SCOA NEWS / SEPTEMBER 2018
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A Newsletter of the NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates
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Check out
what’s happening each day of the convention, and make plans now for your affiliate leadership to attend.
Register now for the best rates. Prices go up after November 5th. Let your affiliate members know that if a school or district sends 10 or more teachers to the convention, registration is only $150 per person!
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#NCTE
Making plans for Houston? Be sure to tag #NCTE in your affiliate’s convention-related social media posts so we can retweet the excitement!
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CONVENTION SESSIONS SPECIFIC TO AFFILIATE WORK
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SCOA welcomes your participation for all or part of the following events:
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AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP MEETING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
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This mini-leadership meeting is designed to support affiliate needs. Choose to attend one make-and-take workshop or to drop in on several. This double block of sessions offers hands-on learning opportunities in conference planning, website development, newsletter publication, membership growth, and more.
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AFFILIATE BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
7:00 am – 8:45 am
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Recognize the important work of NCTE affiliates and celebrate this year’s Affiliate Award winners. Have your cameras ready for the Affiliate Award photo opportunities before the breakfast begins. NCTE Vice-President Leah Zuidema will speak.
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AFFILIATE EXTRAVAGANZA
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
9:00 am – 10:15 am
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Learn from other affiliate leaders in this roundtable session. With several rotations and nine presentations to choose from, there’s inspiration for everyone! For more on the topics covered, see the Affiliate Spotlight below.
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No additional registration fees apply for attendance at the Affiliate Leadership Meeting or the Affiliate Extravaganza. Drop-ins are welcome! Attend all or part of a session as your personal travel or convention schedule allows.
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NEW SCOA MEMBER
The
NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates welcomes Jim Kroll as Region 4 Representative. Jim teaches English at L'Anse Creuse High School North in Macomb, Michigan, and he serves as the Executive Director of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English. Region 4 covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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What might your affiliate do this year to celebrate the role of writing in members’ professional and personal lives? Submit your plans to NCTE by
September 30 in order to receive the participation package.
Throughout the month of October, share your affiliate’s celebration of the National Day on Writing with NCTE via the #WhyIWrite social media campaign. Specific activities are planned for the following dates:
- October 4 – #WhyIWrite on the Hill (Washington, DC): We will visit all 100 Senate offices on Capitol Hill to remind legislators of the importance of writing and ensure we have several sponsors for this year’s resolution.
- October 8 – The Moth Storytelling Event (New York, NY): NCTE members are invited to attend an exclusive event in New York City where members of The Moth team will guide them in learning how to tell their own stories. (Invitation coming soon.)
- October 14 – Writing for Empathy #NCTEchat: NCTE member Nicole Mirra will lead a Twitter chat around the role writing can play in fostering a critical, civic form of empathy in schools.
- October 19 – Writing = Hope x Change / National Write-In: Join celebrated author Jacqueline Woodson in a virtual write-in as she guides aspiring writers through an exploration of why we write and how our words can transform our lives and those of others.
- October 20 – National Day on Writing: People around the globe will share their love of writing via the #WhyIWrite hashtag.
NCTE members: watch your email for an invitation to receive writing resources each weekday in October!
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AFFILIATE EXTRAVAGANZA, PART TWO
Join us on Sunday, November 18, from 9:00-10:15 at the
Affiliate Extravaganza for opportunity to hear from NCTE affiliates about their successful projects. Among the roundtable offerings:
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TWITTER CHAT EVERY THIRD SUNDAY
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BANNED BOOKS WEEK
September 23-29
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NCTE is a member of the
Banned Books Week Coalition
and a sponsor of this annual event celebrating and affirming the freedom to read. Plan now for your affiliate to participate in this year’s event. Programming ideas, digital resources, and more are available
here
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NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING
October 20
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NCTE estimates that last year on October 20, the #WhyIWrite hashtag was used 93,956 times on Twitter, leading to an estimated reach of 191 million people.
Share your affiliate’s hashtag, website link, or Facebook page as your organization celebrates the
National Day on Writing
. Sponsor a write-in at a local library or have members post their own classroom #WhyIWrite celebrations to a blog, padlet, or other virtual space.
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APPROACHING DEADLINES
Does your affiliate have nominations to make for the following awards and opportunities?
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The
Standing Committee on Affiliates
sends this newsletter to leaders of NCTE affiliates. The representatives of the eight regions welcome content for and comments about previous and forthcoming issues.
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See what's happening on NCTE's social sites:
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