BCTELA

The annual BCTELA Fall Conference was a great
success! Thank you to all who attended and shared your thoughts about the
literate lives of teachers and students. We have been blown away by the
positive feedback from members and we are already looking forward to next
year.

We would love to keep these rich conversations going and invite you to check out our new blog. We hope you stop by to look through the conference materials and to continue the conversations that started
at the conference.

Now that October is here, teachers are choosing professional development activities for the Oct 21st PSA day.  As always, we are looking forward to our annual fall conference, this year at Johnson Heights Secondary in Surrey, as an opportunity to come together and learn from each other.

There are still many workshops with a few spots available.  Check out the conference program for details and register today!

BCTELA would like to congratulate Richard Wagamese, who has just been named the recipient of this year's George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature.  Congratulations Richard!

Richard Wagamese was the keynote speaker at last October's conference.  He was inspiring, as he challenged us to see each student's needs clearly and to give them time to grow, and welcoming, as he reassured us that what we do is making a difference even if we don't always see the difference it makes.

Who will you meet a this year's conference?

As we begin classes this September, we have an added element: phase 1 of our job action plan which calls us to our classrooms and our students in this “time to teach.”
Throughout this process, it is paramount that we provide and seek support in our professional communities.  This fall, you can find reinforcement and restoration at a PSA conference. BCTELA's "Leading Literate Lives" is planned by teachers for teachers.
We hope to see you in Surrey!

BCTELA, in collaboration with CCTELA and the Surrey English Teachers' Association present: 

Teachers and Students Together: Leading Literate Lives

October 20-22, 2011 at Johnston Heights Secondary 15350 99th Ave, Surrey, BC

Click HERE to register.

Click HERE to access the conference brochure.

Click HERE to access the conference information page.

We hope to see you there.

1. BCTELA was founded in 1959.

2. We run the only no fee writing contest in the province and we have for over 20 years.

3. We're a K-12 organization.

4. We value teachers as writers, not just teachers of writing.

5. We're affiliated nationally, continentally, and internationally.

6. We have a new treasurer.

7. Our PSA executive and LSAs are geographically diverse.

8. We have an open access journal and website.

Please send all entries to:

Student Writing Journal Editor
Dave Ellison
c/o Newton Learning Centre
#102 - 6329 King George Blvd.
Surrey, BC V3X 1G1
E-mail inquiries: davidaellison@hotmail.com

Please click here to access the contest rules and cover sheet.

The deadline for all entries is May 27th, 2011.

Congratulations to our newest Local Specialist Association (LSA) in SD 60-Fort St. John!  We look forward to hearing about the exciting work they're doing together.

If you teach in SD 60-Fort St. John and want to get involved, contact us.

If you live in or around Salmon Arm, check out the program (on our 2011 Spring conference page) for our Febuary professional development of writing.  Join BCTELA members and a number of inspiring writers as we come to know the writer within us.  Writing workshops are a great way to encourage our students to explore their experiences as they live this life.