March 2025 Conference:
Registration is now open! Discounts for early registration by 12/1/24.
Click the blue links below for our registration pages:
📗2025 MCELA Annual Conference, Friday, March 21, 2025
📘Pre-conference event,
Poetry Night at Portland Stage, Thursday evening, March 20, 2025.
📔Click here for hotel booking information with conference rate of $139 plus fees per night.
Interested in sponsoring or being a vendor at our 2025 conference? Contact us at [email protected].
Past Conferences and Programs for Reference:
March 2024 Conference:
MCELA Annual Conference, Friday, March 29, 2024
at Holiday Inn By the Bay Portland, Maine
Conference=6 contact hours
Pre-Conference Event, Thursday, March 28, 2024, Poetry Night @ Portland Stage, food & drinks provided by Portland Stage.
Poetry night=1 contact hour
Full Conference Program: Google Doc with real-time updates
Click here to register for 1 or both events online!
Our pre-conference event Poetry Night is now free thanks to our partnership with Portland Stage.
Click here for a printable registration form for your P.O.
Click here to reserve a room at the Holiday Inn By the Bay for our discounted room rate of $139 on Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Want to make it a weekend? You can now book Friday, 3/29/24 and/or Saturday, 3/30/24, too, at the same conference rate!
Interested in sponsoring our event or purchasing a vendor table? Contact Patti Forster, MCELA President, at [email protected]
2023 Conference:
MCELA Annual Conference March 17, 2023 at The Westin Portland Harborview in Portland, Maine (see below for program of sessions).
Conference=6 contact hours
Poetry night=1 contact hour
Full Conference Program as a Google Doc with updates: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14qNVPs3YA6jfyzbUM89uLGI0VrTFJeRhkal3z-vAyqY/edit?usp=sharing
Plus, our pre-conference event Poetry Night is now free thanks to our partnership with Portland Stage.
Click here to register for 1 or both events online!
Click here for a printable registration form!
Click here to reserve a room at the Westin Portland Harborview for our discounted room rate of $129 on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
Want to make it a weekend? You can now book a Friday night room, too, at the conference rate!
To book a 2nd night at the conference rate, call the Westin sales office directly and let them know you are booking with the MCELA conference rate. Westin Sales office: 207-517-8822.
Interested in sponsoring our event or purchasing a vendor table? Contact Patti Forster, MCELA President, at [email protected]
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2020 Conference:
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Previous Conference Programs:
2019: Facing the Wind: Navigating Knowledge Through Language and Literature with Keynote by Gillian French
2018: Cultivating Professionalism: Community, Experience, Expertise with keynote by Maria Padian
2017: Embracing the Art of ELA Through Reflective Practice with keynote by Annie Murphy Aviles
2016: Maintaining a Steady Compass: Purpose, Practice, Proficiency with keynote by Paul Doiron
2015: Provoke Curiosity, Inspire Learning: Navigating New Courses to Proficiency with keynote by Kate Braestrup
2014: Core Challenges: The Classroom Re-Imagined with keynote by Terry Farish
2013: Mindful Teaching: Connect, Collaborate, Create with keynote by Eileen Landay
2018: Cultivating Professionalism: Community, Experience, Expertise with keynote by Maria Padian
2017: Embracing the Art of ELA Through Reflective Practice with keynote by Annie Murphy Aviles
2016: Maintaining a Steady Compass: Purpose, Practice, Proficiency with keynote by Paul Doiron
2015: Provoke Curiosity, Inspire Learning: Navigating New Courses to Proficiency with keynote by Kate Braestrup
2014: Core Challenges: The Classroom Re-Imagined with keynote by Terry Farish
2013: Mindful Teaching: Connect, Collaborate, Create with keynote by Eileen Landay