Central California Council of Teachers of English
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About Central
- CENTRAL is a regional council of CATE, the California Association of Teachers of English.
- CENTRAL represents members of CATE living or teaching in the following counties: Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Marin, Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Merced, and San Benito.
- CENTRAL co-sponsors the fall ASILOMAR conference with its sister organization, the Curriculum Study Commission.
- CENTRAL sponsors regional workshops, such as the Steinbeck Conference.
- CENTRAL organizes writing contests and gives teaching and service awards.
- CENTRAL debates policy issues, and represents the views of English/ Language Arts teachers to the legislature and the public.
Central Board Officers
President: Susan Dillon, Central Catholic High School, Modesto
Past President: Liz McAninch, Mercy High School, San Francisco
Board Members at August Meeting
Awarding Excellence
- Central awards a handful of promising new teachers with a scholarship to attend the Fall Asilomar Conference annually.
- Central nominates teachers and those who promote the teaching of English to receive CATE awards at the annual CATE convention in February.
- Central honors promising young writers who are winners of the annual CATE and NCTE writing contests with an awards celebration every Spring.
IN MEMORY OF KATHLEEN CECIL
1948 - 2010
The first Kathleen Cecil Scholarship, funded by CCCTE
in memory of our colleague,
was awarded to Genny Garcia. She used the fund to attend CATE 2011.