Middle Level educators work with students at a unique moment in their development which means our approach to the teaching and learning of literacy is also unique within the field. Members of the Middle Level within NCTE will find that our resources and community provide meaningful opportunities to discuss classroom methods and philosophies with other innovative, nationally respected middle grade teachers. Join us to learn more about “Why Middle Matters” and to be part of the ongoing evolution of our profession!

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Featured Middle Stories

Coming Full Circle

Kirsten Foti, 7-8th Grade Reading and Writing, Arlington, TX

Fragile X

Amanda Brewer, Middle School Teacher, Denton, TX

Beyond 'Teaching to the Test': Rethinking Accountability and Assessment for English Language Learners

This book gives teachers the background and strategies to make their teaching and support equitable for English language learners.

Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives

Author Jennifer Buehler shows how to implement a YA pedagogy—one that revolves around student motivation while upholding the goals of rigor and complexity.

2020 NCTE
Annual Convention

The NCTE Annual Convention is an opportunity to network with and learn from some of the brightest minds in the profession. Join us in November as we welcome many authors, advocates, and literacy educators from across the country.

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Voices from the Middle

This journal publishes original contributions by middle level teachers, students, teacher educators, and researchers in response to specific themes that focus on our discipline, our teaching, and our students. Voices offers middle level teachers innovative and practical ideas for classroom use that are rooted in current research; this is a journal for teachers, by teachers.

Middle Level Awards

Learn about these awards recognizing educators and journal articles and how you can nominate for them:

Leadership

The Middle Level Section Steering Committee (MLSSC) members are elected by the NCTE membership each year to a four-year term. The Chair is elected from within the MLSSC to a two-year term and serves on the NCTE Executive Committee representing the interests of the middle level membership.

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN)

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) promotes communication and cooperation among all individuals who have a special interest in adolescent literature, presents programs and conferences on this subject, promotes and increases the number of articles and publications devoted to it and integrates the efforts of all those with an interest in this literature.

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Writers & Publishers

from the album Bleed American ·Copyright: Writer(s): James Christopher Adkins, Thomas Darrell Linton, Richard E. Burch, Zachary Michel Lind Lyrics Terms of Use

Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away

The Middle

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right

Hey, you know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own (On your own)
So don't buy in
Live right now
Yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough)
For someone else

The Middle Axl

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right

Whoo

(Guitar Solo)
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out (Feel left out)
Or looked down on
Just do your best (Just do your best)
Do everything you can (Do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (Bitter hearts)

Are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right