Field Notes: A Summer Filled with Members
This summer 51ÁÔÆæ, its groups, and its affiliates held six different meetings in six different locations with hundreds of 51ÁÔÆæ …
Break Down the Walls, and Some Reasons Why You Should Engage Students in a Secondary Day of Writing
This post was written by 51ÁÔÆæ member and Secondary Section Steering Committee Assistant Chair Tiffany L. Rehbein Every school …
Defining Excellence
We know the value of providing our students with models for their learning. Well, at 51ÁÔÆæ, we also provide models …
Why Students Should Read This Book
I just finished reading—actually listening to Sherman Alexie read—You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Not a …
Field Notes: Highlights from the 2017 Affiliate Leadership Meeting
These are exciting times for 51ÁÔÆæ, and in turn for our affiliates. This weekend I had the energizing experience of …
Affiliate Super Power
Over 100 affiliate leaders from 39 different affiliates gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, last weekend. They came to learn from each …
Of Choice and Challenge and Superheroes
Shana Karnes writes about choice and challenge in her blog on the WVCTE affiliate’s blog site.  Shana refers to …
An Affiliate Meeting Designed to Set a Precedent
This blog was written by 51ÁÔÆæ President Susan Houser. The power of 51ÁÔÆæ’s affiliates has been an enduring part of …
The Latest in 51ÁÔÆæ Student Affiliates
In February the 51ÁÔÆæ Executive Committee approved our newest student affiliate, the 51ÁÔÆæ Council of English Teachers Conference on English …
What Is the Role of the Affiliate?
I heard Ernest Morrell speak at the #OCTELA17 Conference this past weekend. He shared a dozen noteworthy ideas about literacy …