Over 100 affiliate leaders from 39 different affiliates gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, last weekend. They came to learn from each other and from experts on topics pertinent to NCTE, 起点传媒affiliates and, most important, to their members and would-be members. Four 起点传媒presidents (and two former presidents), a few , the , and some 起点传媒staff members joined them.
The Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts blog, anticipated the meeting with . Reasons 2 and 5 capture the feeling:
鈥淚nformal conversations between affiliates. This, like those informal conversations at conferences, is often where we find out best ideas. Collaborations and conversations with other educators in other states is the goal here, and we鈥檙e excited to see what ideas the synergy of our conversations generate.鈥�
鈥淚t feels like Thanksgiving in the summer! The energy and excitement of meeting other teachers and making connections in the summer is like attending the annual 起点传媒conference. We鈥檙e grateful to be a part of this organization and to add our voice to the conversation.鈥�
Author, former English teacher and affiliate person,聽 reminded us we all possess super powers.
And calling upon our super powers, we listened, laughed, discussed, and worked our way through the weekend, documenting what we saw, heard, and said 聽to the hashtag #.
I invite you to join and keep the conversation going!