2-Min Tip! Lisa Laker, a Franklin High School English Teacher, shares resources from Indiana Humanities, an Indiana organization promoting the humanities since 1972. Read more at bit.ly/4alzb1y, and if you have a tip to share, email us @ [email protected]!

TEACHER FEATURE!📚✏️Enjoy our interview with Franklin Central teacher, Amanda Hodge, whose True Crime class has done wonders to spark student interest! bit.ly/41vYiuy If you have a teacher you'd like to nominate, please email us at [email protected]!

CFP! ICTE is excited to invite educators, researchers, and literacy advocates to submit proposals for our upcoming conference, “Reimagining the Page: Disrupting Literacy Habits to Empower Educators and Inspire Students.” Submission details here: bit.ly/48mQM7B.

STUDENT WRITING CONTEST✏️If the chance for publication doesn’t get your students excited to write, cash prizes will!💵Letters About Literature is now accepting submissions for Indiana students grades 4-12! For more info, check out this video bit.ly/3Tzdmpo!

NCTE's Promising Young Writers award is now open! Nominate your student(s) today at ncte.org/awards/promisi…. Contest deadline: February 15, 2024.

Submit a proposal to present at the 2024 NCTE Annual Convention, carrying the theme “Teaching with Heart, Hope, and Humanity,” in Boston, Massachusetts! Proposals due 9AM ET, 1/31, 2024. More info at bit.ly/3S5Qk7i

Join ICTE for “Reimagining the Page!” Saturday, March 9th at Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis! Register now at tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Meet the Board! President of ICTE and English Content Director for the AP-TIP program, Chris Judson, shares he "loves the amazing job of working with amazing teachers who have a passion to reach students through literacy." Meet Chris Judson at our conference tinyurl.com/icte2024!

These are amazing people on the Indiana Council of Teachers of English board and our members. Come and hang with other ELA educators on 09 March—and, the simply amazing Melissa Smith #TeachLivingPoets with be there along with dansully.com and Kat Higgs-Coulthard

Our next feature is ICTE’s Membership Director, Ben Lathrop, a 3rd year Ph.D. student in English Ed at Purdue University who spends his days researching, supervising student teachers, and teaching preservice teachers. Prior, Ben Lathrop, NBCT taught high school English for 18 years!

Meet one of our keynote speakers, Kat Higgs-Coulthard Kat Higgs-Coulthard, author of Junkyard Dogs, former elementary teacher, and current teacher educator. Register for our conference “Reimagining the Page!” today at tinyurl.com/icte2024 to meet Kat!

Next up is ICTE’s President-Elect, Nikia Garland! Nikia D. Garland is an English teacher at Arsenal Technical High School and runs her own educational consulting business called Pedagogy+Performance. Meet her at our conference on March 9th! Register at tinyurl.com/icte2024

Invite YOUR English Department to ICTE’s conference, Saturday, 3/9! With more than 15 sessions to choose from, you'll find resources and materials geared toward your specific teaching context and multiple opportunities to chat with authors. Register now at tinyurl.com/icte2024

Look forward to sessions with the Director of WGSS and Professor of English at Purdue University Northwest, Dr. Colette Morrow and her presentation on "PreService Teachers: Strategies to Empower Students." Register now at tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Introducing Blake Mellencamp, ICTE’s Middle School Chair! Blake Mellencamp is a 7th Grade Language Arts teacher in Zionsville who wants to provide students with authentic reading and writing experiences! Register for our conference on March 9th to meet him tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Come hear U.S. History & English 11 teachers Randy Swim and Matthew Gebhard present "In the Room Where it Happens: Engaging Students Through Authentic Political Action" at our conference NEXT Saturday (3/9)! Register now at tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Meet Nina Graue, an ICTE board member at large and creator of Beyond Words Book Club! Nina teaches AP Lit&Comp and American and has been in education for over 20 years. Learn more about Nina at our conference on March 9th! It's not too late to register at tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Meet our Collegiate Liaison & Social Media Chair, Arden Woodall! Arden (she/they) is a senior at Purdue University and teaches ENL & 10th grade English! Learn more about her classroom at our conference THIS SATURDAY by registering today tinyurl.com/icte2024!

Afraid of how AI will affect your English classroom? Come hear Lauren Rich speak on "Using AI to Enhance Students' Skills in the College Literature Classroom" THIS Saturday at ICTE's conference! Register today at tinyurl.com/icte2024 to meet Lauren and other speakers!

Hard to believe it's been almost a month since ICTE's "Reimagining the Page" conference! We had a blast hearing and sharing brilliant ideas for English ed, and we can't wait to hear more. In the meantime, enjoy these pics from our Speed Dating session & main speakers!