While attending our Fall ICTE conference, my classroom was managed by a well-qualified substitute teacher. Aside from a short phone call on my...
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...
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...
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...
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...
My classroom becomes unsafe. My students become unsafe. I become unsafe. We all become...
NOVEMBER SUPPLICATION I step out into the raucous caws from the crows in the neighborhood, piercing over the hum of the...
I. Some of my favorite things to hear “I need a new book.” “Do you have any other books by this author?” “I...
On Sept. 23 at 6 p.m., during Banned Books Week, NCTE is hosting an event, "A Conversation about Intellectual Freedom with NCTE Affiliates for...
Summer isn't over, but dozens of educators from across Iowa gathered to share their knowledge at EngCamp, a conference planned by the attendees...
Our Iowa Council of Teachers of English summer book club will read Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster...
Eng Camp 2024 ICTE's EngCamp uses an un-conference model. EngCamp does not have pre-planned sessions; instead it is co-constructed AT the event...
ICTE Award Nomination Forms and Past Winners Nominations for the 2024 awards are OPEN now at these links: Barb Schubert Award Middle...
Teaching sometimes feels like driving through a construction zone. All may look clear according to the map, but an unexpected roadblock – a...
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