"Southland" includes Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.

Our members include English teachers working in both public and private school settings, as well as retired English teachers. We are always looking for new members and fresh ideas!

Our mission is to give teachers of English an opportunity to participate as thinkers, readers, and writers in a professional creation and exchange of ideas within a collegial and supportive community, in accordance with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP), the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE).

Why join SCTE?

SCTE offers opportunities for professional collaboration with other English teachers across the region, as well as access to professional resources (trade journals and other publications). SCTE membership includes CATE membership, which includes discounted rates at both the CATE and SCTE professional conferences.

SCTE offers the chance to share your expertise and to gain the expertise of others outside your own school and your own school district.

SCTE offers the chance to make a difference in our profession beyond the commitment you've made to your own students and your own school community. We would love to get to know you and find out all that you have to offer!

Our next meeting: 6/7 in Long Beach.  Any and all Southland English teachers are welcomed and encouraged to attend.  Contact us for more information.

Congratulations to our NCTE Winners!

READalot, Writealot

Featuring: Janet Finch, author of White Oleander
When?  Saturday, October 18 (Times TBD)
Where?  Whittier Radisson (Whittier, CA)

Click here for this year's conference flyer!  (Under construction)





Sunspots is the publication of SCTE.  It is mailed to all our members.

n Spring 2008
n Fall 2007
n Spring 2007
n Fall 2006



CATE Creative Writing Contest.

Click here for an application (PDF).

Mail to: Anne Sahlberg, 1623 P Street, Eureka, CA, 95501.  Her e-mail is honors_teacher@yahoo.com.  Her phone number is 707.445.2154.



What are all of these English teacher organizations?

NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) is the nationwide umbrella organization. CATE and SCTE are both affiliated with NCTE. Membership in NCTE does not include membership in CATE and SCTE.

CATE (California Association of Teachers of English) is the statewide affiliate of NCTE. SCTE is affiliated with CATE, and also with NCTE. Membership in CATE includes membership in SCTE.

SCTE (Southland Council of Teachers of English) is a regional organization including Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Our members include English teachers working in both public and private school settings, as well as retired English teachers. We are always looking for new members and fresh ideas!



n President: Carmen Carrillo, Los Angeles Harbor Community College
n Vice President: Nancy Himel, Paramount High School, Paramount
n Secretary: Caroline Hong, Daniel Pearl Journalism and Communications Magnet, Birmingham High School, Los Angeles
n Treasurer: Jo Anne Mitchell, John Marshall High School, Los Angeles
n Membership Chair & Registrar: Richard Hockensmith, Alder Middle School, Fontana
n Sunspots Editor: Jim Prothero, Saddleback High School, Santa Ana
n Webmaster: Jake Stanford, Palm Springs High School, Palm Springs



If you have questions, or you'd like to get involved, please contact us at the e-mail address below!  In order to reduce spam, we cannot provide a hyperlink.  Simply use the e-mail address below to contact our Membership Chair, Richard Hockensmith:



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