This will be an exciting day you won’t want to miss!! Our keynote is DAVID A. ROBERTSON, an award-winning Indigenous writer. His books include When We Were Alone (winner Governor General’s Literary Award), Will I See? (winner Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award), The Evolution of Alice, Sugar Falls (YA graphic novel) and more!

Deadline to submit program proposals is March 8, 2019. Please download and fill out the document below.Email as an attachment to Katie Marren: kmarren@sd57.bc.ca.

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Selected winners will have their writing published in Voices Visible and will receive a copy. It is an exciting way for B.C. learners to have an authentic experience with writing and being published!

The submission deadline is April 30, 2019.

You must be a BCTELA member to have your students entries qualify. You can join online through this website, or go to the BCTF website and choose BCTELA as a your PSA for only $35 for the year (payment is through BCTF).

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Winning students receive a copy of the published book. If you would like to order copies from this or previous years, please use the form below!

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Share this with teachers in your district!! This contest is open to all grade levels!

The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is seeking 18 public school teachers willing to participate as BCTF representatives to the Ministry of Education’s Framework for Classroom Assessment Teams in the following areas: Science (Grades 10–12), English Language Arts (Grades 10–12), and ADST (Grades K–12).

Being a PSA member is one of the selection criteria that will be considered in the selection process for this posting.

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Winning students receive a copy of the published book. Additional books will be available for purchase next year.

Share this with teachers in your district!! This contest is open to all grade levels!

Thank you to presenters who have shared their powerpoints from the Oct. 2018 BCTELA Conference. Some are posted below!

We enjoyed our time together and are grateful for the opportunity to network and learn from so many wonderful educators!

Think Alouds -Jeff Wilhelm

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Diving Deep Into Nonfiction -Jeff Wilhelm

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Critical Literacy -Leyton Schnellert

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Fiction Reading -Kyla Hadden

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Primary Readers & Writers-Faye Brownlie

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The Podcast Project -Lisa Green

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Exploring the New ELA 10-12 -SD 41 Team

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Understanding Identity – Vicki Roberts, Seanna Hyndman

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Core Competencies (link) -Kelsey Keller

The website is Kelseykeller.com and the power point is under handouts and PPTs (password: neverland).

Inquiry Based Literature Circles -Tanya Hobbs

Link to prezi – http://prezi.com/qljiysffuxtv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Handouts –

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