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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

We facilitate deep connections & professional learning for ELA teachers.

Iowa Council of Teachers of English

Nikki Smith

Nikki Smith, Teacher-Writer

Nikki Smith is the current president of ICTE. She is a high school English teacher at Urbandale High School. She loves the new challenges and celebrations teaching offers every day.  Teaching allows her to combine all of her passions: reading, writing and children. Nikki thrives on the professional experiences and opportunities provided through ICTE and the Iowa Writing Project as means to grow as a teacher, learner, and writer.  She and her husband, Casey, are parents to daughters Mila and Tessa. She sometimes blogs about teacher narratives at theoneaboutteachingenglish.blogspot.com and can be found on twitter @MrsSmithUHS.

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Bubbles Up: A Path Forward

Bubbles Up: A Path Forward

Nikki Smith, Teacher Writer
October 29, 2023
The poet's children equate bedtime with books.

Three-year-old Bedtime

Nikki Smith, Teacher Writer
May 27, 2023
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