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About UsThe Arkansas Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts (ACTELA) is a nonprofit organization whose aim is the improvement of the teaching and learning of English and language arts in the state of Arkansas. We provide a variety of services to teachers in our state, including co-sponsoring the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, offering mini-grants for teacher-led projects, recognizing outstanding language arts teachers throughout the state, and producing the yearly Arkansas Anthology.
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Who We Are |
ACTELA is made up of ELA teachers from across the state. The organization is led by the members of the executive board,
Executive Board President: Cindy Green - Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (Virtual Arkansas) Vice-President: Sunny Styles-Foster (University of Central Arkansas) Secretary: Position Vacant Treasurer: Janine Chitty (University of Arkansas, Fort Smith) Immediate Past President: Dixie Keyes (Arkansas State University) Arkansas Department of Education Liaison: Sherri Thorne (ELA Specialist, Arkansas Department of Education) Northeast Regional Representatives: Rob Lamm (Arkansas State University), Grover Welch (Gosnell Junior High School / NCTE Policy Analyst), Britney Andrews (Marion Junior High), Aaron Hall (Trumann High School) Northwest Regional Representatives: Tyler McBride (Lincoln Middle School) Southeast Regional Representatives: Brycial Williams (Forrest City Central Elementary) Southwest Regional Representatives: Jessica Herring (Benton High School) Central Regional Representatives: Janie Mason, Melinda Francis (Ruth Doyle Middle School, Conway), Corey Oliver (Bob Courtway Middle School), Donna Wake (University of Central Arkansas / NCTE Policy Analyst) At-Large Representatives: Liza Vannem (Marion Junior High) |
Board Appointments |
NCTE Liaison Officer: Dawn Bessee
SLATE Representative (Advocacy and Intellectual Freedom): Grover Welch Arkansas English Journal Editor: Janine Chitty Teacher for the Dream Representative: Brycial Williams Webmaster: Tyler McBride Membership Committee: Jeff Whittingham, Cindy Green, Sunny Styles-Foster Publications Committee: Kay Walter, Janine Chitty, Rob Lamm, Grover Welch, Dixie Keyes, Sunny Styles-Foster Social Media, Website, and Publicity: Donna Wake, Cindy Green, Dixie Keyes, Tyler McBride ACC Program Committee: Cindy Green, Sunny Styles-Foster Arkansas Anthology: Rob Lamm & Aaron Hall Finance Committee: Sunny Styles-Foster, Janine Chitty, Kay Walter, Dixie Keyes, Donna Wake Teacher Initiatives Committee: Corey Oliver, Janie Mason, Grover Welch, Tyler McBride, Rob Lamm, Brycial Williams, Melinda Francis |
NCTE |
ACTELA is an affiliate of NCTE - the National Council for Teachers of English. NCTE"s mission statement is "The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language." For more information about NCTE, including how to join, visit NCTE's website at ncte.org.
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History of ACTELA |
For decades, ACTELA has been supporting English and Language Arts teachers in the state of Arkansas. ACTELA is an award-winning NCTE affiliate. Past awards include: NCTE Affiliate of Excellence (2014 & 2016), NCTE Teacher of the Dream Grant Award (2015 & 2016), and Affiliate Newsletter Honorable Mention (2015).
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