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CATE Board Reports (May 2018)Denise Mikkonen, PresidentSince we last met, first and foremost thanks to a terrific board we had a fantastic CATE Conference! The halls were brimming with happy learning faces.? Great conversations ensued. There are a great deal of behind the scenes jobs that are happening 24 hours a day once we arrive at the convention from bag stuffing to coffee ordering.? Registration was packed the first hour and things ran much more efficiently than last year- it was a team effort!? Speaking of team, Michelle, Jeannine, Carole and I were in constant communication, and constant problem solving in regards to timing of functions, speeches and announcements.? The speakers were terrific; our award winners were very happy and gave wonderful inspiring speeches.? Our Distinguished Service Award was received by Kelly with humor and humility and he provided us with much to remember and think about and celebrate.? Thanks to each and every one of you for your hard work, get it done, do it all, never give up attitudes. It is an honor to work with you all. We had our advisory call this week, to prepare for the May meeting.? All deadlines were met for California English and I hope by our meeting your will be able to read some of our talented writers work.? In class we are busy testing.? We have completed all of? SBAC testing sessions, including the new SBAC 5th grade science test and 5th Grade PE testing, and 1of 3 MAPS tests.? The science test is a long one!? See you all soon.? We are adopting ELA materials next year and I am the site representative so I will be attending training with Benchmark and then bring the training back to my site.? Our site construction will be done in August and all but 2 teachers are moving classrooms – it is fun times.? I’m moving to a two story building – so I have a view.? Lots of boxes around here - the emergency buildings are being pulled out in June, however the new building won’t be done until late August, so each existing room has two teachers stuff in it.? My class is performing a musical – “13 Colonies” integrating Social Studies in the mix next week.? We are having fun, I now know lots of cool songs…..?? see you soon. Respectfully Submitted, Denise MikkonenLiz McAninch, Past PresidentPAST PRESIDENT’S REPORT - May 2018I sent the 2018 ballots to Cindy for the website as well as coordinating the information and ballots for California English. Denise Mikkonen took over the task of counting ballots and will announce the results in May.NCTE’s 2018 Convention will be held in Houston, Texas on November 15-18. I nominated Rachel Watson for NCTE’s High School Teacher of Excellence. I also checked out all the awards given by NCTE and we will discuss the possibility of CATE applying for NCTE recognition in other areas at the Leadership Committee meeting.On April 22, I attended a meeting of the Central Council led by our new president, Kathy Nichols. We met before our Young Writers’ Reception and welcomed new board members, several garnered from attendees at Central’s reception in San Diego. All the new board members expressed interest in assisting Annie with anything she needs for CATE 2019. The Central Board is also excited about joining forces with FACET and TUCATE in putting on the Yosemite Conference in April 2019. Central is working on finding speakers for the event.The Young Writer’s Reception drew an enthusiastic crowd of parents, teachers and friends to cheer along the writers as they read from their prize-winning pieces. The young authors received gift certificates along with their certificates from the Central Council. In addition, each writer selected a book of choice from the generous donations by board members. The writers may be seen on CCCTE’s website and Facebook page.Submitted by Liz McAninchJill Hamilton-Bunch, Vice PresidentGood Afternoon, All- To: CATE BODFrom:? Jill Hamilton-BunchRE:? Vice-President, Board Report March-May, 2018During this period, I have been very involved with local school districts in Tulare and Kern Counties in providing professional development in the areas of literacy and language.? We have begun to film model lessons and planning sessions so that these resources are more widely available.In my role as Vice President for the CATE, BOD, I made arrangements for our May Board Meeting at Hyatt Regency, SFO.In my role as Vide President of Kern, Council Teachers of English, I continue to provide billing and invoicing for our local professional development events.Carole LeCren, SecretaryI worked on finishing the draft of the minutes from the last meeting, and putting together the board reports for this meeting.Greg Johnson, Co-TreasurerGood evening all,I am looking forward to seeing you all in Burlingame this weekend. I have been fairly busy since the convention. I helped facilitate (with Kim Flachmann) days 9 & 10 of our local reading institute (RIAP), facilitated (with Kim Flachmann and Mark Olsen) two days of ERWC training in Bakersfield, facilitated another day of ERWC training in Lancaster/Palmdale, was part of a WASC visiting committee in San Luis Obispo reviewing their court and community schools, participated in my own school’s WASC visit (for which I was the primary writer), attended ELD training at the Kern High School District office, attended two days of Social-Emotional learning 2.0 training, and took off a day to spend at Six Flags with my son who was home from college for Spring Break. As far as Co-Treasurer duties, I worked with Cindy Conlin to update CATE’s W-9 form, corresponded with Yisel Parra to finalize her Exhibit Hall Manager’s financial