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Welcome to the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts Website.

We are a nonprofit organization whose aim is the improvement of the teaching and learning of English and language arts in the state of Arkansas. ACTELA provides a variety of services to meet the diverse needs of its members. These services include working with the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, offering conference mini-grants, recognizing outstanding language arts teachers throughout the state, and producing the yearly Arkansas Anthology.  
Joining is easy. Just print out this form and send a check for $15.00 to the address listed.

Arkansas Curriculum Conference
October 31-November 1, 2013

The ACTELA Board is busy planning for the 2013 Arkansas Curriculum Conference. We met Sunday, May 6th to set the program agenda. ACTELA was proud to sponsor more than 50 sessions this year! Please keep an eye on this space for updates and information...

ACC 2013 Featured Author!

Mike Mullin will be the keynote author and will present a session at the 2013 ACC conference. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and her three cats. Ashen Winter is his second novel. His debut, Ashfall, was named one of the top five young adult novels of 2011 by National Public Radio, a Best Teen Book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, and a New Voices selection by the American Booksellers Association. For more information, visit his website - http://www.ashfallbook.com/



ACC 2012 Featured Author!

Featured at the ACTELA Luncheon on November 8th, 2012 at the Arkansas Curriculum Conference - author Matthew Quick.

Learn more about the ACC here!

Arkansas Writer's Map


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