The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is a United States professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English." In addition, the NCTE describes its mission as follows:
The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.
The Conference on College Composition and Communication is a national professional association of college and university writing instructors in the United States. Formed in 1949 as an organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), CCCC currently has about 6000 members. CCCC is the largest organization dedicated to writing research, theory, and teaching worldwide.
Etawah district is one of the districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Etawah town is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2311 km2. It has a population of 1,581,810.
George Hillocks Jr. was an emeritus professor in the Department of Education, with a joint appointment in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He received in 2011 the James R. Squire Award of the National Council of Teachers of English for having "a transforming influence and [making] a lasting intellectual contribution to the profession." He also received many other major awards. His teaching career included the preparation of English teachers in the Master of Arts in Teaching program, and the mentoring of Ph.D. students in the doctoral program, at the University of Chicago. After retiring from the University he continued to present seminars and workshops for writing teachers across the US. His primary research interests centered on the teaching of writing, literature, and language in middle and high school English classes, and on large-scale writing assessment. When not teaching and writing, he was an accomplished bagpipe player, performing frequently for Chicago audiences and in international competitions.
Mount St. Mary Academy is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school, serving grades 9 through 12, in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is an all-female institution, and has an all-male brother school, Catholic High School for Boys. It is located within the Diocese of Little Rock. Having been founded in 1851, it is the oldest high school in Arkansas.
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indian government set-up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 in 1995 is to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Indian education system. This council functions for the central as well as state governments on all matter with regard to the Teacher Education and its secretariat is located in the Department of Teacher Education and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Despite the successful functioning in terms of educational field, it is facing difficulties in ensuring the maintenance of the standards of teacher education and preventing the increase in the number of substandard teacher education institutions in the country.
ICFAI University, Dehradun (IUD), or in its fuller name Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, Dehradun, is a private university located in the city of Dehradun, in north Indian state of Uttarakhand. It was established in 2003 and is organised into four institutes, which are as ICFAI Law School (ILS), ICFAI Business School (IBS), ICFAI Tech School (ITS), and ICFAI Education School (IEds).
Great Mission Teacher Training Institute (GMTTI) is a teacher training college in Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
Bhagwant University is a co-educational private university positioned in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It is a venture of Bhagwant Group of Institutions, established in 1999. Bhagwant University is a privately funded State University established through an act of State Legislature of Rajasthan. It is registered with University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956.
St. Xavier's College of Education (Autonomous), Patna, co-educational, self-financed, Catholic minority institution in Patna, Bihar, India. Founded in 1988 by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus, it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint of the 16th century and Catholic missionary to India.
P. Kilemsungla is an Indian educationist. She hails from Kohima, Nagaland. She is the first woman from Nagaland to be appointed as member of the Union Public Service Commission. She has been selected for Padma Shri for her contribution in the field of literature and education.
Indus College of Education, Asthal Bohar is a non-profit recognized college in Asthal Bohar on the outskirts of Rohtak city in Haryana, India. The school has well equipped laboratories, libraries, computer rooms, classroom and sports facilities.
Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founding president of Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence, India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sports College by state government. It offers sports training in athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming, badminton and judo in sixth to twelfth standard with the curriculum of U.P. Board. It is the third sports college established in Uttar Pradesh after Guru Gobind Singh Sports College of Lucknow and Beer Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur.
S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School, Saifai is a co-educational day senior secondary school in Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Sudhir Memorial Institute Tamluk is an English Medium School in Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. It is a franchisee school under Sudhir Memorial Institute Group of Institutions (SMI) which has many other branches located in various parts of West Bengal and also working on expanding it's chain in the coming time. Sudhir Memorial Institute Tamluk is affiliated with CBSE. The school is accredited by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), currently the largest educational board in the country of India. It is recognized by the Department of Education, the government of NCTE Delhi and the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
sj Miller is an American academic, public speaker, social justice activist, Professor of Teacher Education at the Santa Fe Community College. Miller is agender and does not use any personal pronouns.
