CEA 2019: New Orleans /Special Topic: Teacher Education

deadline for submissions: 
November 1, 2018
full name / name of organization: 
College English Association

CEA 2019: New Orleans

Call for Papers
Closing date: November 1, 2018

Special Topic: Teacher Education

50th Annual Conference | March 28-30, 2019 | New Orleans
  
Vision/Revision

“If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.” —George Eliot

“And time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions/Before the taking of a toast and tea.” —T. S. Eliot

New Orleans is one of America’s most culturally and historically rich cities. The birthplace of jazz, it is also notable for its proud literary heritage. Its iconic setting has inspired generations of American writers, such as Tennessee Williams, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, John Kennedy Toole, and Anne Rice. From Easy Rider to Treme, its distinctive sights have been memorialized in film and television to form an indelible part of America’s cultural imagination. Renowned for its Mardi Gras celebrations, it is also recognized for bravery and vision in the face of devastation after Hurricane Katrina. It is a city that has had to rebuild and reinvent itself.

The College English Association celebrates both the 80th anniversary of its journal, The CEA Critic, and the 50th Anniversary of its conference with this its 2019 national meeting, to be held in the heart of the French Quarter at the Astor Crowne Plaza, 739 Canal Street, New Orleans, LO 70130.

Thus, we are excited to invite you to join us at our annual meeting to explore the theme of vision and revision, with a special focus on Teacher Education.

Secondary Teachers in English/Language Arts classrooms are on the front line of our discipline. They are our partners in ensuring the continuance of English studies. Not only do they prepare the students who populate our two-year and four-year college classrooms, but they are the instructors working alongside us in Dual Enrollment/College Equivalency courses. We seek papers and panels on the Special Topic of Teacher Education. Among the topics you might consider:

 

  • How do we prepare teacher candidates for the challenges they face both in terms of content & in terms of the social and emotional development of their students?
  • How can we support practicing teachers by revisioning university—high school partnerships?
  • How can those in post-secondary education work in concert with practicing to create a new vision of what it means to teach and learn about language and literature?
  • Do you have experience partnering with classroom teachers? Share those!
  • Are you a former secondary teacher who made the move to college and university teaching? Share your insights!

 

For more information on the Teacher Education panels, email Jeraldine.Kraver@unco.edu. To submit your proposal and for the complete Call for Papers, please access the CEA website at

                        www.cea-web.org

There you will find the link for hotel accommodations, information for on the ground transportation from the airport to the conference hotel and membership details.

I do look forward to seeing you in NOLA at our 2019 conference. Laissez le bon temps rouler!