2023 Spring Conference

Dear Kentucky English Teachers,

Spring 2023 Conference:

Join KCTE on March 4th, 2023 at Murray State University for the spring conference. 

Up to six hours of professional learning can be completed at the conference. Register now to get your spot!

Register for the 2023 conference here. 

Featured Conference Speaker: Kristen Simmons

Don't forget to nominate your amazing co-workers for the awards! 

A Sampling of Concurrent Sessions:

The Emotional Lives of English Teachers: Stories from Our Classrooms 

Blending the Editing & Revising Process

The Cognitive Impact of Writing on Mental Health

Strategies to Support Adolescents with Foundational Reading Skills Deficits

The Paperless Writer: Multimodal Curricula Utilizing Student Skillsets in Transfer for Developmental College English Courses

My Young Adolescent Self: Using Memoir for Teacher Preparation 

Finding Ourselves in the Solution Story: Applying Climate Change in the Composition Classroom 

The Science of Reading

2022 Spring Conference! 

In the ever-changing climate of the pandemic, we need each other more than ever. This virus has pushed us to pivot from face-to-face instruction as we once knew it in ways that we never thought possible. Even though this may have caused much anxiety and frustration, it has surely taught us so much about how learning can look. This spring, we will come together at Berea College to share conference sessions on the English Language Arts instructional practices we have adapted, improved, and even tried for the first time that has worked for us and our students, ages K – Adult. Together, we are better. The conference will take place on Friday, March 18, 2022, from 6 PM – 8 PM, and Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 9 AM – 4 PM. Up to eight hours of professional learning can be completed at the conference. Register now to get your spot!

2021 Fall Conference

This fall, we are offering our first ever Virtual Literacy Conference on Edmodo. This will function like a course in which you can engage synchronously for live sessions, including keynotes, KED Talks (like a TED Talk from KY Educators), and facilitated discussions, or asynchronously as your schedule allows. We will offer two strands: Best Practices in Online Learning & Culturally Responsive Teaching with sessions from energized, innovative practitioners and experts in literacy education and provide practical resources for attendees to take back to your Professional Learning Communities. Be sure to register for the event so we can begin adding participants to the Edmodo community. Current KCTE members will receive SIGNIFICANT discounts. We hope to see you there! The confirmed sessions are updated in real-time here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wyy6h1Mug_0RFXww3SzdjFGpaT864RmIwcrdGXdby_s/edit?usp=sharing 


Best,

Dr. Kristie Hofelich Ennis, Conference Chair

Register with a credit or debit card here: https://kcte.submittable.com/submit/162684/2020-kcte-summer-reading-mini-conference-registration 


Register with a purchase order here: https://kcte.submittable.com/submit/162687/2020-kcte-fall-literacy-conference-registration-with-purchase-order 


Registration includes unlimited access to all synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Fees are included in the registration forms. If you missed the conference live and wish to purchase an all-access asynchronous pass, there is an option to do this as well for $20.

2020 Conference Info

The Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English Conference will be held Friday, February 28th (evening only) & and all day Saturday,  February 29th, 2019 at Berea College in Berea, KY.

The theme this year is Igniting Innovation in Literacy Education. Proposals are now closed; the tentative conference schedule can be viewed here.

Need to register online? Click here. NOTE: you will have to make an account on Submittable at the bottom of the page to register.

Need to register as a presenter? Click here. NOTE: you will have to make an account on Submittable at the bottom of the page to register.


Need lodging? Click here.



Mail PO or Check to Kristie Hofelich Ennis:

324 E Main Street, Unit 327

Louisville, KY 40202


To register with a P.O. Please download the form and follow the mailing instructions. We will issue a receipt/invoice for your conference registration.


Kristie Hofelich Ennis will serve as Conference Chair for the 2020 Conference.


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