report, and corresponded with Angela, Michelle, and Denise to update CATE’s budget and ensure all of our financial obligations are met. CATE’s updated budget is attached as an Excel spreadsheet. I will bring copies to the BOD meeting for your use. Safe travels,Greg JohnsonConvention Budget2018INCOMEBudgetActualCollege Credit$10,000.00$9,900.00Exhibits/Program Ads$16,000.00$8,900.00PreConvention$15,000.00$0.00Sponsors$5,000.00$5,650.00Registration$200,000.00$272,201.16Misc. / Rebates??TOTAL$246,000.00$296,651.16From Councils$0.00?GRAND TOTAL$246,000.00$296,651.16???EXPENSES??Attrition$0.00$0.00AV$10,000.00$10,966.17Bags$1,000.00$0.00CWP/President's Reception$1,500.00$1,615.60College Credit$5,000.00$5,760.00Conv. Ctr. Costs$0.00$0.00Conv. Planning$200.00$425.42Decorations$500.00$245.41Exhibits?? Booth Fee$0.00$1,050.00 Commission -Ads&Exh$4,000.00$2,115.00 Decorators -E=exhibit hall$3,500.00$3,772.10 Hospitality -for exhibitors$500.00$119.85 Security/Staff$700.00$650.00Gifts for local comm.$200.00$606.32Hospitality$100.00$0.00Insurance$250.00$189.71Mailing/Postage$800.00$1,146.95Meal Function cost$88,500.00$99,960.64Misc.$1,500.00$366.33New Teacher booth$250.00$0.00PreConvention$10,000.00$13,245.38Presenter Honorarium$6,000.00$5,850.00Printing/Copying$6,000.00$7,414.48Refunds$2,000.00$4,131.00Registrar$10,000.00$0.00Scholarships and Awards$1,000.00$426.31Speakers$15,000.00$10,881.33Friday Night$1,000.00$0.00TOTAL$169,926.31$170,938.00Angela Halpin, Co-Treasurer/MAL CollegeAfter the convention I continued to receive email requests for presenter checks, and to date I only have four that were never collected, meaning that Bill's voucher system worked really well- there were approximately 100 presenter checks issued. We can now wait to see how many do not get cashed. Thank you for mailing your completed check request forms for your conference travel, too. If you have any questions about a reimbursement, please see me. I will arrive on Saturday this weekend and will write reimbursement checks Sunday morning.Thanks - AngelaAngus Dunstan, Capitol RepKathy Nichols, Central Rep/CATE 2017 Co-ChairCATE Central Board Report May 2018 After a couple years of transition, we are excited to have several new members on our board. These board members represent a greater area within our region and we are hopeful that we can sponsor events in many areas. We’ve added a couple new members-at-large, a Secretary, and a new Treasurer. Additionally, we discussed ways to increase our visibility in our area. We discussed some possible events that we can sponsor and got some great ideas that are in the works. In addition to the annual Asilomar conference, this year we are also excited to team up with FACET for the Yosemite convention. Other ideas are in the works. Last weekend we hosted the Young Writer’s Reception for our student winners at Mercy High School in San Francisco. It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our writers and give them the opportunity to share their writing with us. Respectfully, Kathy Nichols?CATE Central President Janina Schulz/David Wisar, FACET RepI had a wonderful time at my second CATE conference. I felt it was one of my more productive moments on the board, working with the technical side of how the conference was put together. I certainly got my 10,000 steps walking between all the different rooms that needed technical set up and troubleshooting.??In the time since the CATE conference, we have been busy in?FACET?preparing?for?our?upcoming?reception to show appreciation?for Willow Reed?our?council's award recipient.?The party is taking place on May 10th, and we have over 40 RSVPs for the event. Following the?reception,?we are looking to develop a series of events to provide value for our members in the Fall of next year?and will be putting on a spring/summer book club to read?Dear Martin?by?Nic?Stone.?Two copies of the book will be raffled off at the reception next week.?We are also planning for Yosemite Conference 2019 with the collaboration of the Central Council, set to happen?sometime?in?April of 2019.??Janina and I are both currently working on our national board certification. The writing and work is taking up much of my time. I am finishing my work with CSF here at school, getting preparations ready for the graduating class and I have just been accepted to be an ambassador for Khan Academy.??Janina finished her fourth-semester teaching in the credential program at Fresno Pacific University in?May and?will continue in the fall. She also will be transitioning out of her AP coordinator role at Edison and looks forward to being back in the classroom full time.?David R. Wisar Edison High SchoolGina Vattuone, GSDCTE RepGreater San Diego CATE Board Report - May 2018Jeannine and I are meeting on Tuesday for the “official torch pass.” She is leaving me big shoes to fill as GSDCTE President. I appreciate all her knowledge and support. I look forward to gathering with the San Diego Board soon to plan for GSDCTE events. I hope we can ?brainstorm how we can invigorate our “Promising Practices” & alliterative social events (Texts & Tequila, Nachos & Novelists, Books & a Beer) as well as planning how to attract & engage new teachers. On March 24th I saw Kate Schatz read at Skyline library. She is my friend & author of ? HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Rad American Women A-Z & Rad Women Worldwide.? She lives in Alameda & I think she would be a fabulous speaker for CATE19. Annie, let me know if you would like her contact information.Also in March, I co-presented at California Council for Social Sciences 2018 conference “Tearing Down Walls” about “Going Global: Teaching global competencies across H/SS, ELA, and Science” In the thick of planning stages are for a district-wide HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Student Showcase ?