NJCTE Invites Authors to Participate in Authors Breakfast at Fall Conference

Thank you for expressing interest in the NJCTE Fall Conference Authors Breakfast! We are excited to have you share your work with our membership.

The  Authors Breakfast will give you an opportunity to

• showcase your writing
• meet teachers and school administrators
• arrange for school visits
• sell books through our onsite bookseller, Inkwood Books
• sign books

The NJCTE Fall Conference will be held at the Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in Tabernacle, NJ. Authors will receive complimentary conference registration and a free light breakfast and lunch. Authors are also invited to attend all conference sessions. Authors wishing to be part of a panel presentation at the conference should notify us as soon as possible.

After a brief introduction of all the authors, attendees may then visit with authors. Authors are free to set up small table displays (with books, flyers, etc.) and to share promotional materials with attendees. Authors are asked to stop signing at 8:50 so that attendees can get to the conference opening. Additional times for signings will be offered later in the conference, if so desired.

If you would like to participate in the NJCTE Authors Breakfast on 9/21/19 from 8:00 – 9:00 am, please confirm that you will be attending by completing the brief survey linked here https://forms.gle/mW35g31EvUhtnzbRA so that we have the appropriate contact and biographical information to promote your involvement with the conference. Feel free to email any additional promotional materials as well to NJCTEMembership@gmail.com. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to Denise Weintraut, NJCTE Fall Conference Co-Chair at NJCTEMembership@gmail.com or by calling at (856) 261-2633. If your plans change after committing to the Authors Breakfast, kindly let us know as soon as possible.

Link for confirming your participation in the NJCTE 2019 Fall Conference Authors Breakfast.

Thanks for promoting literacy and a love of reading!

NJCTE Honors High School Writing Contest Award Winners

To help forget the incessant rain we’ve experienced so far this spring, let’s re-visit the NJCTE 2019 High School Writing Contest Award Reception. We honored over 20 young authors at this event, which was held on a rare, sunny day, on April 12, 2019, at Union Catholic High School.

Julius Gottilla, former NJCTE Executive Board Member, opened the event and acted as host. He also coached the readers.

50-60 students, parents, teachers, and judges enjoyed refreshments and listened to Union Catholic students dramatically interpret excerpts from the winning works.

Michele Marotta presented the awards to the Poetry, Personal Essay, and Short Story Winners.

David Messineo, an NJ literary magazine editor, poet and historian, ended the program with a reading of selected poems from his eight published volumes. His emphasis on forgotten history and neglected American social groups was timely and thought provoking!

NJCTE Fall 2019 Conference — A Vision for the Future: Practices Designed for Success

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Kenneth R. Olson Middle School, Tabernacle, NJ

REGISTRATION OPENS SOON.

What is the future of literacy instruction? Whether in our classrooms, online, or with new AI technology on the horizon, change is inevitable, and we must prepare ourselves for the future.

On September 21, 2019, we shall gather together at the Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in Tabernacle, NJ, to focus on the future of literacy instruction for grades K-16.

New Jersey educators gather at the NJCTE conference to benefit from professional programs, panels, discussions, exhibits of books and materials, idea exchanges, guest speakers, and shared classroom experiences. Additionally, many opportunities exist for educators to participate as speakers, chairpersons, recorders, and to assist with conference preparation.

Announcing our amazing keynote speaker: Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner (@teachkht) – professor and director of teacher education at Drew University in New Jersey.  Her research focuses on the intersections between technology and literacy, and she works with teachers across content areas to implement effective literacy instruction and to incorporate technology in meaningful ways. She is the co-author of Connected Reading: Teaching Adolescent Readers in a Digital World and Argument in the Real World: Teaching Students to Read and Write Digital Texts. She is also the founder and director of the Drew Writing Project and Digital Literacies Collaborative.

Educators at any level and at any phase of their career, including pre-service teachers, are encouraged to attend and/or present.

The conference is an affordable professional development opportunity. Conference registration includes lunch and an NJCTE membership. A separate Authors Breakfast is planned for an additional charge.

NJCTE Welcomes New Board Member Nicole Warchol

Nicole Warchol has been a 7^th grade teacher at David Brearley Middle School in Kenilworth, New Jersey, for more than a decade. Known for her unrivaled energy, she is currently preparing her students for a writing workshop with National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo. She previously served as one of the original NCTE Lead Ambassadors from 2017-2018. She also completed the Summer Institute becoming a Teacher Consultant with the Kean University Writing Project. She earned her master’s degree in Instruction and Curriculum, Secondary English from Kean University and has a graduate certificate from Montclair University in Teaching Writing. Nicole is excited to join the NJCTE board. She can be found on Twitter (@MsNWarchol) and Instagram (nicolewarchol).

Call for Proposals: NJCTE Fall 2019 Conference

A Vision for the Future: Practices Designed for Success

YOU ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO PRESENT!

Submit your proposal by May 10, 2019, at http://bit.ly/NJCTEFall19Proposal

What is the future of literacy instruction? Whether in our classrooms, online, or with new AI technology on the horizon, change is inevitable, and we must prepare ourselves for the future.

On September 21, 2019, we shall gather together at the Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in Tabernacle, NJ, to focus on the future of literacy instruction for grades K-16.

NJCTE invites educators of all types from grades K-16+ (public, private, cyber, charter, etc.) to submit session proposals to share collegially:

1) successful and trusted approaches for the teaching of reading and writing that have evolved from or been improved by collaboration among colleagues;

2) examples of literacy instruction meant to develop students’ abilities to read, write, and think critically while adhering to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards;

3) ways teachers can reach out to and include leaders in our diverse communities (public librarians, local historians, social activists, business people, etc.) in order to enrich our students’ literacy education;

4) methods to engage students with our world; or

5) any related presentations on the teaching of literacy.

We have developed several topics we hope our presenters and participants will explore together. Please feel free to submit a proposal for a presentation on a related topic. We welcome the contributions of all educators.

1. Using Literacy to Shape Our Lives
2. Sharing Student Voices with the World
3. Diverse Voices; Diverse Texts
4. Best Practices for Reading and Writing Instruction
5. Literacy in Our Digital World
6. Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy
7. Technology in the Classroom
8. Celebrating LGBTQIA Voices in Our Curricula
9. Literacy as a Vehicle for Social Justice
10. Handling the Grading Load

BASIC CONFERENCE INFORMATION

New Jersey educators gather at the NJCTE conference to benefit from professional programs, panels, discussions, exhibits of books and materials, idea exchanges, guest speakers, and shared classroom experiences. Additionally, many opportunities exist for educators to participate as speakers, chairpersons, recorders, and to assist with conference preparation.

Educators at any level and at any phase of their career, including pre-service teachers, are encouraged to attend and/or present.

The conference is an affordable professional development opportunity. Conference registration includes lunch and an NJCTE membership. A separate Authors Breakfast is planned for an additional charge.

ALL PRESENTERS WILL RECEIVE FREE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND LUNCH AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

As a presenter, you have the unique opportunity to influence a wide body of educators. We expect that you will join us as an active member if you are selected to present.  PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the policy of the National Council of Teachers of English, and as a non-profit educational organization, NJCTE is unable to reimburse participants for travel or lodging.

Please contact the NJCTE Fall Conference Co-Chairs with any questions: 

Joe Pizzo, joseph.pizzo@chester-nj.org and Twitter @ProfJPizzo

Denise Weintraut, NJCTEMembership@gmail.com and Twitter @SmilingTeach