| Founded in 1945, the California Council on the Education of Teachers (now the California Council on Teacher Education as of July 2001) is a non-profit organization devoted to stimulating the improvement of the pre-service and in-service education of teachers and administrators. The Council attends to this general goal with the support of a community of teacher educators, drawn from diverse constituencies, who seek to be informed, reflective, and active regarding significant research, sound practice, and current public educational issues. |  |
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CCTE Announcements
Summer 2009 Issue of CCNews
The Summer 2009 issue of CCNews, the CCTE quarterly newsletter, is now available in the newsletter section of the website. It can be accessed directly by clicking here. This issue offers reports on the Spring 2009 CCTE Conference and a preview of the Fall 2009 CCTE Conference, as well as many other items about CCTE activities.
2009 Spring Conference Coming Soon
The Spring 2009 Conference of the California Council on Teacher Education will be held March 26-28 at the Sainte Claire Hotel in San Jose around the theme “Teaching and Learning: Past, Present, and Future.” The announcement and registration materials for the Conference were e-mailed in PDF format to all CCTE members and delegates on January 1, and that same file is available in the Conferences section of the website or by clicking here.
The file contains the announcement of the Conference, an overview of the program, a registration form, a CCTE membership form, the call for research and practice proposals for the Conference, and an invitation to submit nominations for CCTE awards.
You are encouraged to register for the Conference and make your hotel reservations at your earliest convenience. In addition, the deadlines for submitting proposals for research and practice concurrent and poster sessions or for making awards nominations are both February 1.
This should be one of the most provocative and exciting Conferences in CCTE’s history, featuring keynote speakers Larry Cuban of Stanford University and Etta Hollins of the University of Southern Califoria, master storyteller Kendall Havens, Michael Gose of Pepperdine Univesrity, the author of What It Means to be a Teacher, and special activities prepared by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
Membership in the California Council on Teacher Education can be either institutional or individual. Colleges and universities with credential programs, professional organizations with interests in the preparation of teachers, school districts and public agencies in the field of education, and individuals involved in or concerned about the field are encouraged to join. Membership entitles one to participation in semi-annual spring and fall conferences, subscription to Teacher Education Quarterly and Issues in Teacher Education, newsletters on timely issues, an informal network for sharing sound practices in teacher education, and involvement in annual awards and recognitions in the field.