& Workshop on Issues of Personal, Local & Global Significance. Sweetwater School District in Chula Vista, CA May 12th.The California International Studies Project ?will soon transform into the California Global Education Project!? This summer, throughout California CGEP will be offering their signature program: HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Teaching for Sustainable Communities- Empowering Eco-Literate Global Citizens. I am helping to facilitate the program in San Diego June 7-12. I am currently reading Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain & Mica Pollack’s schooltalk. I highly recommend both! I am proud to have shepherded my first cohort of student teachers through SDSU’s School of Teacher Education Program! One of my standout students, Ashley Prevo, @MsPrevo on Twitter, ?published her first article in the May edition of California English. Her and two other student teachers attended their first CATE conference. She attended Carol Jago’s session on writing for publication. She decided to write and submit her article and it was accepted! This speaks to the importance of building relationships with new teachers, mentorship, the importance of quality professional development and the impact of belonging to professional organizations and the overall greatness of CATE. See you on Friday,Gina VattuoneKim Flachmann, Kern RepCATE: KERN COUNCIL May 2018MeetingsMarch 2018: Conference DebriefingMembership DrivesMar 3, 2018: Kelly Gallagher speaking on Academic Writing (about 100 attendees)Essay ContestsOn-going in the schools all yearOne Book/One BakersfieldMar 2, 2018: Announcement of next year’s book—Incarceration Nations by Baz DreisingerBook Club Meetings[Sept 2015: The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris (One Book/One Bakersfield)][Dec 2015: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee][Mar 2016: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins][May 2016: Book Club, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi] [October 2016: The Big Thirst, One Book/One Bakersfield][Nov 2016: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tober][May 2017: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan][Sept 2017: $2.00 a Day by Kathryn Edin and H. Luke Shaefer]Dec 2017: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and Rob BradburyDeep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle Free Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried RecruitmentSummer: Postcard Blitz and phone calls by membership chair Other EventsMerit Award: Vickie Spanos, March 9Excellence in Teaching Award: Julie Paulsen, March 10Council Party for our Award Winners: March 9, 2018Kern Online Presence KERN CATE: by Kim FlachmannPresident of Kern CouncilMay 2018 [vacant], Redwood RepJennifer Silver, Southland RepHi everyone, Our Spring Fling last weekend has been the SCTE highlight since CATE.? SCTE members, board representatives, and their guests met at Marsh Park in Los Angeles for a "walk-and-write" with Mike the Poet.? We spent the morning taking in the history and ecology of the L.A. River with our guide, hiked a little, and wrote with an eye on place-based composition.? During that time, Mike said something I will remember when applying these lessons and activities in the classroom, "History situates us in time; geography situates us in space."? It was a lovely day.In early June, SCTE board members will be revisiting our constitution, bylaws, and mission/vision as we look forward and back.? We anticipate refining our ideas and events and we will begin considering our involvement in CATE 2020.Personally, I've been nose-deep in memoir writing.? My grandmother, a German immigrant, tells the most thrilling, candid stories.See you this weekend,JenniferJennifer N. Silver, English Department Chair?|?President, Southland Council of Teachers of EnglishCarol Surabian, TUCATE RepTUCATE is looking to revitalize with a new board. ?We are meeting to see who can devote the time.? In the meantime we are helping FACET plan the next Yosemite conference. ?Carol Surabian?TUCATE representativeGina Cole, Upper Rep Patrick Keough, MAL ElementaryDate:? 5/2/2018To:? CATE BoardRE:? Board Report, May 2018In March I attended the annual CATE convention in San Diego.? I went to several breakout sessions, including workshops on guided reading and online literacy/fake news.? In addition, I enjoyed attending the session titled "Making Teachers' Voices Heard" offered by several members of the CATE Policy/Censorship/Resolutions Committee.? While at the convention, I volunteered time at the New Teacher, Membership, and Registration booths. I look forward to seeing everyone in San Francisco for the May board meeting.Respectfully Submitted,Patrick KeoughMAL ElementaryCarol Battle, MAL MiddleI am still running off the energy I garnered at the CATE conference last month. I came back to school with ideas and resources I shared with my colleagues. It was exciting to watch the majority of my team grow after attending workshops and I'm grateful to my administrator for supporting our learning. A few of my greatest takeaways were that we need to engage student voices in our classroom on a more voluminous level and teach them ways to share their thinking on a broader scale. My middle school students just created social media awareness campaigns to share regarding issues that were important to them and researched and written about as if they were argument essays. I've also shared the movie STEP??and the resources that were shared during the workshop with colleagues and with a civic organization I am part of to try to get the focus on students and their stories. Knowing students as individuals will help us best reach and teach each child, particularly at the middle school level. On a personal note, I've just received the honor of being named the 2018-2020 Distinguished Teacher in Residence for Cal State San Marcos. I will teach classes for the school of Education, Supervise student teachers, conduct research and participate in governance boards during my stay. