"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 Southland message board is here. Feel free to comment and pose questions!

Our next meeting: TBA.  Any and all Southland English teachers are welcomed and encouraged to attend.  Contact us for more information.

Breathings of the Heart: Rekindle the Spirit of Creativity

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When?  Saturday, October 10 (7:30am - 3:30pm)
Where?  Whittier Radisson (Whittier, CA)

The featured breakfast speaker will be Diane Luby Lane and Get Lit, a teen poetry performance troupe.

The featured lunch speaker will be Douglass Kearney, a performance poet.

COMING SOON: Click here for this year's Southland conference flyer!

$10 off (Early Bird) if you register by October 1! (Mailed payments must be received by October 1, 2009).

Register and pay for our Southland conference online at CATEweb, where you can also learn about February 2009's statewide English teacher conference in Santa Clara.





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

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2009 CATE Creative Writing Contest.

Click here for an application (PDF).



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!



President: Nancy Himel, Paramount High School, Paramount
Vice President: Courtney Lockwood, Venice High School, Venice
Secretary: Phyliss Shub (interim), Canoga Park
Treasurer: Jo Anne Mitchell, John Marshall High School, Los Angeles
Past President: Carmen Carrillo, Los Angeles Harbor Community College, Los Angeles
Membership Chair & Registrar: Richard Hockensmith, Alder Middle School, Fontana
Sunspots Editor: Will Plunkett, Los Osos High School, Rancho Cucamonga
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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