1. The 21 st Century ELA Classroom WELCOME TO THE 2 ND ANNUAL CVTE SUMMER CONFERENCE

2. The 21 st Century ELA Classroom… CVTE Wikispace Teacher Learning Communities Discussion boards Project Share Goodreads

3. Business Meeting Financial Report Elections Publications Editor Contest Winner

4. Financial Report Income Membership Dues $130.00 Dividend$.06 Expenses NCTE dues & bank fees $35.50 Balance forward as of July 1, 2011$94.56

5. Book Talk Panel Because Digital Writing Matters by the National Writing Project, Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, & Troy Hicks Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction by Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola What’s the Big Idea? Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking by Jim Burke When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers

6. Lunch Challenge Importance of Professional Development Why is CVTE so important? What is the purpose of our group? TLC – Teacher Learning Communities Challenge - Send a text or email during lunch from one of your smartphones with a group picture and your ideas to: cvtenglish@yahoo.com or 214.906.2059

7. Roundtable Discussions grade level lesson of the month or six weeks—to share ideas also a listserv of all members Through pearl writing project we have a built in tlc of teachers at different levels, subject areas, and experience levels. We run book studies on ell and dyslexia every year. Cvte provides a larger group of professionals for more collaboration.