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to go and grow!Sincerly,Carol BattleMAL, Middle SchoolMarina Santos, MAL SecondaryAs MAL secondary,March 8thI presented with Angus Dunstan, Bill Younglove, Jennifer Howerter on Making Teachers’ Voices Heard at the CATE convention 2018 in San Diego. Our panel encouraged English educators to make their voices heard at their school site and to identify the process of amplifying their voice at the legislative level.April 6th - 7thI attended CTAs state council Assessment Council, One bill of interest is AB 1951- AB 1951- allowing SATs, ACTs to replace Smarter Balanced assessments in English. The SATs and ACTS are viewed as unfair to students of disabilities and English Learners.? CTA opposes this bill. April 12thI attended the Central Valley Region VII 13th Annual Literacy Conference in Fresno. Dr. Marcia Tate presented brain-based teaching. She is an engaging presenter and great storyteller. May 10th We are organizing a Teacher Appreciation Celebration in honor of ?our Classroom Excellence Award winner WIllow Reed, a middle school teacher at Baird and San Joaquin Valley Writing Teacher Consultant. We anticipate hosting 30-50 educators at FACETs president Janina Schulz's home. We look forward to announcing and launching our summer read, Nic Stone’s Dear Martin novel as well.May 19th, In my 11th grade classroom, I am collaborating with ArtVenture, Art and Visual Media classes, on a Foster Care project.One of my goals is to make Foster Care students who may feel invisible, visible through storytelling. At our end-of-the year Gala, students will present speeches and poetry against the backdrop of nature and a historical 1890s ranch home at the San Joaquin River Center. SAVE THE DATE- Yosemite Conference on April 5-7, 2019 at ?the Tenaya Lodge, Fish CampFACET is collaborating with the Central council ?to host a spring Yosemite Conference at the Tenaya Lodge, Fish Camp. It will be a great conference with mindful, engaging presenters and of course, a beautiful hike in Yosemite. Please save the date. Marina Santos, M.EdRobb Polski, MAL SecondaryDate:? 3 May 2018To:? CATE BoardRE:? Board Report, May 2018Madam President,I just wanted to say that in my summation the CATE convention in San Diego was hugely successful, both personally and professionally, and I wanted to thank everyone on the board for making it happen.? At my school, we wrapped up our first year with a high school version of Battle of the Books (one of the first in CA for HS) and are already planning events for next year.? I have been working with a colleague developing some curriculum units combining habits of mind and rationality using the work of Keith Stanovich, an idea that germinated from conversations at our Building Brides event earlier this year.? With our local KCTE, we are in the midst of planning an end of the activity to honor our award winners and celebrate completing another year of teaching English (year 20 for me).? It is with indubitable aplomb and eager anticipation that I look forward to seeing everyone in the Bay Area for the May board meeting.Humbly submitted,Robert Polski, MAL SecondaryRichard Hockensmith, MAL UnspecifiedCarmen Carrillo, MAL CollegeSommer Iamele, MAL UnspecifiedSince we last saw each other I have continued to work as an X-Ploration teacher in Poway Unified School District.? Our most recent lesson on music has allowed us to bring elements of poetry into the lesson.? I have also interviewed for a middle school position at Carol Battle’s current school Oak Valley.? One of the interview questions involved the idea of social justice and cultural proficiency.? After sharing my interview experience with some of my colleagues, we began a very thought provoking discussion centered around the idea of social justice.? I thought it went beautifully with our last convention.? Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend.Annie Gervais, MAL Small CouncilJoan Williams, MembershipCATE MEMBERSHIP REPORTMay 2018# COUNCIL 5/169/1612/162/175/179/1712/173/185/18+/-1 Redwood242621182420211725+82 Upper161720121716171617+13 Capitol72739485139138119 101119 +84 Central333328267262413414372 252262 +105 Fresno36363627525051 54 82 +28TUCATE1615161619181817 19 +27 Kern6211911810914997114 128149 +218 Southland618614591267335339346 445520 +759 San Diego14013813550586376 194229+3550 Out-of-state26272915202123 28 28--- 55 Libraries12131212121313 12 12--- 99 Comps1111222 2 1 +1TOTAL 800135614071340874124011911172 1463 +291Maintained rosters and monthly reports from Precision.Managed monthly roster updates and bad addresses and worked to resolve any municated with individuals with membership questionsServed as secretary for Redwood CouncilCommunicated with Precision regarding reminder noticesSent rosters to NCTEGave names of members answering QR code to councilsJoined the board for Children’s Authors Festival in Humboldt County Attended local Classroom Excellence Award celebration Hosted judging for Redwood Writing ContestParticipated in Board Advisory conference call