Leadership Options in NCTE A Guide to How You Can Find Your Niche As A Literacy Education Leader….

If you want to …share your opinions, make your voice heard  Become A Member Survey Panelist--respond to surveys from the Council (about two a month) regarding program or service development or new ideas. To find out more, Kristen Suchor,  Join the NCTE Spokesperson Network—contact Millie Davis, Communications Division Director for details: Spokesperson  Become a Local or Regional Issues Advocate (SLATE)—contact Executive Director Kent Williamson West Office Director Dale Allender DC Office Director Barbara Cambridge or Millie Davis for details.Local or Regional Issues Advocate  Participate in Action Alert Campaigns—contact Millie Davis or respond to periodic , web, or NCTE Inbox announcements Participate in Action Alert Campaigns  Take part in Activities during Advocacy Month or Day— Millie Davis and Barbara Cambridge are your best contacts here.Activities during Advocacy Month or Day

If you want to …Serve as a Professional Development leader through Pathways, or as a Regional or National consultant  Pathways leaders help guide the questions and inquiry that their team(s) engage in locally. Contact Resource Development Division Director Sharon Roth for more information.  Serve as a National Consultant National consultants have deep knowledge about a particular subject or topic and are generally willing to travel to deliver one day presentations or a series of presentations, perhaps linked together by a Pathways learning infrastructure. The application form for this role may be submitted to the NCTE Professional Development office Serve as a National Consultant application form

If you want to…Build up Council Membership  Become a Membership Advocate in the Member-Reach- A-Member Campaign This program will launch fall, 2008 and will call upon a network of membership advocates to reach out to early career educators of color and invite them to become active in the Council. Contact the membership development office at  Teacher Educator in the Student Instructor Program Teacher educators may request sample journals and student membership applications (half price) through this program to distribute to their classes early each term. Just click on this web link. Teacher Educator in the Student Instructor Program web link

If you want to…Participate in Mentorship Programs for a New Generation of Literacy Educators  Apply to the Cultivating New Voices of Scholars of Color (CNV) program. In addition to the web link listed, you may contact CNV staff liaison Sue Gallivan regarding CNV Fellow applications, volunteering as a prospective mentor, or current program status or achievements.Cultivating New Voices of Scholars of  CCCC—Scholars for the Dream travel award ($750 grant to attend CCCC Convention and present a program). Follow application procedures on the website or contact CCCC staff liaison Kristen Suchor CCCC—Scholars for the  Leadershift Initiative: Early Career Educator of Color Award of Distinction To apply, contact executive director Kent Williamson Leadershift Initiative: Early Career Educator of Color Award of

If you want to…Serve as an Elected Leader  Run for Leadership Role on the NCTE Executive Committee, a nominating committee, an NCTE Steering Committee or a Conference/ Constituent Org Board (e.g. CCCC, CEE, CEL, WLU, the NCTE Research Foundation. For more information, contact NCTE elections liaison Linda Walters— Executive Committeea nominating committeeNCTE Steering Committee CCCCCEECELWLUNCTE Research

If you want to…Serve as an Appointed Member of a National Commission, Standing Committee or Committee  NCTE Commissions (generally, focused on broad topics like Language or Composition), Standing Committees or Committees (generally, focused on supporting a program or initiative) provide leadership to the Council. To get involved, f ill out the annual survey that probes your interest in various kinds of volunteer service, or write directly to the committee and commission chairs listed on the NCTE website (or contact NCTE liaison Linda Walters for contact information: ;). NCTE CommissionStanding Committees

If you want to…Publish or Review Content Distributed by or through NCTE  Write for the NCTE books program or an NCTE journal; to find out more contact Senior Editor Kurt Austin books programNCTE  Write for ReadWriteThink.org This site hosts more than a million visitors a month. It features free, peer-reviewed, lesson plans and student “interactives” (digital tools or activities). Lesson/interactive authors receive $300 for each submission that clears peer review and is posted to the site. Contact ReadWriteThink managing editor Lisa Fink: for  Serve as a Web Editor/Resource Builder/blogger. These are new roles. At the more formal end of the spectrum, a few members are being asked to edit/add content to specific pages on the NCTE site. All members will soon be able to respond by commenting, filling in polls or surveys or blogging on the NCTE site. For more information, contact NCTE West Director Dale Allender Editor/Resource

If you want to… Submit and present a proposal at an NCTE convention or meeting or review proposals  Submit and present a proposal at the NCTE convention CCCC convention, or a meeting/workshop. Each year, 500 – 700 proposal sessions are presented at the NCTE convention. Calls for proposals are made in November, with a January deadline date. To submit, respond to the paper or online call for proposals issued each November (NCTE) or in March/April (CCCC). Submit and present a proposal  Review convention proposals As many as 100 Council members participate in proposal review. They are coordinated by section chairs at each level, as well as chairs of the Rainbow Strand, LGBT strand, and research strand. To get involved, indicate on the annual volunteer participation survey that you are interested in reviewing or notify your section chair or the NCTE President-Elect. Review convention proposals