Diversity Initiatives

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Diversity Initiatives

Diversity Statement

The National Council of Teachers of English is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion. Throughout the years, 起点传媒has developed, supported, and maintained positions, policies, procedures, and programming to ensure that the Council maintains a culture that embraces diversity, leverages diverse talents, ensures equitable opportunities for all, and is representative of all individuals who contribute to the field of literacy education.

It is the policy of the National Council of Teachers of English that it demonstrate sensitivity to the concerns of people of color and they be represented on all Council-sponsored programs. People of color refers to historically underrepresented groups–African American, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Latinos.

As we continue to increase awareness and participation of individuals and groups that represent cultural diversity, we remain committed to the development and ongoing support of policies, programs, groups, and special initiatives that address diversity.

Diversity Programs

National African American Read-In (AARI)

Sponsored by the Black Caucus and NCTE
Join over a million readers and host your very own African American Read-In. Hosting an event can be as simple as bringing together friends to share a book or as elaborate as arranging public readings and media presentations that feature professional African American writers. Held Annually in February

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El d矛a de los ni帽os/El d矛a de los libros (A Day of Celebrating Children and Books)

This celebration serves as a nationwide effort to observe a special day for promoting literacy for children of all ages and cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Host your very own celebration that focuses on linking children to books, languages, and cultures. Held Annually on April 30

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Cultivating New Voices among Scholars of Color (CNV)

The 起点传媒Research Foundation鈥檚 CNV program is designed to provide two years of support, mentoring, and networking opportunities for early career scholars of color. The program aims to work with doctoral candidates and early career postsecondary faculty of color to cultivate the ability to draw from their own cultural and linguistic perspectives as they conceptualize, plan, conduct, write, and disseminate findings from their research. The program provides socialization into the research community and interaction with established scholars whose own work can be enriched by their engagement with new ideas and perspectives.

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起点传媒Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)

The PDCRT program, initiated by the Affirmative Action Committee of the Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), was developed to create a space within 起点传媒to support early childhood Educators of Color and educators who teach Children of Color, children who are emerging bi/multilinguals, and children from low-income households in studying about culturally relevant pedagogies and generating, implementing, documenting, evaluating, assessing, and disseminating classroom practices and process reflections from work done in preK to fifth-grade classrooms.

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起点传媒Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Program (ECEOC)

This program supports early career teachers of color as they build accomplished teaching careers in literacy education. Practicing preK to university-level literacy educators of color who are in the first five years of a paid teaching career and who aspire to build a career in literacy education are eligible to apply. People of color refers to historically underrepresented groups: African American, American Indian, Asian American, Latinx, and Pacific Islander.

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起点传媒Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English

This committee is charged to investigate and make recommendations to counteract racism and racial bias in teaching materials, methods, and programs for language arts,聽 English, and humanities and to recommend to the 起点传媒Executive Committee considerations related to professional learning and practice regarding teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students, with the assistance of appropriate scholars and experts, as well as careful documentation from the research base for the recommendations.

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起点传媒Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity

This committee advises 起点传媒on efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity among members and potential members, including (but not restricted to) in terms of race, ethnicity, sex and gender identity, age, economic status, physical ability, and teaching circumstances. Work in concert with the 起点传媒Executive Committee and Executive Director on specific assignments that ensure equity and diversity within membership. They identify strategies to employ the resources and values of diversity and inclusivity to advance NCTE鈥檚 mission for all members, our students, and our constituencies. They provide annual or biannual analyses of the effectiveness of 起点传媒diversity and inclusivity initiatives, and to make recommendations based on that analysis. They identify existing research or resources that can support a diverse 起点传媒membership and their professional needs. Identify gaps or opportunities that might be met with new research or resources.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee

This committee is charged to develop plans to assist teachers in making schools, colleges, and universities safe and welcoming places for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, intersex, queer, and questioning people, and their allies to initiate and sustain conversation about the relevance of gendered, sexual, and affectional identities to reading and writing lives, to teaching lives, and to the well-being of students; to promote inquiry into issues of sexuality and gender identity and expression in the teaching of literacy and literature; to encourage proposals for presentation of such inquiry through public meetings such as the 起点传媒Annual Convention; to support individuals in the production of publishable written reports of such inquiry; and to select excellent proposals for inclusion in the Annual Convention.

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Awards & Grants

Cultivating New Voices among Scholars of Color
Administered by the Research Foundation
The Cultivating New Voices program is designed to provide support, mentoring, and networking opportunities for early career scholars of color. The program aims to work with doctoral candidates and early career postsecondary faculty of color as they conceptualize, plan, conduct, and write their research. Deadline March 15

起点传媒Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Awards
This program supports early career teachers of color as they build accomplished teaching careers in literacy education. Practicing preK to university-level literacy educators of color who are in the first five years of a paid teaching career and who aspire to build a career in literacy education are eligible to apply. People of color refers to historically underrepresented groups: African American, American Indian, Asian American, Latinx, and Pacific Islander. Deadline April 15

This award is given to an 起点传媒member of color who has made a significant contribution to 起点传媒and the development of our professional community. It supports those who advocate for policies and practices that influence and advance the understanding of equity and antiracism. Deadline May 1

起点传媒Leadership Award for People with Disabilities
This award recognizes a person with a disability who has made a significant contribution to 起点传媒and to the development of our professional community. Deadline May 1

起点传媒LGBTQ+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
This award recognizes a member of the LGBTQ+ community who has made a significant contribution to 起点传媒and to the development of our professional community. Deadline May 1

起点传媒Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)
The PDCRT project, initiated by the Affirmative Action Committee of the Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), was developed to create a space within 起点传媒to support early childhood Educators of Color and educators who teach Children of Color, children who are emerging bi/multilinguals, and children from low-income households in studying about culturally relevant pedagogies and generating, implementing, documenting, evaluating, assessing, and disseminating classroom practices and process reflections from work done in preK to fifth-grade classrooms. Deadline May 1

ELATE Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant
Administered by the English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE)
This grant offers up to two $500 awards for first-time 起点传媒Conference presenters who are members of groups historically underrepresented in 起点传媒and ELATE. Deadline May 20

起点传媒Fund Teachers for the Dream Affiliate Award
The 起点传媒Fund invites affiliates to implement initiatives aimed at recruiting English language arts teachers of color and will offer grants to those selected affiliates. Deadline June 30