Michelle Berry, Convention CoordinatorConvention Coordinator’s Board Report – May 2018CATE 2018 was a huge success due to the collaborative efforts of so many, and led especially well by our co-chairs Carole LeCren and Jeannine Ugalde. YAY! Board members graciously stepped forward to fill spaces where needed, and student teacher volunteers took up the slack. The workshops were full (sometimes too full, I hear), attendees were happy, and registration on site went more smoothly than ever, though our numbers increased to nearly 1,000. There was a 46% increase over last year’s attendance in Santa Clara, and even 8% over Costa Mesa. LCDs brought to convention by those who borrowed them from their schools, plus the 6 CATE already owns, saved CATE some $12,000, no small discount for our expense column. Thank you! The hotel provided good service in most cases, and except for the social gathering by another group on Saturday night, our stay was pleasant overall. Our co-chairs will debrief us on surveys, both online and otherwise. Overall CATE 2018 was wonderful – thanks go to everyone who contributed! Unfortunately the hotel billing process had some difficulties, but we received the final corrected bill a few weeks ago, and it’s being paid this coming week. The registrar’s report is 9 pages long, and clearly thorough. Our Convention Coordinating committee will go over its details, including some suggestions made to address the future of registration. The improved registration forms (print and online) eliminated many previous issues regarding long lines at the booth, thanks to the redesign of the pricing, defaulting the membership fee into the costs. The exhibit manager’s report indicates her disappointment that despite her many efforts to draw exhibitors, there were only 18 booths sold, many claiming the expense of exhibiting is just more than they can or are willing to spend. This is especially true for smaller, more independent exhibitors and craftspeople. The exhibitors were happy for the exhibit only time, for the registration area located in the back of the hall (creating more traffic for them), and the snack bar (no cost to CATE). Our exhibitor who canceled at the last minute due to lack of transparency of Curtin’s prices, received an apology and refund from CATE shortly after convention, and was very satisfied with our response, including our plan to include those prices/fees on our exhibits page prior to exhibitors committing. Curtin’s bill to CATE was, as always, extremely generous in charging us approximately 20% of what they charge other customers. Going forward, our committee will come to the Board with recommendations for contract renewal or changes for those two paid positions. Likewise, we will consider the fee structure for meals and registration for 2019 as the May meeting is when such things must be done. At press time I still had not received assurance from Chef at the 2019 site that s/he can meet our inclusive price, but I’m hopeful that by meeting I’ll have that information. On the topic of registration, I was personally approached, emailed, and called by several individual members of this board, both at convention and since then, regarding the vote taken at the March board meeting with regards to the free registration for all Board members. Paraphrased what was expressed to me: that the vote was rushed, that such an impacting proposal was not sufficiently discussed, nor were options; that because this convention (due to anticipated attendance) would be profitable, we should be reinvesting this profit into our convention/membership and not “lining our own pockets”; that for years we’ve been “cheap” on speakers, on continental breakfasts, and more; that lesser profitable conventions will occur, so this expenditure would seem even more inappropriate at that time. All suggested that if there were a board member (or more than one) who was financially strapped, a registration scholarship might be offered from the president’s discretionary fund, but to spend about $5,000 more dollars on board members attending convention (adding to the reimbursement of transportation and 4 nights’ housing) is contrary to our philosophy of service to our teaching colleagues. We will discuss this in our committee, and we urge other committees to do the same so that it might be brought back up in Old Business on Sunday for a possible new vote.Our 2019 convention at Hyatt Regency SFO/Burlingame offers us wonderful opportunities and some challenges. Those who tour the space Friday evening will see that some breakout rooms are small, and some are oddly shaped yet very large. We are considering placing the Exhibit Hall in what was previously called The Atrium, now The Grove, a large and unusual open space that should provide great exposure (literally and figuratively) to our vendors. CATE will be the only group using the whole hotel space that weekend. The Grand Ballroom can expand to accommodate up to 1500 diners, perhaps providing space for our potential big-name speaker. More on that later. Our hotel contract has already successfully addressed unlimited wifi situation in all meeting, exhibit, and banquet spaces – we are paying a flat rate, subsidized by the hotel and the San Mateo CVB. We are grateful for that break! Further, guestrooms will also have complimentary wireless internet. Remember that we will be in this hotel for both 2019 and 2021. It is customary that at the May board meeting, the following convention to the one we begin planning in earnest now, so the 2020, a convention Chair is nominated and ratified. That convention is to be held at the LAX Marriott, a fine space which has