Alan Lawrence Sitomer » Conference

When Peers Face the Dragon… and Come Out on the Other Side

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:46:33 +0000

The teacher down the hall from me hasn’t been at our school very long. And while I know her name, my high school has well over 150 educators and, some years, more than 4,000 kids on campus. Additionally, our professional…

CATE – The California Association of Teachers of English

Alan Sitomer — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:30:50 +0000

I am at CATE today, at the The California Association of Teachers of English Annual conference. I love this event. Why?

1) Awesome authors.
-Nikki Grimes
-T.A. Barron
-Michelle Serros
-Joy Harjo
-Sonia Nazario
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The exhilarated exhaustion

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:03 +0000

There comes a tiredness with having attended a big conference, a sense of exhilarated exhaustion that inevitably catches up to almost all attendees that do not live in the host city.

However, it’s the good kind of “spent”, the kind…

I am privileged to be at NCTE and more should enjoy the same.

Alan Sitomer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:30:28 +0000

Being at NCTE once again proves the point that mandatory conference attendance and professional development needs to become a prime focus if we are really going to elevate the performance of our schools.

I can’t even begin to cover the…

All FIRED UP for NCTE in Philly!

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:15 +0000

I am all FIRED UP for Philly! The truth is, I just love NCTE. It’s simply a home-run experience every time I attend the annual conference and I always leave a better teacher as a result of having made the…