If you are traveling to Baltimore for the NCTE and/or CEL conventions, you can find NJCTE members at the following sessions — and see below for details about an informal early morning coffee meet-up for all NJCTE members! (If you’re an NJCTE member who is presenting at NCTE, and your session is not already listed here, please add the details in the comments below!) The NCTE 2019 Convention program is available online.
Thursday, November 21
- (A.40) Stories from the Sticks: Reversing Nature Deficit Disorder and Raising Environmentalists via Literary Inquiry into the Natural World — 9:30-10:45 AM, Room 339
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Sarah Mulhern Gross, with authors Maria Gianferrari, Carole Lindstrom, Ishta Mercurio, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Kao Kalia Yang
- (B.36) Media as Mentor: 25 Ways Journalism Can Inspire Student Writing and Inquiry Projects — 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM, Room 346
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Sarah Mulhern Gross, with Rebeka O’Dell, Katherine Schulten, and Brett Vogelsinger
- (C.01) Cultures of Reading — 1:00-2:15 PM, Ballrooms I & III
Roundtable discussion featuring NJCTE board member Oona Marie Abrams and many other educators and authors
Friday, November 22
- First-Timers’ Welcome — 7:00-7:45 AM, Ballrooms I & III
If this will be your first time attending the NCTE convention, please join NJCTE board members Jennifer Ansbach, Oona Marie Abrams, Joseph Pizzo, and other welcoming people for breakfast!
- (H.09) Nuts & Bolts for New ELA Teachers — Roundtable Session (ELATE Strand) — 2:00-3:15 PM, Room 308
Presenters: NJCTE board member Joseph Pizzo (“Flattening Out the Hills: Academic, Social, and Personal Challenges for Early Career ELA Teachers”), as well as David E. Kirkland, Ken Lindblom, Lisa Fink, Jennifer Ochoa, Tracey Flores, Dave Stuart, Jr., and others
- (HI.01) High School Matters: #DisruptTexts — 2:00-4:45 PM, Ballroom I
NJCTE board member Sarah Mulhern Gross will be leading one of the roundtable discussions.
- (I.20) The Landscape of Escape: Interdisciplinary Inquiry with Sci-Fi & Fantasy — 3:30-4:45 PM, Room 319
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Oona Marie Abrams
- (I.33) Using Informational Texts to Spark Inspired Inquiry in Students and Teachers — 3:30-4:45 PM, Room 332
Presentation by NJCTE President Audrey Fisch and NJCTE board member Susan Chenelle
Saturday, November 23
- NJCTE Member Coffee Meet-Up — 7:00-8:00 AM, The Bun Shop, 239 W. Read Street
Join NJCTE President Audrey Fisch, board member Susan Chenelle, and others for an informal meet-up with coffee and sweets!
- ALAN Breakfast — 7:00-9:15 AM, Ballrooms I & III
Join NJCTE board member Jennifer Ansbach, who will present new board members and the ALAN president-elect.
- (J.08) Inquiring Minds Need to Know: 10 Middle Grade and YA Books to Inspire Inquiry Around “Contentious” Issues — 8:00-9:15 AM, Room 307
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Sarah Mulhern Gross, with Mollie Gross Noel and authors Samira Ahmed, Nancy Castaldo, I.W. Gregorio, Angie Manfredi, Michelle Roehm McCann, Nicole Melleby, Karyn Parsons, Ruta Septys, Amy Spalding, and Alicia D. Williams
- (L.10) Teachers as Writers: Nurturing the Wanderings and Wonderings — 12:30-1:45 PM, Room 310
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Oona Marie Abrams
Sunday, November 24
- (O.08) Wondering and Wandering: Biography Picture Books for Curious Readers and Writers — 9:00-10:15 AM, Room 308
Panel discussion featuring NJCTE board member Oona Marie Abrams
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