Guest Post by Ben Pare, Program Consultant: Literacy, Burnaby School District Does this sound familiar? You’re up late reading student essays when suddenly you come across a student who has obviously plagiarized. Feelings of disappointment may be followed by ones of frustration or anger. This seems to be a common experience. As a secondary English […]
Hope
Submitted by Pamela Smith, BCTELA Executive Member and co-editor of BCTELA’s student journal, Voices Visible. I have just returned from Mount Seymour where I snowshoed up to Dog Mountain. It has been a year since I visited that vista in the snow. Today, as I walked back to the car among the hundreds of […]
A Summit for Early Literacy Leaders:Scholars and Practitioners Working Together
The Vancouver Island University and S.D. 23 (Kelowna) are partnering to host this summit. There will be a number of leaders in early literacy presenting their work. The summit will be held in Kelowna, BC on January 31st through February 2nd, 2012. For more information, download the PDF.
It’s conference time.
Advanced registration for Friday’s conference has now closed. Do you still want to come? Not to worry! We will be accepting walk-in registrations on Friday morning at Cariboo Hill Secondary. You are also welcome to join us for the wine and cheese welcome with Darren Lund on Thursday evening at the Executive Plaza Hotel in […]
What a great Poetry Month!
Hello wonderful BCTELA members, BCTELA member and Teacher-Librarian, Celia Brownrigg, celebrated Poetry Month with her students by holding a “Poem in my Pocket” contest. She shared her experience with us in haiku form.