Students need to start their projects quickly since entries must be submitted by January 31, 2000. Details and forms can also be found in the October or December issue of Interconnect, published monthly by the Educational Communications Board. NCTE is making a major commitment to supporting new teachers as we approach the millenium. Reaching out to a new generation of teachers, NCTE is offering free memberships to first-year teachers and free journal subscriptions to mentors. They will also offer online resources.
Mentors can work with teachers locally or as cyber-mentors.
OCRE believes that modern, effective schools are vitally important to that future. OCRE produced a 26-minute video on the needs of rural schools and the successful efforts of two rural communities to rehabilitate old and crumbling schools. Teacher Education Restructuring State Superintendent John Benson has received and begun to implement a number of recommendations from a committee he appointed to study teacher education and licensure. Several of these recommendations, including those relating to comprehensive licenses, would have a dramatic effect on licensure for English Language Arts teachers. It also serves as a medium for sharing ideas and best practices among Wisconsin districts and schools.