hosted many CATE conventions in the past and which has been renovated. I’m hoping someone from SCTE (or elsewhere) is ready to take on the challenge, and will be available to shadow Annie as she runs the 2019 ship. If that nominee doesn’t appear at this meeting, September will work - the sooner the better, as they say.Katey Hubbard of Groups 360 has been gathering proposals for 2022 in SoCal, especially in the Long Beach area, as we requested. Those proposals will be reviewed at the September meeting.It’s my honor to serve CATE these many (24?) years in a variety of positions: Central president, MAL, CATE president, convention coordinator. Please understand that I will be stepping down from the coordinator’s job within the next handful of years, and given that the learning curve is steep (I trained with Punky for 3 years), I’m eager to talk with anyone who would consider taking on these tasks in my stead down the road. Barring that, it would be logical to assume that this position likely would be filled by someone who would earn payment, much like our CE editor, registrar, and exhibits manager. Respectfully submitted,Michelle BerryCindy Conlin, Webmaster/RegistrarYisel Parra, Exhibits ManagerCarole LeCren and Jeannine Ugalde, CATE 2018 Co-ChairsSent separately was a summary of the evaluations for CATE 2018.Annie Gervais, CATE 2019 ChairGood afternoon colleagues.? My report is as follows-Since the March convention, I have been working on the 2019 convention. I have some new ideas to discuss, some of which are supported by the feedback received from attendees.?In addition, we met as a local council to assign/choose positions, and I have filled out the convention committee, for the most part.?I am hoping that the following board members will be willing to reprise their roles in their existing positions:?AV Chair-David WiserRegistration Area Chair-Richard Hockensmith (Or Liz McAninich?)Student Teacher/Volunteer Chair-Angus DunstanCollege Credit Chair-Kim Flachmann.?We have some ideas for speakers, too, and are hard at work on those.?Additionally, after a training on Immigrant and refugee students yesterday, I have made some connections to invite to 2019.?Respectfully submitted,?Annie GervaisEnglish Teacher, MMSMindy Montanio, Liaison CTANo report, but I’ve enjoyed reading everyone else’s! ?Mindy MontanioDistrict ELA Teacher on Special Assignment Gale Caswell, CETA LiaisonBoard Report for CETA. Our experience at the CATE Convention was excellent! We were able to make a great many persona contacts and to better assess the needs of teachers who either teach drama teachers or include drama in their English curricula. Our thanks to CATE for providing this opportunity.The CETA High School Theatre Festival is scheduled for January 18-20, 2019. Registration begins June 30, and adjudications begin October 1.The CETA Conference is scheduled for October 11-14, 2018 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds.Respectfully submitted,Gale CaswellCalifornia Educational Theatre Association Liaison?Bill Younglove, Liaison Common Core Consultant?Hi All (you "busy" bodies),??? Since CATE's very enjoyable San Diego Convention:? 3/22 -- Temple Israel session on Bullying and Hate Speech, put on by Long BeachCouncil (3rd District) Member Suzie Price (with 4/21 followup at VA Hospital on TeenageSexual Harassment)? 3/24 -- CSULB Holocaust-related Workshop for Teachers, on Church Response to NaziGermany? 3/27 -- CSULB Faculty, Shooter Training (what to do/not, in case of...)? 3/28 --TED Talks at UCLA (submitters average 22 drafts!)? 4/6 -- UCLA "Legislator to Campus" Advocacy lunch with Wendy Carrillo (Assembly District 51), mostly Latinx issues? 4/9 -- Loyola Marymount University, Yom Hashoah Commemoration with Holocaust survivors? 4/17 -- Long Beach Gant Elementary School--viewing and discussion of "Screenagers"--a highly recommended circa hour-long film about youthful social media usage? 4/22 --USC daylong L.A. Times Festival of Books (some 155,000 "readers!"); heardJunot Diaz, Gary Soto, Dave Eggers, among others...4/28 -- SCTE Spring Fling with Mike (Sonksen) the Poet; L.A. River/Life4/30 -- Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (oldest survivor-originated one in the U.S.):Exhibit: Filming the Camps: From Hollywood to Nuremberg Bill Younglove :-)CATE Common Core Consultant (liaison, nonvoting)?Rebecca Detrick, Jon Maes, Kate Rowley, Liaisons CYRMJayne Marlink, Liaison CWPTim Dewar, Incoming Liaison CWPHello, everyone!First, I want to thank you all for my time with you as the CWP Liaison and Pre-convention Chair for well over a decade, going on two. It has been a privilege getting to know so many of you better, helping CATE navigate good and bad budget waters, and especially strengthening the connection between CATE and the California Writing Project. I want to introduce you to Tim Dewar, who really needs no introduction to so many of you. He will be replacing me as the CWP Liaison, and I can't think of anyone who is a better fit. For years now, he has brought a cohort of his credential candidates to CATE, from pre-convention through convention. Although they work with Angus as volunteers, Tim makes sure that their CATE experience is a part of their collective learning as preservice teachers. He makes sure they understand the importance of professional learning and inquiry as they enter their careers as educators. And he's just a good guy!Will someone add Tim to this email list, please?Even though I'm retired, I intend to see you in Burlingame and cheer everyone on from a seat in the back. __Again, many thanks and much respect.JayneHello all,It's a great honor to join you in this