Conference Announcement: Preparing Language Arts Teachers

For more information, please refer to contact persons listed below.  thank 
you.  elaine ikeda
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NCTE Assembly for Research Midwinter Conference*
Preparing Language Arts Teachers for the 21st Century:
Research, Practice & Policy

February 25-27, 2000
Seattle, Washington

How do teachers learn to teach Language Arts across their
careers? What makes for effective preservice teacher
education? What enables beginning teachers to continue to
grow and to learn as they face new challenges? What roles do
on-going professional development, mentoring programs, and
support systems play in the development of teachers? How do
policies related to standards, assessment, and teacher
preparation influence the quality and practice of teachers?
What challenges do teacher educators and teachers face in
preparing to teach in the 21st century?

These and other questions will frame our Midwinter Conference
for 2000. Join us for 3 days of stimulating research
presentations, round table discussions, panels, and informal
conversation. This conference is specifically designed for
university and school-based researchers interested in K-12
language arts/literacy, graduate students, and others
interested in preparation and continuing development of
language arts/literacy teachers. The conference provides a
small, friendly forum for collegial exchange and learning. We
welcome new members to join us as we discuss an issue that
has captured the nation=92s attention and spurred intense
debates.

Take this opportunity to explore Seattle! We offer a wealth
of culture, cuisine, and coffee. A cosmopolitan city in the
beautiful Northwest, Seattle boasts of some of the finest
restaurants and scenery the country has to offer. And, it=92s
warmer than Chicago in February!

Conference Overview
=95 Conference begins Friday, 2/25, 5:30p.m. with keynote by
Linda Darling-Hammond,
followed by reception; ends Sunday, 2/27 at noon

=95 Preconference Workshops: Studying Ourselves/Studying Our
Students Friday, 2/25, 1:30-4:00 pm Susan Florio-Ruane &
Jennifer Berne: Teaching literacy in an era of school reform
and high stakes assessment : What standards tell us about
teacher education--and what they don't Peter Smagorinsky:
Tools for longitudinal studies of teacher learning: A
perspective from Activity Theory Cindy O=92Donnell-Allen, Peg
=46inders : Telling tales: Learning to examine assumptions
embedded in our stories

 Featured Speakers: Linda Darling-Hammond, Eugene Garcia,
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Susan Lytle, David Pearson, James
Banks, Michael Knapp

 Panel Discussions
Policy and Teacher Education, Pedagogy of Teacher Education

 Reception and small group discussions for graduate students

 Research roundtables
Enrollment is capped at 200. Register early!

* This year's conference is co-sponsored with NCRLL Over
Roundtable Proposals:


NCTE Midwinter Research Assembly
Registration Form

Name:
Address:
Phone number: (work) (home) _______________________
E-mail address: _______________________
Fax number ___________________________
Institutional affiliation:
Departmental affiliation:
Will you be requesting hotel accommodations at Edmund Meany
Hotel? Yes No
Have you previously attended the Midwinter conference? Yes No
Are you currently a Member of the Assembly? Yes No
Membership includes two newsletters and reduced fees at the
midwinter conference.

Annual membership is $15 for regular members, $75 for
lifetime membership, free to full-time students who attend
the Conference.

Conference Fees:
Regular rate (for assembly members) $95 ($115 on site) _____________
Rate for non-members $110 ($130 on site)               _____________
=46ull-time student rate* $60 ($80 on site)              _____________
Preconference workshop $15.00 ($20 on site)            _____________
Membership dues $15 regular, $75 lifetime              _____________
                                             TOTAL DUE _____________
* conference fee includes free Assembly membership for 1 year

Registration checks are non-refundable.
Enrollment is capped at 200. Register early!
Registration deadline: January 24, 2000

Please make checks payable to NCTERA.
Mail form and fees to:
Sheila Valencia/Pam Grossman
NCTE Research Assembly
University of Washington
122 Miller Hall, Box 353600
Seattle, WA 98195-3600

Sheila Valencia (valencia@u.washington.edu)
Pam Grossman (grossman@u.washington.edu)

Hotel Registration:
The host hotel is the Edmund Meany Hotel, located at 4507
Brooklyn Ave. N.E. For reservations, call 1-800-899-0251
BETWEEN 9AM-5PM PST, M-F and ask for IN-HOUSE RESERVATIONS.
Room rates are reduced for conference participants -- $ 99.00
for single and $109.00 for double. You must reserve room by
January 24, 2000 to receive this rate.
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