May 1st seems like a long way off but it will be Spring Break before we know it and when we get back, May is right around the corner! What’s important about May 1st?  It’s the deadline for our student writing contest and journal, Voices Visible.  Start talking to your studnets now.  The entry cover […]

The annual BCTELA Fall Conference was a great success! Thank you to all who attended and shared your thoughts about the literate lives of teachers and students. We have been blown away by the positive feedback from members and we are already looking forward to next year.

BCTELA would like to congratulate Richard Wagamese, who has just been named the recipient of this year’s George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature.  Congratulations Richard! Richard Wagamese was the keynote speaker at last October’s conference.  He was inspiring, as he challenged us to see each student’s needs clearly and to give them time […]

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BCTELA was founded in 1959. We run the only no fee writing contest in the province and we have for over 20 years. We’re a K-12 organization. We value teachers as writers, not just teachers of writing. We’re affiliated nationally, continentally, and internationally. We have a new treasurer. Our PSA executive and LSAs are geographically […]