October 8, 2020 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. We’re excited to announce one of our great fall events, in partnership with the Huntington Library. If your students work with primary sources and research, this is the perfect program for you! Though there’s no cost, space is limited in order to guarantee the most interactive experience,…

Taking the Fear Out of Writing & Research Keynote Speaker: Heather Macias, CSULB/SCWRIP Classroom-Tested Lessons from the Pros Optional Tour: The Billie Jean King Library Coffee, tea, and light snacks provided Saturday, October 26, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cal State University, Long Beach $20 non-CATE members/$15 CATE members/$10 student teachers SCTE Roundtable…

SCTE SPECIAL EVENT: Culturally Responsive Gallery Walk at the Getty Center Museum (Los Angeles) Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:30am-1:00pm $15 for nonmembers/$10 for CATE members/$5 for Student teachers Write, move, draw, and discuss as we engage in culturally responsive activities to artwork in the Getty’s collection, exploring issues of race, class, gender and more.  Activities will be participatory and readily…

Join us for our Spring Fling on Saturday, April 28th as we experience Mike the Poet! See flyer for details. Register on Eventbrite, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scte-spring-fling-with-mike-the-poet-tickets-44945304616 refreshments and FUN included. A Walk and Write along the LA River with Mike the Poet! This adventure—a brief walk, a brief write, and then a brief discussion about place-based writing in the…

March 25, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Meet in the Center of Pershing Square Park, 532 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles Park in Pershing Square Garage ($7.00) and meet at 10:15 a.m.   This walking tour will include the Downtown Library, the Bradbury Building, Angel’s Flight, Pershing Square, and the US Bank tower. Our guide will regale us with the…

NCTE honored SCTE with the 2016 Kent D. Williamson Affiliate Membership Award for membership growth this past year. With the annual CATE Convention held in Orange County – SCTE territory – we welcomed many new CATE/SCTE members to our ranks, and both organizations were recognized for membership growth during the year. Celebrating the award are…

Writing With Mentors – Oct. 22  

Maplethorpe Exhibit Tour, April 16, 2016 A small but engaged group enjoyed our private tour of the Maplethorpe exhibit at the Getty Museum. After the tour, several of us stayed to enjoy lunch at the beautiful Getty cafeteria.

“Visual Literacy: Image as Text” October 17, 2015 Simón Silva shared insightful views on the arts and creativity and led a hands-on creativity workshop before signing his books.

SCTE Teacher of Excellence Award Winner:  Jeannette Smith, Elementary School  

The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour to uncover history, treasures, and great shopping SCTE members – a hardy group of 12 walkers – enjoyed a tour of Chinatown in late May. Organized by vice president Julia Peacock, the tour led us through the art center, a very colorful temple, and into the historical plazas, and ended in…

Using Research to Build Literacy in English and Social Studies

SCTE Winery Tour & Tasting Event: May 31 Joseph Filippi Winery and Vineyards This is a great time to meet other English teachers from your region!

The Literature of Non-Fiction 2013 Fall Conference of SCTE Look for new ideas, new approaches, new ways to integrate non-fiction into your curriculum to stimulate student engagement and to help meet the new Common Core State Standards

SCTE invites you to join us for Writing … An Adventure! Jane Hancock, UCLA Writing Project Co-Director, will introduce us to Jungle Jenny, the subject of her biographical narrative and lead a Writing Workshop, for which she is famous!

Taking a Bite Out of the Common Core Saturday, October 20 , 7:30 am—3:30 pm Look for new ideas, new approaches, new ways to implement the new Common Core State Standards

Breakfast at Tiffany’s & Art in the Afternoon (SCTE’s 2012 Spring Fling) Saturday, April 28, 2012 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.  at Century City Mall &  The Annenberg Space for Photography

A Novel Approach October 22, 7:30 am—3:30 pm at The Radisson Hotel, Whittier, California Look for new ideas, new approaches, new ways to encourage students to read. Morning Speaker: Kelly Gallagher

Literary Los Angeles—Urban Architecture and Poetry at its best Led and narrated by Mike the Poet – Poetry Performer & Architectural Connoisseur Mike delighted Spring Flingers with the history of these landmarks and the people who made them come alive.