SatURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 7:00–9:15 A.M. ALAN Breakfast Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE B302–B305 Speaker: S. E. Hinton S. E. HINTON is the author of a number of bestselling and beloved books for young adults, including That Was Then, This Is Now; Rumble Fish; Tex; and of course, The Outsiders, which was written when she was just 16 years old. She has also written several picture books, a collection of short sto- ries, and a novel for adults. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma—the setting of The Outsiders—with her husband. S. E. Hinton 126 2016 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM F SESSIONs / 8:00–9:15 A.M. FEATURED SESSION F.01 Confronting Educator Advocacy with Preservice and TE Early Career Teachers A302 This roundtable session gathers a wide range of voices from all levels of education to address the challenges and rewards of public advocacy, focusing on preservice and early career teachers. The experiences of veteran teachers, professors, and teacher educators will be shared to examine strategies to support teacher advocacy. Chair: Paul Thomas, Furman University, Roundtable 8: Inclusion, Advocacy, and Greenville, SC Activism: Addressing Heterosexism and Roundtable 1: “What does this have to do Homophobia with me?”: Preservice Teachers and Culturally Toby Emert, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Responsive Curriculum Roundtable 9: Making Meaningful Connections Ann David, University of the Incarnate Word, San Julie Gorlewski, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Antonio, TX S Roundtable 2: Advocacy for Racial Justice Lisa Martin, Gwendolyn Woolley Elementary at Jill Flynn, University of Delaware, Newark School, Las Vegas, NV Roundtable 3: Advocating for Disability Access Roundtable 10: Navigating the Labyrinth of First- URD Patricia Dunn, Stony Brook University, NY Year Teaching without a Map Lawrence Baines, University of Oklahoma, Norman Roundtable 4: Argumentation as Advocacy: A Matthew Baker, Curtis Inge Middle School, Noble, Y Preparing Teachers to Strategically Argue for OK Their Practice and Students Anny Fritzen Case, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA Stacey Hill, U. S. Grant High, Oklahoma City, OK Christine Dawson, Skidmore College, Saratoga Anastasia Wickham, University of Central Springs, NY Oklahoma, Edmond Roundtable 5: Challenging Controversy: Affiliate Roundtable 11: Risk and Reward in Writing for Support Addressing Censorship Issues the Public? Sheila Benson, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Christina Berchini, University of Wisconsin–Eau Falls Claire Katheryn Benway, University of Northern Iowa, Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia, Athens Cedar Falls Roundtable 12: Teacher Advocacy: A Southern Jennifer Paulsen, Cedar Falls Community Schools, IA Dilemma Kevin Roberts, Waterloo Writing Project, IA Nicole Amato, Pritzker College Prep, Chicago, IL Sean Connors, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Roundtable 6: Culturally Complex Classrooms: Kristen Marakoff, Travelers Rest High School, Teacher Advocacy for English Language Travelers Rest, SC Learners (ELL) Tracy Butler, Clemson University, SC Paul Thomas, Furman University, Greenville, SC Kaci Owen, Armstrong Elementary, Greenville, SC Roundtable 13: What Does Advocacy Look Like Bobbi Siefert, Furman University–TESOL, in the Rural and Small-Town School? Greenville, SC Rebekah Buchanan, Western Illinois University, Ashley Ziemer, Greenville Country School District Macomb Daneell Moore, Troy University, AL Roundtable 7: Grassroots Activism and the Right Patricia Waters, Troy University, AL to the City: Preservice and Early Career Teachers and Social Change Roundtable 14: Writing for the Public: Positive George Boggs, Florida State University, Tallahassee Stories, Critique, or Both Trevor Stewart, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Steven Zemelman, Illinois Writing Project After this Featured Session, visit the Taking Action Hub in room A304 to discuss Everyday Advocacy and turn your learning into action! 2016 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM 127 F SESSIONs / 8:00–9:15 A.M. R 19 BE M E F.02 NCTE Awards Presentation Y, NOV Y, A A411 Join us as we celebrate recipients of NCTE’s highest honors. Complimentary coffee bar available. URD at S Chair: Susan Houser, NCTE President-Elect, middle level educator/consultant, St. Petersburg, FL Presentation of the NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award Recipient: Kris Gutiérrez, University of California, Berkeley Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award Recipient: Anna J. Small Roseboro, author, mentor, consultant, Grand Rapids, MI Presentation of the James R. Squire Award Recipient: Arthur N. Applebee, awarded posthumously and Jerome C. Harste, Indiana University, Bloomington Presentation