Colleagues,

 

Below  is the Call for Proposals to present at the Colorado Community
College Conference on Composition (aka "5C's") on Friday, April 17, 2009.
This is an annual gathering of regional two- and four-year English faculty,
but we invite participation and presentation ideas from a much wider
geographical area.  Please pass this opportunity pm to colleagues in the
field of composition teaching.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Chuck Fisher

Professor, English

Aims Community College

5401 W. 20th St.

Greeley, CO 80634

Ph: 970-339-6520

 

Request for Presentation Proposals

 

2009 5C's - Colorado Community College Conference on Composition

 

 

Dear Colleague:

 

Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado, will host the Colorado
Community College Conference on Composition (5C's) on

 

Friday, April 17, 2009

 

This year, the 5C's will center on "basics" of teaching and learning
writing.  As writing instructors, we should ask what the "basics" are before
we can get "back to the basics." Should we re-invent the "basics" to better
serve underprepared and/or developing writers at all levels of their writing
education?  We might also ask ourselves what drives the "basics."
Technology?  Rhetorical stances that have stood for millennia?  What value
do such traditional approaches have today?   What "new and improved"
rhetorical approaches are available for us to use, and are they effective?  

 

Conference Theme

 

"Reuse, Renew, Recycle:  Teaching and Learning the Basics and Beyond"

 

 

The Issue

 

Perennially, writing instructors face students with varying levels of skill,
despite entrance assessment standards and preparatory courses.  Looking at
the myriad of skills students bring with them, writing instructors naturally
pose a few questions:  Which writing tasks will challenge our students and
appropriately develop their skills, what information and processes are
needed to help our students accomplish those tasks, and how much development
can we realistically expect of students in a fifteen-week semester?  What
tasks do we prioritize and why?

 

This year's conference will explore the question of what students need to
know about writing at all levels, from "pre-college" to discipline-specific.
What does "underprepared" mean, really?  And for that matter, what does
"prepared" mean?  For whom or what are the students underprepared?  What do
we as writing instructors prioritize in relation to state competencies?  How
do we blend critical thinking skills into our writing instruction and
learning outcomes?  In what ways do Aristotelian theories of effective
communication meld with the blogosphere?  Is txtng drvng u crzy?  

 

We invite teachers of writing, including full-time and adjunct from
four-year and two-year institutions, high school faculty, and graduate
students, to join us in exploring the realm of the "basics," and how we
guide our students through the building of solid skills while still
encouraging and modeling depth of thinking, profundity, grace, and
greatness.

 

The deadline for submitting proposals is February 28, 2009.  Please observe
the following guidelines:

 

.         Submit by snail-mail or email to the address below...e-mail is
preferred!

.         Include a title as you want it to appear in the program.

.         Include an abstract (50-100 words) as you want it to appear in the
program.

.         Include a brief autobiography as you want it to appear in the
program.

.         Plan a presentation of 45 minutes.

.         Include a statement of technology needs (Note: presenters must
provide their own laptop computers).

.         If selected to present, prepare handouts for 30 people.

 

Please submit proposals via email to [log in to unmask]  This submission
method is preferred, but if you need to, you may also mail proposal
submissions to:

 

        Chuck Fisher

        P.O. Box 69

        Aims Community College

Greeley, CO  80632

 

As usual, we have the capacity to fill 12-18 breakout sessions, 

so please submit your ideas!

 

Presenters will receive confirmation in the latter part of March.  

 

The 2009 5C's committee looks forward to your company and camaraderie for
our upcoming Colorado Community College Conference on Composition.  We hope
you will join us!

 


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