BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts
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Exciting day!! Some of our presenters have shared their slides & handouts with us for our website.
These shares are for your own teaching practices and not to be used for other purposes. Thank you for you professionalism as you review slides from our Oct. 2025 conference!
bctela.ca/conferences/
These shares are for your own teaching practices and not to be used for other purposes. Thank you for you professionalism as you review slides from our Oct. 2025 conference!
bctela.ca/conferences/
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Exciting day!! Some of our presenters have shared their slides & handouts with us for our website.
These shares are for your own teaching practices and not to be used for other purposes. Thank you for you professionalism as you review slides from our Oct. 2025 conference!
bctela.ca/conferences/
These shares are for your own teaching practices and not to be used for other purposes. Thank you for you professionalism as you review slides from our Oct. 2025 conference!
bctela.ca/conferences/
Another amazing vendor for our conference at Thomas Haney Sec. @ironstarco, artist from Carey the Kettle Nakoda First Nation!
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Another amazing vendor for our conference at Thomas Haney Sec. @ironstarco, artist from Carey the Kettle Nakoda First Nation!
“Metaphor is an engine that makes poetry possible” Thank you Billy-Ray Belcourt for your authentic presence at our conference today! #bctela2025
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Metaphor is an engine that makes poetry possible” Thank you Billy-Ray Belcourt for your authentic presence at our conference today! #bctela2025
#BCTELA2025 Preconference amazingness with Jaylene Tyme, two-spirit storyteller! Connecting hearts!
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
#BCTELA2025 Preconference amazingness with Jaylene Tyme, two-spirit storyteller! Connecting hearts!
If you are a Teacher Candidate trying to register for the BCTELA conference:
➡️upload a random picture instead of what it seems to be asking for. We don't need official documentation. A screenshot of anything will work to bypass this system/error.
➡️upload a random picture instead of what it seems to be asking for. We don't need official documentation. A screenshot of anything will work to bypass this system/error.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you are a Teacher Candidate trying to register for the BCTELA conference:
➡️upload a random picture instead of what it seems to be asking for. We don't need official documentation. A screenshot of anything will work to bypass this system/error.
➡️upload a random picture instead of what it seems to be asking for. We don't need official documentation. A screenshot of anything will work to bypass this system/error.
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BCTELA Conference Oct. 23-24, 2025!!
Thursday night wine & cheese with the performance by Jaylene Tyme at: ACT Arts Center 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC
Friday conference: Keynote with Billy-Rae Belcourt and all other sessions will be held at Thomas Haney School, 23000 116 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC.
Thursday night wine & cheese with the performance by Jaylene Tyme at: ACT Arts Center 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC
Friday conference: Keynote with Billy-Rae Belcourt and all other sessions will be held at Thomas Haney School, 23000 116 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC.
September 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
BCTELA Conference Oct. 23-24, 2025!!
Thursday night wine & cheese with the performance by Jaylene Tyme at: ACT Arts Center 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC
Friday conference: Keynote with Billy-Rae Belcourt and all other sessions will be held at Thomas Haney School, 23000 116 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC.
Thursday night wine & cheese with the performance by Jaylene Tyme at: ACT Arts Center 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC
Friday conference: Keynote with Billy-Rae Belcourt and all other sessions will be held at Thomas Haney School, 23000 116 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC.
BCTELA is almost ready to launch conference registration!
Here are the details to whet your appetite!!
Can't wait to see you! The Thursday night performance will be spectacular (bring a friend), and the Friday sessions will be inspirational!
www.bctela.ca
Here are the details to whet your appetite!!
Can't wait to see you! The Thursday night performance will be spectacular (bring a friend), and the Friday sessions will be inspirational!
www.bctela.ca
September 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BCTELA is almost ready to launch conference registration!
Here are the details to whet your appetite!!
Can't wait to see you! The Thursday night performance will be spectacular (bring a friend), and the Friday sessions will be inspirational!
www.bctela.ca
Here are the details to whet your appetite!!
Can't wait to see you! The Thursday night performance will be spectacular (bring a friend), and the Friday sessions will be inspirational!
www.bctela.ca
Day 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This is our final prompt for this year's book discussion. Please add your ideas and classroom strategies in the comments section below!
