NCTE

 

 

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NCTE, or the National Council of Teachers of English, has a very useful website for English teachers. Included in its website is a list of great resources students and teachers can use. NCTE has included a Books Program, which has published resources for teachers’ professional development at every level, elementary through college. There are career opportunities posted for students and current English teachers. Grant opportunities are also available. The Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship helps support training and enhancing teaching skills for postgraduates. Another great resource for teachers is the Hot Topics. This allows teachers to write individual comments, as well as respond to others’ ideas. My favorite resource I found for myself was the Lesson Plans. NCTE gives examples of already classroom-tested lesson plans for students in Kindergarten through high school. As a pre-service teacher, I can use this as a guide to help me build my own lesson plans for my future classes. However, memberships differ in price from students to professionals. Student memberships cost $25.00 and Professional memberships cost $50.00.