discussion, and actions within the presentation.
Grammar
Use these resources for ways to teach grammar within the context of your students’ reading, writing, and speaking so they retain what they learn and apply it later on in their own writing and speech.
Poetry
NCTE resources on poetry can be found here.
Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent Literacy: A Policy Research Brief
This NCTE Policy Research Brief offers updates on research with implications for policy decisions that affect teaching and learning in the area of adolescent literacy. 
NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform
Read how this document delineates the problems of adolescent literacy and outlines reforms NCTE has identified as necessary to address them.
Additional Adolescent Literacy Resources
English Language Learners
English language instruction continues to be a hot topic in the news--from achievement gaps to funding and professional development for teachers. These resources focus on supporting students' cultural language and identity as they work to learn a second language.
Technology Toolkit 2.0
The companion webpage for the Technology Toolkit columns in Voices from the Middle with additional resources, tips, tools, and discussion.