About OCTE

 

OCTE congratulates Oregon's own Joanne Yatvin, President of the National Council of Teachers of English, 2007,
NCTE Past President, 2008


Yatvin

Joanne Yatvin, OCTE Executive Board,
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School
of Education, Portland State Univeristy


 
 
 

Next Conference Lake Oswego, OR, Friday, October 9, 2009

LO high school

   

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

 

 

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:

Awards San Antonio
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.

 
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