Welcome to the Middle Level of NCTE--- your home in the middle!

Join the Middle Level Section in Philadelphia, on November 19-24 for "Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines." 

• Browse the online Convention Preview.
• Use the online Searchable Program for sessions and speakers.
• Check out the Convention at a Glance and Middle Level Events.
• Connect with us at the In the Middle Ning Group. 

Learn more about the NCTE Annual Convention.  We look forward to seeing you!

The National Gallery of Writing is Open!

The National Gallery of Writing is now open for browsing the over 15,000 pieces of writing.  Contribute writing or start your own gallery today!

Connect with Us---Share your ideas and connect with others online at the NCTE NING Group, become a fan on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. 

Upcoming NCTE Web Seminars

Write from Wrong: Strategies for Addressing Student Plagiarism
Presenter: Barry Gilmore
Date: November 10, 2009
Time: 4:00--5:00 p.m. EST
On Demand Version    

Reading Shakespeare with All Our Students
Presenters: Mary Ellen Dakin, Jonathan Mitchell and Christina Porter
Date: December 3, 2009
Time: 5:00--6:00 p.m. EST
On Demand Version

Missed a Live Web Seminar?  Buy the recorded presentation today! 
On Demand Web Seminars provide the recorded version of the virtual event and include all audio, video, chat discussion, and actions within the presentation.

Learn how schools across the nation are utilizing NCTE Web seminars

Teaching in the Changing World of 21st-Century Literacies

• Abigail Kennedy, 2007 NCTE Media Literacy Award winner, incorporates 21st century literacy skills into her classroom throughout the year.  View how Abigail's classroom was a featured Classroom Spotlight in NCTE's yearlong professional development program, Pathways for 21st Century Literacies. 
• New literacies are fast becoming a large part of the educational landscape, as the 21st-Century Literacies Policy Research Brief released recently tells us.
• Explore the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing with the ReadWriteThink lesson Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages. 
• To set up online chats and email with students, check out the Voices from the Middle article "Improving Writing: Online Bulletin Boards." 
• These 21st-Century Literacies resources provide some effective strategies for meeting the challenge of this new educational terrain.

Resolution on Scripted Curriculum Leads the Way for Bold Action
This resolution sponsored by the Standing Committee Against Censorship and passed at the Annual Business Meeting in San Antonio calls for NCTE to

• Continue to conduct research that documents the effects of scripted programs and high-stakes testing on teacher retention and job performance;
• Oppose policies that require educators to utilze scripted programs and materials;
• Oppose attempts by state legislatures, other elected or appointed officials, or school administrators to dictate scripted programs, materials, and methods; and
• Label such mandates as censorship.