SCOA NEWS / November 2018
A Newsletter of the NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates
The NCTE Annual Convention is almost here. The Standing Committee on Affiliates has planned several sessions specific to affiliate work. We hope to see you next week!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP MEETING
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
George R. Brown Convention Center
Room 360 A/B/C
Whether your affiliate has some experience with the following topics or just wants to learn more before getting started, these breakout sessions are for you!

  • conference planning
  • website development
  • newsletter publication
  • membership growth
  • social media use

Bring your smartphone, tablet, or laptop for some hands-on work time!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
AFFILIATE BREAKFAST
7:00 am – 8:45 am
George R. Brown Convention Center
Room 342 A/B/D/E
Congratulations to the 2018 Affiliate Awards recipients! Click on each individual award to see this year’s winners, and join us at the Affiliate Breakfast to recognize their achievements and celebrate the important work of NCTE affiliates. NCTE Vice-President Leah Zuidema will speak.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
AFFILIATE EXTRAVAGANZA
9:00 am – 10:15 am
George R. Brown Convention Center
Room A/B/C
In this roundtable session, affiliate representatives will share the success their organizations have had in strengthening leaders and members through engagement in the following areas:

  • student affiliate support
  • community involvement
  • passion projects 
  • implementation of state standards
  • sponsorship of writing competitions
  • legislative advocacy
  • conference programming
  • alternative meeting formats
AFFILIATE CONNECTIONS AT NCTE
Be sure to tag #NCTE in your affiliate’s convention-related social media posts so we can retweet the excitement!
Use social media to advertise your affiliate’s presence at the convention.  

Tag #NCTE18 #YOURAFFILIATENAME in your social media posts and include affiliate contact information. Consider designating a time and place to meet up with potential members and share that information via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, piggybacking off the #NCTE18 hashtag. 
AFFILIATE EXHIBIT AREA NEAR NCTE CENTRAL

This year at the 2018 Annual Convention, NCTE is creating a brand new space where the various communities that make up the vast NCTE network can showcase their work and invite new members. To aid in this effort, NCTE has created one-page flyers for the affiliates who completed a form with pertinent information about their affiliate. 

We look forward to celebrating the role your affiliate plays within the NCTE community and hope that this opportunity to share your work with the thousands of teachers who will be joining us in Houston brings more awareness to your important work!
AFFILIATE SPOTLIGHT
Welcome to Texas, y’all!

The Lone Star State and its NCTE affiliates welcome you to Houston for the 2018 NCTE Annual Convention.

Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts was established in 1965 with a mission of advancing the literacy education of all Texas students and providing literacy educators with best-practice, research-based professional development. Visit the TCTELA table at Sunday morning’s Affiliate Extravaganza to learn more about TCTELA’s role in the three-year revision of state ELAR standards and the development of its  PD2Teach initiative, a program which will prepare Texas educators for the implementation of those new standards.


Is your affiliate listed on the “Find an Affiliate” page of the NCTE website? Contact affsec@ncte.org with any updates.  

Please send affiliate news and announcements to  affsec@ncte.org for posting on the NCTE Affiliate News page.
IMPORTANT DATES
NCTE TWITTER CHAT

Join the conversation! #NCTE18: NCTE Convention is the topic on Sunday, November 11, at 8:00 PM ET.  View the archive of NCTE’s Twitter chats here .
See you in Houston!
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.

The SCOA Newsletter is a member of NCTE's Information Exchange .