Central California Council of Teachers of English
(CCCTE)
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April 25, 2010 February 20-22, 2009 September 26-28, 2008 April 13, 2008 February 2, 2008 September 28-30, 2007
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About Central:
Discussion Forum
- 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.
Board Reimbursement Form (PDF)
Central Board Officers
President: Liz McAninch, Mercy High School, San Francisco.
Past President: Charleen Silva Delfino, San Jose Area Writing Project.
Vice-President:Susan Dillon , Central Catholic, Modesto
Treasurer: Kathy Nichols, Pleasanton
Secretary: Bev Kreps, Monterey High School, Monterrey
Membership Chair: Charley Schaefer, Mercy High School, San Francisco
Policy Chair: Kathleen Cecil, Mission High School, San Francisco
Board Members at August Meeting
Board Members at Large
Al Adams, Retired, San Jose
Brucine Doherty, Davidson Middle School, San Rafael
John Thomas, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill
Minutes of Previous Board Meetings (by date):
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.