of the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language Recipient: David Greenberg, author of Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Presentation of the NCTE Media Literacy Award Recipient: Carl Casinghino, Suffield High School, CT NCTE Public Doublespeak Award Recipient: Donald Trump, New York, NY Presentation of the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award Recipient: Matt de la Peña, author, Penguin Random House, New York, NY Honorable Mention: Courtney Kincaid, Richland Hills, TX Presentation of the NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Awards Recipients: Steven Arenas, Westview High School, Avondale, AZ Patrick L. Harris II, Achievement Prep Elementary School, Washington, DC Sahar Shafqat, Albert G. Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, IL Raven Jones Stanbrough, Michigan State University, East Lansing Trinity Thompson, Harlem Village Academies, New York, NY Renee Wilmot, Church Hill Academy, Richmond, VA Presentation of the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English Recipient: Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to Read What They Want and Why We Should Let Them (Scholastic, 2014) by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Boise State University, and Michael W. Smith, Temple University 128 2016 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM F SESSIONs / 8:00–9:15 A.M. F.03 Digital Literacy Can’t Wait: F.05 Expanding Opportunities for Middle G Advocating for Access, Autonomy, M Level Readers: Comics, Lit Circles, and Authenticity and Whole-School Initiatives A305 B403 Have you successfully integrated read/write Looking to improve motivation among technologies in order to build students’ skills middle level readers? This session will discuss of digital literacy? Or perhaps you want to how you can implement comics, literature overcome challenges that keep you from circles, and whole-school initiatives to inspire doing so? This interactive session focuses on better literacy learning. these questions in order to create a network Presenters: Ruchelle Owens, University of South of educators who can support this work. Florida, Tampa, “Literature Circles: Practical Presenters: Kristen Turner, Fordham University, New Application Made Easy” York, NY Robin Bright, Faculty of Education, University of Bud Hunt, Clearview Library District, Windsor, CO Lethbridge, AB, Canada, “Improving Motivation Troy Hicks, Central Michigan University, Mount for Reading among Adolescents: The Impact of a Pleasant Whole-School Literacy Initiative and a Reading for Sara Kajder, University of Georgia, Athens the Love of It Grant (Year One Findings)” S F.04 2016 Notable Children’s Books in F.06 Meeting Characters in Caldecott at G the Language Arts E Books: What Does This Mean for URD B313 Today’s Readers? Members of the NCBLA committee will A315 A describe the award criteria and present Who are the characters in Caldecott Y thirty books selected for the 2016 Notable books? Do they reflect today’s children? Children’s Books in the Language Arts award. We explore character representations Small-group discussions will take place with from contemporary Caldecott books. selected winning authors and illustrators, We invite participants to look critically at deepening the participants’ understandings the limitations of this literature, become of these texts and strengthening their cognizant of awards recognizing diverse professional expertise. literature, and become advocates for putting Chair: Christine Draper, Georgia Southern University, diverse books in children’s hands. Statesboro Presenters: Nancy Johnson, Western Washington Presenters: Evelyn Freeman, The Ohio State University, Bellingham University, Columbus Miriam Martinez, University of Texas, San Antonio Pamela Jewett, University of South Carolina, Columbia Melanie Koss, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb Holly Sims, Independence Elementary School, Bolingbrook, IL F.07 Mindfulness and Habits of Mind Diana Porter, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond C Infusion in Online Beginning Jennifer Sanders, Oklahoma State University, Composition Stillwater B307 Dick Koblitz, University of Missouri, Columbia Tradebook Authors: Jennifer Bertman, Macmillan Learn how to infuse mindfulness and the eight Children’s Publishing Group NCTE and WPA Habits of Mind into beginning Betsy Rosenthal, Millbrook Press composition online course design. The session Don Tate, Peachtree Publishers includes discussions of online learning and Richard Gregory Christie, GAS-ART GIFTS/North how to create infused lessons using research- Dekalb Mall based strategies. Learn current trends in Ali Benjamin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers mindfulness and how to humanize your beginning composition online course. Presenter: Kelly Romirowsky, Arizona State University, Tempe Jackie Kibler, Arizona