English Council of California Two-Year Colleges

What ECCTYC Does

To promote excellence in teaching, ECCTYC

• publishes inside english, a journal for California community college instructors
• keeps instructors informed about current state issues, pedagogy, and teaching strategies
• sponsors biennial statewide general conferences and literature conferences
• conducts South and North state meetings for English chairs
• conducts yearly regional meetings and workshops in each of the ten regions
• honors outstanding professionals who write for inside english and who contribute to the profession by conferring two awards:
  • the Outstanding i.e. Article Award
  • the Nina Theiss Professional Recognition Award

ECCTYC represents the interests of full-time and part-time English instructors throughout the state by

• preparing workload studies
• advocating for community college interests with four-year colleges and universities and with state legislatures
• articulating issues of concern in regard to transfer
• advocating at the statewide Academic Senate California Community College meetings
• serving on state committees

ECCTYC sends representatives to

• the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) and the National Council of the Teachers of English (NCTE)
• the California State University English Council
• the California State University Composition Committee

ECCTYC has developed liaisons with

• the California State Chancellor’s Office
• the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges
• the California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)