Secondary at NCTE
The Secondary Section enhances the professional lives of English language arts educators and the quality of education of their students by providing multiple forums for significant dialogue on historical, current, and emerging topics of interest to secondary English language arts educators.
NCTE and the NCTE Secondary Section welcome members to join us for a 2024 Poetry Month event focusing on how to engage students in poetry through reading and writing. Attendees will hear from Joanne Veal Gabbin on teaching poetry in ways that go beyond formal analysis and move towards incorporating poetry authentically into instruction.
Featured Secondary Blog Posts
Learning about the History of Writing and Its Material Culture through DIY
This blog post was written by NCTE members Emily Powell and Joyce Kinkead.
Possibilities and Power in Young Adult Literature: Finding Agency in Scholarship
This blog post was written by NCTE members Sarah J. Donovan, Ashley S. Boyd, and Terri Suico.
Featured Secondary Publications
Restorying Young Adult Literature: Expanding Students’ Perspectives with Digital Texts
Workshopping the Canon for Democracy and Justice
Workshopping the Canon for Democracy and Justice adopts and adapts foundational reading and writing workshop structures to help middle and secondary teachers more effectively teach democratic concepts and justice in their English language arts classrooms.
English Journal
NCTE’s award-winning journal provides ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. It presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language, and includes information on how teachers are putting the latest technologies to work in their classrooms.
Secondary Awards
Learn about these awards recognizing educators and journal articles and how you can nominate for them:
Leadership
The Secondary Section Steering Committee (SSSC) members are elected by the NCTE membership each year to a four-year term. The Chair is elected from within the SSSC to a two-year term and serves on the NCTE Executive Committee representing the interests of the secondary membership.
NCTE Events
Explore these online events and resources offering instructional strategies and immersive activities that facilitate research and critical thinking!
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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