Apply: This Story Matters Teacher Corps (Rationales for Challenged Books Participants)

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NCTE announces a new opportunity for NCTE members to participate in advancing intellectual freedom. Supported by private donations, NCTE is working to increase the number of rationales available in our growing online book rationale database.

The This Story Matters Teacher Corps offers the opportunity to participate with a teacher cohort to create and review new rationales, increasing the size and functionality of the book rationale database together.

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This application opportunity is open to all NCTE member literacy educators, and K–12 teachers are specifically encouraged to apply! This round of the This Story Matters Teacher Corps will begin November 1, 2023, and is expected to conclude July 31, 2024.

Corps members will:

  • Write eight new rationales and review additional rationales
  • Attend monthly virtual meetings with fellow members
  • Read or re-read titles of books under consideration
  • Recommend ways to increase database functionality

Apply by September 30 to be considered!