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This is our final prompt for this year's book discussion. Please add your ideas and classroom strategies in the comments section below!
Day 7 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.
We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.
August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 7 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.
We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.
Day 6 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Share some ideas colleagues might be able to use in their classrooms!
Share some ideas colleagues might be able to use in their classrooms!
August 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Day 6 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Share some ideas colleagues might be able to use in their classrooms!
Share some ideas colleagues might be able to use in their classrooms!
Day 5 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.
Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.
August 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Day 5 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.
Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.
Day 4 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.
Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.
August 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Day 4 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.
Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.
Day 3 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!
Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!
August 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 3 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!
Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!
Day 2 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!
Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 2 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club
Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!
Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!
Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This collection of poems is a powerful read! Please respond to the quote, the question or the reflections below in the comment section.
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This collection of poems is a powerful read! Please respond to the quote, the question or the reflections below in the comment section.
Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Thank you to Nancy & Kyle for their collaboration to produce thoughtful provocations for our discussions!
Thank you to Nancy & Kyle for their collaboration to produce thoughtful provocations for our discussions!
August 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club!
Thank you to Nancy & Kyle for their collaboration to produce thoughtful provocations for our discussions!
Thank you to Nancy & Kyle for their collaboration to produce thoughtful provocations for our discussions!
Happy August everyone! A few short days until our 2025 summer book club chats begin for NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt, our conference keynote! Questions to provoke your thinking and responses start August 20th and go until the 27th!
We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!
We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!
August 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Happy August everyone! A few short days until our 2025 summer book club chats begin for NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt, our conference keynote! Questions to provoke your thinking and responses start August 20th and go until the 27th!
We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!
We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!
Exciting Giveaway: Win a Book from BCTELA 2025 Summer Book Club chats
Twenty fortunate winners will be selected through a random draw to receive a copy of
"NDN Coping Mechanisms" by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Fill out the entry form here: forms.gle/4wmwv1FMehUt...
Deadline for entries May 31, 2025
Twenty fortunate winners will be selected through a random draw to receive a copy of
"NDN Coping Mechanisms" by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Fill out the entry form here: forms.gle/4wmwv1FMehUt...
Deadline for entries May 31, 2025
May 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Exciting Giveaway: Win a Book from BCTELA 2025 Summer Book Club chats
Twenty fortunate winners will be selected through a random draw to receive a copy of
"NDN Coping Mechanisms" by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Fill out the entry form here: forms.gle/4wmwv1FMehUt...
Deadline for entries May 31, 2025
Twenty fortunate winners will be selected through a random draw to receive a copy of
"NDN Coping Mechanisms" by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Fill out the entry form here: forms.gle/4wmwv1FMehUt...
Deadline for entries May 31, 2025
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
bctela.ca/publications...
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
bctela.ca/publications...
February 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
bctela.ca/publications...
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
bctela.ca/publications...
VOICES VISIBLE STUDENT WRITING CONTEST 2024-25
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
February 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
VOICES VISIBLE STUDENT WRITING CONTEST 2024-25
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
VOICES VISIBLE STUDENT WRITING CONTEST 2024-25
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
January 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
VOICES VISIBLE STUDENT WRITING CONTEST 2024-25
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!!
We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!!
Check our website for important entry details & forms!
bctela.ca/publications...
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
Email your questions and/or your writing to englishpracticejournal@gmail.com
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
Email your questions and/or your writing to englishpracticejournal@gmail.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:54 AM
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
Email your questions and/or your writing to englishpracticejournal@gmail.com
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
Email your questions and/or your writing to englishpracticejournal@gmail.com
Memories from our 2024 Conference!!! What a beautiful day of learning! Thank you to keynotes, presenters, attendees and volunteer organizers!!! Practicing Intersectionality: Thriving in Literacy Spaces!
November 28, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Memories from our 2024 Conference!!! What a beautiful day of learning! Thank you to keynotes, presenters, attendees and volunteer organizers!!! Practicing Intersectionality: Thriving in Literacy Spaces!