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Iowa Council of Teachers of English

We facilitate deep connections & professional learning for ELA teachers.

Iowa Council of Teachers of English

We facilitate deep connections & professional learning for ELA teachers.

Iowa Council of Teachers of English

thoughts and prayers
thoughts and prayers
Rex Muston, Teacher Writer • January 13, 2024

Guilty or Not Guilty: The Case for Impromptu Teaching
Guilty or Not Guilty: The Case for Impromptu Teaching
Brandon Baggett, Teacher Writer • November 26, 2023

While attending our Fall ICTE conference, my classroom was managed by a well-qualified substitute teacher. Aside from a short phone call on my...

Ninth-graders in action in Danae Dieken's classroom.
Five Paragraph Death Punch, Revisited
Danae Dieken, Teacher Writer • November 17, 2023

She is so disappointed.  She is also a bit of a judgey know-it-all.  She is me, in my last year of my teaching degree. Her self-congratulatory...

Bubbles Up: A Path Forward
Bubbles Up: A Path Forward
Nikki Smith, Teacher Writer • October 29, 2023

On our first date, my now-husband asked me, what is one thing I should know about you.  I bravely proclaimed: I am a writer.  I remember being...

The poet's children equate bedtime with books.
Three-year-old Bedtime
Nikki Smith, Teacher Writer • May 27, 2023

Pick a book  (Read 2 pages) I need drink of water Not that book—this book No I have to climb up the chair this way  (Read...

Darkened School
Outside the Darkened School
Rex Muston, Teacher Writer • April 17, 2023

I Struggle
I Struggle
Erika Bass, Teacher-Writer • February 7, 2023

I struggle because the world has changed so drastically from when I started teaching nearly 15 years ago. How can I prepare teachers for a career...

Safe Classrooms, Unsafe Schools
Safe Classrooms, Unsafe Schools
Abby Heggen December 27, 2022

    My classroom becomes unsafe. My students become unsafe. I become unsafe.    We all become...

November Morning
November Supplication
Rex Muston, Teacher Writer • December 13, 2022

NOVEMBER SUPPLICATION   I step out into the raucous caws from the crows in the neighborhood, piercing over the hum of the...

Handmade bookmark by student Addie W.
BookMarks
Skip Olson, Teacher Writer • November 23, 2022

I. Some of my favorite things to hear    “I need a new book.” “Do you have any other books by this author?” “I...

ICTE 2025 Fall Conference Registration Is Open!
ICTE 2025 Fall Conference Registration Is Open!
Deneen Nelson, Conference Chair • April 12, 2025

In an era where artificial intelligence generates articles, false images and videos blur the lines of reality, and social media spreads misinformation...

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Iowa Writing Project Offers Writing Retreat April 26
April 12, 2025

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Join IWP for a Writing Workshop
Join IWP for a Writing Workshop
April 11, 2025

Join the Writing Workshop presented by the Iowa Writing Project May 10, June 12, and June 24, from 9-11 a.m. Register here. https://bit.ly/IowaWP

ICTE Presents: Wins and Woes!
ICTE Presents: Wins and Woes!
April 10, 2025

Join us Wednesday, April 30, to meet virtually with like-minded friends and colleagues who share your concerns and celebrate your successes!...

Submit a Proposal to Present at NCTE!
Submit a Proposal to Present at NCTE!
December 17, 2024

Submit a proposal for NCTE’s 2025 Annual Convention. NCTE's 2024 Convention may have just wrapped, but we are already looking ahead...

Erin Becker, winner of the 2024 Friend of Literacy Award
2024 ICTE Award Winners Announced
October 17, 2024

Nominations for the 2025 awards are open now: Barb Schubert Award Middle School Teacher of Excellence High School Teacher of Excellence ...

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