work. Jayne has done such a great job building the CWP Pre-convention, I can only hope to maintain its quality. I know if I don't, Jayne's cheering from the back will turn to heckling. I also know, because I know Robb, that he will heckle in any case.Looking forward to many years of conventions.Tim DewarDirector, SCWriPSST Coordinator, TEPGGSE, UCSBTim Dewar [dewar@education.ucsb.edu]Jennifer Howerter, Liaison CDECalifornia Department of EducationProfessional Learning Support DivisionMay 2018 Updates2019 World Language Standards RevisionThe first meeting of the World Language Content Standards Advisory Committee was held in Sacramento in February 2018. The next meeting will be held on May 24–25, 2018. All meetings are open to the public and have time set aside for public comment. Public comment is also accepted by mail and email. Information on the timeline and process for the standards revision is available online at the World Language Standards web page.Health FrameworkThe 2019 Health Framework is in its draft form and will be available for review and comments during the first 60-day public review period from April through June 2018. The timeline is available at . Health and History-Social Science Professional Development ContractsThe Budget Act of 2017 (Assembly Bill [AB] 97) reappropriated $10 million to the California Department of Education (CDE) for transfer by the State Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the SSPI to a County Office of Education (COE) or a consortium of COEs. These funds will be used to provide professional learning, regional training, and online resources for teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals to support implementation of the updated HSS and Health curriculum frameworks, and will be expended in 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20. AB 97 language, in addition to overall subject matter content, specifically calls out topics of focus for each framework’s professional learning activities:HSS: Armenian Genocide, labor, LGBT, and civic education Health: Sexual harassment and violence prevention The CDE has identified the Sacramento County Office of Education to carry out the HSS professional learning activities, and the Orange County Department of Education to carry out the Health professional learning activities.2019 Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Content StandardsIn January 2018, the SBE appointed 21 members to the VAPA Standards Advisory Committee (SAC) to assist the Superintendent in developing recommendations for revisions to the VAPA Standards. The first meeting of the SAC was concluded in February 2018, followed by meetings in March and April. The final meeting is set for May 3-4, 2018, in the CDE’s State Board Room. All meetings are open to the public and have time set aside for public comment. Public comment is also accepted by mail and email. The HYPERLINK "" standards revision information web page provides significant events and dates, the members appointed to the SAC, guidelines for the revision work, meeting agendas, and a listserv to sign up for alerts and updates. For questions please call the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources division at 916-319-0881.2019 Computer Science Content StandardsThe Computer Science Standards Advisory Committee, tasked with recommending California’s first computer science content standards to the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), held their last meeting in January 2018. The Standards are currently in a 60-day public comment review period. Standards Implementation meetings were held in March and April and are continuing to move forward. The draft Standards are available on the CDE’s Computer Science Education Web page.Social Emotional Learning (SEL) InitiativeThe CDE has joined the HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Collaborating States Initiative, a group of eight states that share information, best practices, and promising tools and ideas in the interest of building strong SEL supports in schools across their states. The Collaborating States Initiative is hosted by the HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning []. One outcome of this collaborative is California’s SEL Guiding Principles, just published in March and available on the CDE Web site at HYPERLINK "" . To learn more about this initiative, visit the CDE’s HYPERLINK "" Social Emotional Learning Web page. On this page, you may sign up to receive updates on SEL on an on-going basis. For more information regarding the initiative, please contact Jennifer Howerter, Education Programs Consultant, at HYPERLINK "mailto:jhowerter@cde." jhowerter@cde..History/Social Science (HSS) Framework Launch ConferencesThe final version of the HSS Framework is posted on the CDE Web site at . The statewide HSS Framework rollout events continue, with several events in 2018. A flyer of events is posted at . To stay current on framework rollout and other HSS happenings, subscribe to the CDE HSS newsletter by sending a blank e-mail to HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" join-history-social-science@mlist.cde..Information LiteracyThe CDE, in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education, Encinitas Union School District, the California County Educational Technology Consortium, KQED, and Common Sense Education, is hosting a Media and Information Literacy Summit in Sacramento on May 23, 2018! The Summit is open to county, district, and school administrators, teacher librarians, K-12 teachers, and everyone interested in media and information literacy! You will hear from experts in the field on what