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ALT Blue and white graphic with sketch of educators of color. MCTE Early Career Educators of Color Award MCTE is piloting a new program to support early career Educators of Color in developing as literacy and ELA leaders in Michigan and to amplify their voices across the state! If you are an Educator of Color who is (a) currently teaching literacy and/or English language arts in a Michigan school and (b) in your first five years of teaching, you are invited to apply for MCTE’s 2024-2025 pilot Early Career Educator of Color Award program. Leadership Opportunities ECEC Cohort Grad Credits Free MCTE Conferences And more... Apply now mymcte.org

ALT Keynote Address Featuring Mitch Nobis, Teacher and Author What’s Happening? In a world where books are pulled off school shelves and teachers are measured by for-profit test scores (and 100 other wackadoodle factors impacting education in the 21st century), being a literacy educator goes from just an intensely hard job to an act of heroism. Teachers are amazing, and teacher-writer Mitch Nobis will talk about what’s on our minds, what’s happening, and where we go from here as literacy educators in 2024. Celebrating MCTE's 2023-2024 Award Recipients! Morning Breakout Sessions Honoring Gary D. Schmidt, Michigan Author Recipient of the 2023-2024 Stephens, Brown, Steffel Award for Young Adult Literature with a Michigan Connection The SBS selection committee proudly announces Gary D. Schmidt as this year’s SBS/MCTE Award recipient. Gary Schmidt is the highly regarded author of twenty books for young people. Afternoon Breakout Sessions

ALT Blue, purple and yellow graphic with image of two teachers MCTE invites you to Affinity Spaces for Teachers of Color: Building a Future of Equity Join your hosts, Dr. Raven L. Jones of Michigan State University and The Zuri Reads Initiative, and Dr. Rosalyn Shahid, Literacy Consultant with Wayne County RESA, each month on Zoom from 6:00-7:00PM. MCTE membership is not required. SCECHs are available for these events. Register for affinity space meetings on our event page.