Posted on August 9, 2001 at 9:20 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Maryann Manning, Ed.D., a professor of education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, (UAB), was recently elected to a position on the Support for the Learning and Teaching of English (SLATE) Steering Committee.

SLATE is a standing committee of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Manning will serve a three-year term on the steering committee and will take office after the NCTE convention in November. NCTE steering committee members each represent a region of the country. Manning was elected to represent Region 3, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Manning, who was elementary chair for the 2001 NCTE Spring Conference, is a member of the board of examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. She teaches in the UAB School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She has been a member of the UAB faculty since 1972.

SLATE is the NCTE’s standing committee that deals with social and political concerns. SLATE seeks to influence public attitudes and policy decisions affecting the teaching of English language arts at local, state and national levels; provides help for censorship challenges; conducts workshops; and sponsors awards recognizing efforts advancing the cause of intellectual freedom.