information literacy is, why it’s important, what the Model School Library Standards (MSLS) are, and how the MSLS are connected to all content areas. You will also receive a free online information literacy toolkit, developed by the CDE and its partners. Register at . California Dyslexia Guidelines The final version of the California Dyslexia Guidelines was published in October 2017. These guidelines are meant to assist teachers and parents in identifying students with dyslexia and to plan, provide, evaluate, and improve education services. The Educator Excellence and Equity Division is working with the Special Education Division to roll out this information to help educators understand how to incorporate the Dyslexia Guidelines in the context of the English Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Framework.?View the guidelines at Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Scaling Up MTSS Statewide (SUMS) Project The focus of the SUMS Initiative is to develop resources for MTSS within a local education agency that aligns the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional supports to serve the whole child. It involves family and community engagement, administrative leadership, integrated education frameworks, and inclusive policy and practice. The initiative’s project coordinator and grantee is the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), who subcontracted with the HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Technical Assistance Center at the University of Kansas and the Butte County Office of Education (Butte COE) to partner with the SUMS effort. The Butte COE shares professional learning resources through My Digital Chalkboard and engages rural areas of the state to support their unique needs. SWIFT is a technical assistance center that builds school capacity to support all students both academically and behaviorally. The SWIFT staff supports the SUMS grant by providing technical assistance and professional learning opportunities to participating LEAs. The OCDE provides subgrants to LEAs to engage them in a process to assess their strengths, coordinate supports to their Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) and align their MTSS efforts with the HYPERLINK "" eight state priorities. To learn more about SUMS, please visit the CDE’s HYPERLINK "" Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Web page. You may also contact Jennifer Moreno, Education Programs Consultant, by telephone at 916-323-5505 or e-mail at HYPERLINK "mailto:jmoreno@cde." jmoreno@cde. or visit the OCDE HYPERLINK "" SUMS Initiative Web page.Professional Learning NewsletterThis monthly listserv will provide updates from the California Department of Education (CDE) Educator Excellence and Equity Division and share professional learning news and opportunities happening throughout California. If you find this information useful and are not a member of this listserv yet, please send a blank e-mail message to HYPERLINK "mailto:join-professional-learning-news@mlist.cde." join-professional-learning-news@mlist.cde..Carol Jago, California English EditorApril 28, 2018TO:???????????????? CATE BoardFROM:?????????? Carol Jago, California English editorRE:????????????????? May board reportThe May issue of California English is full of important CATE business: the ballot, professional writing contest guidelines, and a CATE resolution. The theme for the issue once again mirrors the Asilomar conference theme and the journal includes articles by individuals who will be presenting there. Asilomar participants will receive a copy of the journal. This seems to be a good marriage.Our fall issue will focus on the evergreen topic of handling the paper load. I have already begun to accept manuscripts for the issue. Garnering ads for the magazine continues to be a challenge. Yisel and I are working on it.Please let me know if your council would like to publicize a fall event/gathering in the September issue. Happy to spread the word! The CATE Creative Writing contest guidelines will also be appearing in our fall edition.For many teachers summer is the best time for them to do any professional writing. Here are the calls for manuscripts for our next issues. Please help me distribute this to teachers in your network.September 2018Papers, Papers, Papers: Handling the Paper Load?(deadline August 1, 2018)Although teachers are reading as fast as they can, the pile of unread student essays just seems to grow taller. This issue of California English invites teachers to share their best practices for moving through student papers efficiently and effectively. How do you employ peer and self-editing strategies? Have you found ways to make writing conferences work? Are there technological tools we should be trying? What kind of feedback fosters improvement from one paper to the next?November 2018Novels in Verse: A Fad or New Genre?(deadline October 1, 2018)The publishing market for young adults increasingly features novels written in verse. Even Laurie Halse Anderson’s iconic novel Speak has been reimagined (in collaboration with Anderson) by Emily Carroll in graphic form. What are the pros and cons of this trend. How are your students responding to these books, including graphic biographies like March by John Lewis and memoirs like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis? Should we be teaching more of them?Manuscripts are peer reviewed. Please send submissions to California English editor, Carol Jago. Articles should be limited to 2,000 words. Please submit manuscripts via email to cjago@. ................
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