Why Attend?  

• Two wonderful keynoters

• Multiple concurrent sessions to choose from

• Affordable, and excellent value.  Only $60 for OCTE members, $70 for non-members (first year membership included), and $30 for full-time students and retirees. 

• Blueberry pankcake breakfast, live music, poetry sharing, prizes and more!
  
  
• Earn 6 PDUs (certificates provided) for continuing licensure
  
  
• One graduate credit available (separate registration at the conference) only $100—less than 1/3 the current credit cost at PSU

More Details

The conference begins Friday at 3:15 at Seaside High School.   Arrive on Friday and you’ll be eligible for a drawing following Saturday’s keynote address.  Prizes include dinner at Dooger’s, a guided kayak trip, gift certificates from the Cannon Beach Book Company and Beach Books in Seaside, and more. 

At 7:15 p.m. Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Lawson Inada, will share original work accompanied by live music in the Seaside High School Library.  Lawson, of course, is one of our state’s greatest treasures.  He’s been recognized nationally for his literary accomplishments and humanitarian causes.  Come to Lawson’s presentation Friday evening and you’ll see why his humor and love of language are infectious.

Join Lawson again the following morning next to the estuary for the Blueberry Poem Feed.  Lawson will read some of his work and invite everyone to share one of his/her favorite poems, original or otherwise.  We’ll savor language and pancakes while we watch the first rays of sunlight dance across the placid estuary and gentle Pacific.  Occasionally, we experience rain on the North Coast in mid-April, but the Blueberry Pancake Feed will go on, rain or shine.  Look for the white canopies next to the water.  If you’re not hearty enough to endure a little Oregon rain, you might want to consider joining the California Council of Teachers of English.

Breakout sessions will follow the Poem Feed.   Slots are beginning to fill, but if you have an idea for a presentation, let us know and we’ll find a place for you.

Following the breakout sessions, Bob Dandoy will deliver the keynote address. Bob is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English.  A retired high school English teacher and popular NCTE presenter, he now teaches English at Slippery Rock University.  His speech is titled, “Monday Morning Usefulness: Practical Activities and Strategies for Teaching Literacy.”

The Ocean View Resort in Seaside is providing special rates for OCTE members.  Call  (800) 234-8439 and ask for OCTE conference rates.

If you have questions about the conference or would like to be a presenter, send an e-mail to Mark Mizell at Seaside High School: mmizell@seaside.k12.or.us

Call for program proposals:  Do you have an idea for a presentation? An instructional model you’ve developed?  Strategies that have worked well in your classroom? Presenting at an OCTE conference is an excellent way to share your expertise, to meet other English Language Arts teachers, and to help shape the future of our organization and our profession. Submit your program proposal today. 

Click here for proposal form (pdf)

• 1 graduate credit through Portland State University available.  Register separately at the conference. Only $100 for a graduate credit!
  
  
• Earn six PDUs for continuing licensure.

For more information, contact:

Mark Mizell
Local Arrangements Chair
Seaside High School
mmizell @ seaside.k12.or.us

or

Manuel Mateo
President-Elect
Wilson High School
Portland, Oregon
mmateo @ pps.k12.or.us

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