Join thousands of K-12 teachers, college faculty, administrators, and other education professionals as they gather to hear award-winning speakers, attend idea-packed sessions, share best practices, and test the latest teaching materials at the NCTE Annual Convention in Chicago!
NOTE: Times and rooms are subject to change. Check the final convention program.
These sessions will be of particular interest to two-year college educators:
Friday, November 18
B.45 Get Ready -- Here They Come: Closing the Gap Between High School and Commuinity College Writing
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Hilton Chicago/Lake Huron Room, Eighth Floor
Community college writing instructors and high school English teachers will lead roundtable discussions about writing instruction and other issues regarding students making a leap from high school to community college. In these conversations, attendees will share insight and exchange strategies for immediate use in the classroom.
Saturday, November 19
H.10 Women at War, Women on War: New Approaches to Reading and Writing About World Literature
(Sponsored by the Two-Year College English Association)
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Hilton Chicago/Marquette Room, Third Floor
Contemporary women's perspectives, as authors and protagonists, are opening our eyes to the psychological effects of lived war experiences. We offer approaches to teaching women and war, focusing on Levertov's Vietnam poetry, Ung's memoir, Galloway's The Cellist of Sarajevo, Farah's The Worst of Choices, and Brooks' Nine Parts of Desire.
Sunday, November 20
L.45 Reading Professional Identities of Two-Year College English Faculty
(Sponsored by the Two-Year College English Association)
8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Palmer House/Madison Room, Third Floor
This panel presents three perspectives on two-year college English faculty professional identity in the context of unprecedented community college enrollment. Drawing on the historical development of the profession and the current and projected challenges community college English instructors face, we examine the conditions and associations that help shape faculty identity.
M.41 Teaching Composition in the Era of Dual-Credit: LEssons for College and High School Educators
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Hilton Chicago/Lake Erie Room, Eighth Floor
This session will offer findings of a study of high school writers taking gateway courses in a single community college, with a focus on the expectations placed upon these writers and the extent to which they meet these expectations. Implications for high school and college faculty will be explored.