The National Council of Teachers of English convention will be held in Atlanta this November. English department teacher Lisa Hill feels the conference will be beneficial. “Usually the NCTE is anywhere in the country, but now that it’s in Atlanta it is a great opportunity for us, especially with Georgia being on the lower end of public education, it’s a great opportunity for us to come together and strengthen the education community as a whole,” Hill said.
By SOPHIE FERNANDES – Print Managing Editor
On Nov. 17-20 the National Council of Teachers of English convention will be hosted in Atlanta. Clarke Central High School’s English department teachers plan on attending.
As fall approaches, members of the Clarke Central English department prepare themselves for the National Council of Teachers of English convention, which will be held on Nov. 17-20 in Atlanta.
Several members on staff have previously attended this conference, but for others, it will be a new experience. English department teacher Lisa Hill has attended the Georgia Council of Teachers of English once before, but she has not attended a national conference.
Hill hopes that the NCTE will be equally constructive and effectual as GCTE.
“I actually spoke at the GCTE conference in the spring, and that was a really positive experience- just getting supported by other teachers and learning different projects that I could implement in my own classroom,” Hill said. “I feel like NCTE is just the same thing on a way bigger scale, and so I think it will be interesting to get different perspectives and styles of education from across the country.”
Although Instructional Specialist Linda Boza will not be attending the convention this year, she has attended several in the past.
“In college, I was encouraged to get a membership in order to gain teaching ideas and keep up-to-date on research,” Boza said. “Every time I have attended the convention, I have always walked away with great ideas and have presented some good ideas, as well.”
As a first-year teacher, Hill wants to approach the NCTE with several goals in mind. She would like to come with her own knowledge as a teacher, while expanding her mind with the ideas of her fellow English teachers across the world.
“I hope to learn new strategies, specifically teaching-reading strategies,” Hill said. “I also just hope to gain a sense of community with fellow teachers because I am new to teaching. I think it will be interesting to be with teachers who have been teachers for 20 something years, and hear their perspective on how education has changed through time.”
