Middle Level at NCTE
Middle Level educators work with students at a unique moment in their development which means our approach to the teaching and learning of literacy is also unique within the field. Members of the Middle Level within NCTE will find that our resources and community provide meaningful opportunities to discuss classroom methods and philosophies with other innovative, nationally respected middle grade teachers. Join us to learn more about “Why Middle Matters” and to be part of the ongoing evolution of our profession!
In honor of National Poetry Month and in conjunction with Earth Day, the NCTE Middle Level Section invites you to participate in a national writing event by sharing poems with our communities. Students and teachers, we welcome you to be inspired by nature and share your writing! Go outside and find a place to write a poem. Post your poem and drop a pin to your location in the event Padlet—including a picture of your muse if you choose. Sit back, relax, read, and be inspired by poets around the world.
Respond on Padlet
Join NCTE for a members-only Build Your Stack®-inspired event, led by members of the Middle Level Section Steering Committee. Presenters will discuss many middle grade texts to share with students for their summer reading, or to add to your own summer reading plans.
Register here
Featured Middle Level Blog Posts
Here’s How to Get Kids Talking about Literature
This post was written by NCTE members Marilyn Pryle and Sharon Ratliff, reprinted with permission from MiddleWeb.
Ponderings on Mental Health, Literature, and the Middle School Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member Brooke Eisenbach, a member of the NCTE Middle Level Section Steering Committee.
Featured Middle Level Publications
Literacies Before Technologies: Making Digital Tools Matter for Middle Grades Learners
This practical book brings together coauthors Troy Hicks and Jill Runstrom with the voices of ten additional educators (Grades 4–9) to explore applications of NCTE’s Beliefs for Integrating Technology into the English Language Arts Classroom position statement in real classrooms.
Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic Novels
Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers’ critical literacy and empathy, Jason D. DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes.
2024 NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference on Elementary Literacy and Mathematics
New Orleans • June 17–19, 2024
Learn More InformationVoices from the Middle
This journal publishes original contributions by middle level teachers, students, teacher educators, and researchers in response to specific themes that focus on our discipline, our teaching, and our students. Voices offers middle level teachers innovative and practical ideas for classroom use that are rooted in current research; this is a journal for teachers, by teachers.
Middle Level Awards
Learn about these awards recognizing educators and journal articles and how you can nominate for them:
Leadership
The Middle Level Section Steering Committee (MLSSC) members are elected by the NCTE membership each year to a four-year term. The Chair is elected from within the MLSSC to a two-year term and serves on the NCTE Executive Committee representing the interests of the middle level membership.
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN)
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) promotes communication and cooperation among all individuals who have a special interest in adolescent literature, presents programs and conferences on this subject, promotes and increases the number of articles and publications devoted to it and integrates the efforts of all those with an interest in this literature.
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