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On Leadership: Designing ELA Curricula

 

On Leadership
Designing ELA Curricula: In Conversation with Alexander Manshel
Tuesday, September 29 | 7:00–8:15 p.m. ET

 

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This event is free for NCTE members. Not a member? Join today!

Registration will close 90 minutes prior to the event start time.

 

Join the NCTE constituent group the Conference on English Leadership (CEL) for a discussion with Alexander Manshel, author of “High School English and the Making of American Readers.” Dr. Manshel will explore the history of secondary American English education, ranging from the literary canon to parallel institutions of Advanced Placement, CliffsNotes, the Common Core State Standards, and others.

This session will be particularly valuable for literacy leaders—department chairs, curriculum directors and supervisors, coaches, state-level leads, and those with similar roles—but all educators are welcome. Discussion will center on how leaders navigate interpretive strategies (such as reading for theme or character), text selections, and standards in literature. Attendees will learn from Dr. Manshel’s research and then join breakout groups to discuss curriculum work in their professional contexts.

 

At this event, literacy leaders will:

  • Learn about the historical influences of secondary English curriculum development.
  • Reflect on their school’s approach to literacy and English education.
  • Collaborate to troubleshoot key curriculum concerns.

 

Certificates of attendance are available upon request.

Please contact profdev@ncte.org with questions.

 

 

FEATURED GUEST

 

Alexander Manshel is an associate professor of American literature at McGill University. He is the author of Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (2023). His writing on American literature and contemporary publishing has appeared in a variety of academic journals, as well as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Nation. He is currently at work on a history of high school English in the United States.

 

FACILITATOR

 

Nicholas Emmanuele, CEL chair and English teacher and department chair at McDowell Intermediate High School, Pennsylvania