UCTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Annual Conference Information
Each year, UCTE hosts an annual conference in Sandy, Utah for secondary ELA teachers across the state of Utah. The conference features a keynote speaker (often a Young Adult author, teacher educator, or other well-known practitioners in the ELA field). In addition to a keynote, the conference features presentations from local secondary teachers and university faculty.
The conference also hosts The Future Is Now, a roundtable session for undergraduate and graduate students to present ideas relating to teaching English language arts.
Lastly, awards for Teacher of the Year are presented at the annual conference to honor secondary ELA teachers at various stages in their careers.
Current Annual Conference
UCTE 2025 Registration Coming Soon!
Present at UCTE
Have an excellent teaching idea or practice. Consider submitting a presentation proposal for the UCTE Annual Conference. UCTE accepts proposals from educators of all grade levels, and focused on many different topics, from integrating technology to teaching with young adult literature, teaching grammar in context, or developing students speaking and listening skills.
Pre-service teachers, graduate students, and novice teachers can consider submitting a proposal for The Future Is Now Roundtable Session. During these sessions, presenters are grouped with 2-3 other presenters and a respondent where they share a 10-12 minute presentation on things they have been learning and working on in their academic or professional experiences. This session is a great opportunity to get some initial experience presenting and to connect with others who have similar areas of interest.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We're looking forward to hearing about the things you've been learning and doing this past year, and invite you to submit a proposal for the 2025 UCTE Conference! We are seeking presentations on a variety of topics within English education, supported by current research from the field. This can be work done on your own, or with other teachers and researchers. We can't wait to hear what you've been researching or doing in your classrooms!
We are also excited to announce an exciting new resource for you as you prepare your presentation proposals. Kimberly Stewart from Jordan School district has joined our UCTE team and is available to help you with the proposal process. She's completed many successful presentation proposals herself, and is extremely familiar with the expectations we have for presentations at UCTE. If you would like some coaching with your proposal or want someone to look over your draft, please reach out by December 6th to kimberly.stewart2@jordandistrict.org
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Due Date: December 13, 2024
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