Illinois Association of Teachers of English – Illinois's Affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English

Thank you to all who participated in the 2026 Fall Conference, Rethinking Education: Pedagogical Moves to Create a More Equitable Classroom

A special thank you to our presenters, and a huge high five to our conference planner, now First Vice-President, AngelaNiña Escanilla.

Reminder to presenters: If you have conference materials you’d like to share with attendees, please upload them here.
Reminder to attendees: To access conference materials, please click the links in the conference schedule.

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News:

IATE has been chosen to be the hosting affiliate of the 2027 NCTE Conference to be held in Chicago on November 18-21, 2027!

Interested in volunteering? Click here to fill out a form to offer your services in hosting the conference. Workers who volunteer for at least 6 hours can earn free conference registration.

Dates: November 18–21, 2027, the usual week-before-Thanksgiving slot.

Venue, theme and program: Stay posted. NCTE usually publishes next year’s conference around the time of, or soon after, this year’s conference. The 2026 convention is coming up in Philadelphia, November 19–22, 2026, so the 2027 details will probably appear around then.

Call for proposals: Based on recent cycles, you can expect the call to open soon after Philadelphia, with a deadline in late January 2027.

Chicago history: NCTE has deep roots in the city. Its first convention was held in Chicago in 1911, and it met there nearly every year in the 1910s. The most recent Chicago conventions were 2011 (Reading the Past, Writing the Future), the 100th anniversary, and 1996 (Honoring All Our Stories), so 2027 will be the first Chicago convention in 16 years.