1. Welcome to the 2nd annual cvte summer conference The 21st Century ELA Classroom
2. The 21st Century ELA Classroom… CVTE Wikispace Teacher Learning Communities Discussion boards Project Share Goodreads
3. Business Meeting Financial Report Elections Publications Editor Contest Winner
4. Financial Report Income Membership Dues $130.00 Dividend $.06 Expenses NCTE dues & bank fees $35.50 Balance forward as of July 1, 2011 $94.56
5. Book Talk Panel Because Digital Writing Mattersby the National Writing Project, Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, & Troy Hicks Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction by Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola What’s the Big Idea? Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking by Jim Burke When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers
6. Lunch Challenge Importance of Professional Development Why is CVTE so important? What is the purpose of our group? TLC – Teacher Learning Communities Challenge - Send a text or email during lunch from one of your smartphones with a group picture and your ideas.
7. Teacher Learning Community Ideas grade level lesson of the month or six weeks—to share ideas also a listserv of all members Through pearl writing project we have a built in tlc of teachers at different levels, subject areas, and experience levels. We run book studies on ell and dyslexia every year. Cvte provides a larger group of professionals for more collaboration.
Editor's Notes
WelcomeUsing our resources to create in ourselves the best teachers possible. Help us make CVTE part of that process.
Financial Report – After the unfortunate theft of all my belongings out of my Tahoe last summer, our bank balance is not where it should be. Hence the balance is $94.56.Elections – if you are interested in serving a year long term, please sign up in the back of the room. Candidates must be paying members of CVTE. In two weeks, our NCTE Liaison will send an email ballot to all paid members. Please return that within the time frame allotted, and we will email results and post them on the wiki. Contest Winner – Sredegar for mailing in an entry in response to my email (teacher basket)Sessions – we will be splitting this room into two smaller rooms, so please take a break while the presenters set up.
