By Jessica Salfia We are gearing up for WVELA19 and we couldn’t be more excited! Let’s be honest, the last few months—heck, the last few years–as a West Virginia teacher have been trying. We’ve listened to our elected officials falsely claim our schools are failing. We’ve spent the last few Read more…
By Jessica Salfia This spring WVCTE and NWP@WVU will be hosting our second annual WVELA conference. A West Virginia for All: Creating Diverse and Inclusive ELA Classrooms will take place March 29-30, 2019 at the Mountain Lair on the campus of WVU in Morgantown, West Virginia and will focus on ways Read more…
As NCTE’s National Day on Writing approaches, I’ve been reflecting on writing, its power, its many forms. But also, on how my own writing has changed and why teaching writing is more important now than ever. Many of us write to make sense of the world. And that’s our goal Read more…
by: Jessica Salfia, WVCTE President Welcome to the 2018-2019 School Year! Welcome back RETURNING WVCTE Members! And a special welcome to our NEW WVCTE members! Classes around the state (and the country) are finally back in session… And we at WVCTE are gearing up for what looks to be Read more…
By Jessica Salfia It’s August which means across America teachers and school employees everywhere are preparing their classrooms, writing lesson plans, attending professional developments and county in-services, and laminating…well, everything. I recently saw on teacher twitter someone call August the “Sunday of Summer.” And this is true. I spend most Read more…