National Council for Teachers of English
National Council for Teachers of English - Angelo State University Student Chapter
2 nd ASU NCTE Student Affiliate Luncheon
The ASU NCTE Student Affiliate is hosting its 2 nd “Lunch & Learn” at noon-1PM in 025 on Wednesday, April 8 th . The topic of the panel presentation is “How to Teach Difficult Canonical Texts.” Drs. Hama, Wegner, & Sanborn will be presenting. FREE FOOD provided!
ASU NCTE Student Affiliate T-shirts will be available later this semester for active members. Check with Erin Mc Auliffe or J.J. Farmer for details.
ASU NCTE Student Affiliate Meetings are held the 2 nd & 4 th Wednesday of every month at 5PM in 033 or 027. During each meeting veteran teachers or guest speakers from the community come in a make presentations regarding teaching, classroom management, curriculum, grading, and dealing with parents. Additionally, refreshments are provided at the meeting.
2009-2010 Officer Elections : Elections for the 2010 ASU NCTE Student Affiliate will be held during the 2 nd April meeting. If you are active member who will still be a student in the spring of 2010 and you are interested in running for office, contact Dr. Gates at Julie.Gates@angelo.edu.
Membership drive still ongoing . If you haven't yet joined the ASU NCTE Student Affiliate and you are interested in one day teaching at the elementary, middle school, high school, or college level, contact Dr. Gates at Julie.Gates@angelo.edu for membership details.
Poetry Jams Caused a Pre-Conference Stir!
Drs. Gates, Kornasky, Serrano, Mitchell-Smith, and several ASU NCTE Students Affiliate members organized poetry jams at Central Freshman Campus and Central High School just prior to the 13 th Writers Conference featuring Terrance Hayes. The students and faculty generated an interest among high school students and teachers that led to several groups attending events at our Conference.
Conference Presentations:
2009 Texas Council of Teachers of English Conference in Fort Worth was a Blast!
Dr. Gates an 6 ASU NCTE Student Afffiliate members were a success at the 2009 Texas Council of Teachers of English Conference in Fort, Worth, TX, earlier this semester. Dr. Gates and Hillary Sommerhauser, Erin Marks, & J.J. Farmer presented a panel entitled “Entering the Conversation: Creating Space for Student-Driven Engagement with Literature through the use of Literature Circles.” Three more members, Claudia Becerra, Rebecca Rogers, and Paige Westerman did a reading with famed YA author Paul Fleischman (author of Weslandia & Whirligig ) at the Conference luncheon. We all went to a lively keynote address given by Tim O'Brien, and the members then went to other informative sessions and we all went out to see the play “The Bluest Eye” (based on Morrison's novel) on Saturday night. We were the only University or school to bring as many students as we did—and all our students DID something! We made quite a splash!
2010 Texas Council of Teachers of English Conference in Austin, TX—Proposals Soon Due
If you are an ASU NCTE Student Affiliate members who is interested in having an experience like the 6 students who attended last year's conference had, contact Dr. Gates ASAP. She is in the process of developing a proposal for presentations for next year's conference.
2009 NCTE Conference Proposal Submitted
Drs. Gates, Serrano, Mitchell-Smith, Serrano, and Deidra Dallas, Becca Lambert, Bri McDonald, and J.J. Farmer submitted a roundtable proposal for the 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Philadelphia. Their proposal was entitled “Harry Potter, Hrothgar, Headless Horsemen, Oh MY!: Developing Genre-Based Literature Units and Courses with a Focus on Gender Studies.”They will find out in March if they were accepted.
Contacts:
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Julie Gates Julie.Gates@angelo.edu
Faculty Co-sponsor: Dr. Mary Ellen Hartje ME.Hartje@angelo.edu
ASU NCTE President: Beth Proff beth.proff@gmail.com
ASU NCTE Vice-President: Claudia Becerra missc3676@aol.com
ASU NCTE Secretary: Erin McAuliffe erin102587@yahoo.com
ASU NCTE Treasurer: J.J. Farmer jota_jota_362yahoo.com
Shadow Officers:
Paige Westerman pwesterman@angelo.edu
Becca Rogers rrogers9@angelo.edu
Josh Tindell jtindell@angelo.edu
Mel Ward mcheatham@angelo.edu
