Oregon Council of Teachers of English ~ Welcome


About OCTE
OCTE congratulates Oregon's own Joanne Yatvin, President of the National Council of Teachers of English, 2007, NCTE Past President, 2008 Joanne Yatvin, OCTE Executive Board, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education, Portland State Univeristy

Conferences
	Next Conference Lake Oswego, OR, Friday, October 9, 2009
			Plan now to attend! Hear what is happening in English instruction in classrooms throughout Oregon. Renew your energy and gather practical ideas.
				Program Proposal, due July 15, 2009 Theme: Sustainability--Us, Economy, Society, Environment (Individual, Community, National, Global)

			- Archive, Spring Conference Ashland, 2009 - Archive, Older Conferences
Contact OCTE, Officers and Executive Board

Calendar
		Includes upcoming conference dates, executive board meetings, and Oregon English Journal manuscript deadlines.
Oregon Writing Festival -
	25th Annual, May 2, 2009
OCTE Publications - New Chalkboard posted, Winter, 2009
			The OCTE newsletter, Chalkboard, won "honorable mention" in NCTE's newsletter competition for 2007-2008 The Oregon English Journal, Spring 2008 issue on "Ecological Literacy: Tending the Untended Garden," was selected for national distribution by NCTE. This is the 20th OEJ issue so selected.

Membership

Awards and Programs:
NCTE National Convention, San Antonio, 2008. Awards received: OCTE 2008 Affiliate Excellence Award, Affiliate Newsletter Honorable Mention award for Chalkboard, and on right Dorothy Courtox from St. Anthony Elementary, Tigard, Oregon, recipient of the NCTE Leadership Development Award. Congratulations Dorothy!
	Excellence Awards - OCTE, for teachers at any level, nomination due date May 15, 2009 NCTE High School Teacher of Excellence Award - Oregon winner 2008 was Tim Gillespie Grant Opportunities
				Oregon Spirit Book Award - 2007 Winners: The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric A. Kimmel, and Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Web Resources - links
	click here to access the Oregon Encyclopedia web site, currently under construction, supported in part by OCTE.
	OCTE - P.O. Box 9126, Portland, Oregon 97207-9126 This site was last revised on April 25, 2009 Please inform Karen Johnson (kjohnson1 @ ttsd.k12.or.us) with suggestions, comments, and corrections.