Changing Landscapes

Minnesota Council of Teachers of English 2024 Spring Conference

Thursday, May 2, and Friday, May 3, 2024
Holiday Inn & Suites Duluth-Downtown, Duluth, MN

Call for Conference Proposals

The landscape of the English/Language Arts classroom is in the midst of change.  Teachers are navigating classrooms where students are relying on artificial intelligence to write papers.  Pressure is coming from outside sources regarding what can and cannot be taught.  Commitment to teaching diverse literature is met with resistance.  New legislation, such as the READ Act and new ELA standards, forces adaptation and curricular change.  Teaching positions are vacant because of a shortage of teachers, a shortage that grows because of lack of public support and increased political pressure. All the while, we face urgent calls from within our profession to change the landscape for the better—to diversify the texts and perspectives we engage, to change entrenched patterns of access, to work toward anti-racist pedagogy, and to support students’ whole selves.

With this year’s conference, we come together to navigate and make change as a community of committed educators. As we take stock of one school year and set priorities for the next, we make time and space to connect, share, listen, reexamine, and grow. 

This year’s conference theme especially invites tools, texts, and perspectives that help teachers understand and respond purposefully to our changing landscapes. We invite your proposals on the complex questions above as they relate to reading, writing, media, speaking, and literacy practices. 

Sessions may be led by individuals or groups and will be 60 minutes in length. We seek interactive presentations; we want to learn from what you’ve been doing. Be sure to discuss both your topic and your presentation approach in your proposal.

Please submit your proposal no later than midnight on Monday, January 15, 2024.

Let’s grow together! We welcome your proposal.

Proposals will only be accepted electronically. Please complete the form below.