Dear Peer Writing Tutors and Writing Fellows,

Are you thinking about proposing a session for the International Writing Centers Association/ National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing Conference in Baltimore next November?  Go for it! 

If you haven’t thought about it yet, I hope you will now.

You have probably already taken a big step if you recognize that something quite extraordinary happens when students take each other seriously as writers and readers.  Everyone learns as a result--learns about language, learns about meaning, learns about her or his own self. And as a peer writing tutor, you have unique insights into writing in the academy that only you have access to. So I hope you decide to take the challenge, propose a session, and join with hundreds of other writing center peer tutors, writing program fellows, and writing center professionals in doing what we do best: learn from each other. 

The NEW deadline for proposals is March 22, 2010.

You can find everything you need to know about the special “joined” conference as well as the call for proposals at http://www.mawcaonline.org/iwca. In keeping with the conference location in Baltimore, Maryland, the theme of this year’s gathering is “Safe Harbors.”  I want to assure you that the NCPTW review process will reflect that theme, and your proposal will be treated with respectful attention.  Although we might not be able to accept every proposal, submitted, we will reach out to you, in the same spirit of collaboration as you engage in with the writers you work with, to help you develop and refine your proposal, as you become acquainted with a new writing genre: the conference proposal. There are a variety of formats around which to shape a conference presentation.  The call for proposals can help you begin.  Let your imagination and your experience be your guides, and set sail today!

See you in Baltimore.

 

Harvey Kail

NCPTW representative

Professor of English

University of Maine

Harvey.kail@umit.maine.edu