Alan Lawrence Sitomer » ncte

My bloodshot eyes want nothing to do with you… or so I thought.

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:00:42 +0000

So I am wiped out. Just wrecked. And I am sitting on a bench waiting for the Disney Magic Express Tour Bus to take me back to Orlando Airport so I can catch a flight back to Los Angeles. I…

Get My New Book FREE!

Alan Sitomer — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:36 +0000

That’s right. Thousands of copies of my new book are going to be given away FREE of charge. Where?

At the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference taking place later this week.

Look, NCTE rocks so if…

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…

Why We are Throwing A Bash to Celebrate Kids and Literacy!!

Alan Sitomer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:30:39 +0000

Look, I could rail on and on and on about why I believe it is entirely appropriate to throw a HUGE bash at NCTE to actually celebrate students.

But instead, I am going to let a student do the talking.…

Invite to a Special NCTE Bash on Saturday Night

Alan Sitomer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:56 +0000

So a really special opportunity has come up for me to offer 50 free tickets to a private literacy bash that is going to be off the chains at NCTE 2009 on Saturday night.

What we are gonna do is…