Eligibility:
To be eligible to apply, applicants must be current graduate students enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program at an accredited institution, and they must be accepted as presenters at the 2012 CCCC Annual Convention. Additionally, they must be members of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. (For information about how to join CWPA, go to http://wpacouncil.org/join-renew .)

Selection Committee:
Grant applications will be evaluated by members of the WPA Graduate Committee (WPA-GC).

Application Deadline and Timeline:
Travel grant applications are due by February 24, 2012. Winners will be notified by March 5, and they will receive a check and a certificate of recognition during the CWPA Breakfast at CCCC on March 22, 2012.

Application Materials and Procedure:
Travel Grant Applications should include the following in a single PDF file:
1.) Cover Page with applicant’s name, applicant’s institution, applicant’s phone number and email address, and title of the applicant’s 2012 CCCC presentation. Also, please indicate whether you have received other sources of funding for this conference. (Applicants who do not include information about funding will not be considered.) Please do not include identifying information on any materials other than the Cover Page.
2.) A one-page Cover Letter articulating your current interests and future goals related to WPA work as well as explaining how your presentation at CCCC will contribute to these interests and goals as well as the field.
3.) Copy of your 2012 CCCC Proposal as submitted to CCCC for acceptance.
Applications should be e-mailed as an attachment to wpago1@gmail.com with the subject “CCCC 2012 Travel Grant Application.” The committee will review only applications that are submitted under this subject line. Email any questions to wpago1@gmail.com .

To register for the 2012 Collaborative@CCCC, complete both Step 1 and Step 2 below. Step 1 provides the conference organizers with your registration information (name, institution, etc.). Step 2 allows you to pay by credit card (Visa or Mastercard only). Be sure to complete Step 1 and click the “Submit” button first (you will remain on this screen after your information is submitted). Then move on to Step 2 by clicking the “Pay for Registration” button (takes you to a secure PayPal site).

If you need to register more than one person, you will need to complete the two-step process separately for each registrant.

If you have any questions about the registration process, contact Laura Greenfield and Kristen Garrison at collaborative2012@gmail.com .

The following policies should be noted:

*Nominated publications must be dated within the calendar year for which awards are being considered (2011).

*Publications may appear in print or digital venues.

*The IWCA welcomes submissions from scholars and researchers at all stages of their academic careers, including undergraduate students, graduate students, and adjuncts, but notes that all submissions will be evaluated in the same way and with the same criteria.

*The IWCA welcomes single-authored and collaboratively authored works.
Criteria for the IWCA Scholarship Awards:

*The publication addresses one or more issues of long-term interest to writing center administrators, theorists, and/or practitioners.

*The publication discusses theories, practices, or policies that contribute to a richer understanding of writing center theory and practice.

*The publication shows sensitivity toward the situated contexts in which writing centers exist and operate.

*The publication makes a significant contribution to the scholarship of and research on writing centers.

*The publication will serve as a strong representative of the scholarship of and research on writing centers.

*The publication embodies the qualities of compelling and meaningful writing.

Process:
Send your nominating rationale and attach a digital copy of the article in an email addressed to Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, IWCA President, and Jackie Grutsch McKinney , Article Award Committee Chair: [nathalie.singh-corcoran@mail.wvu.edu; jrmckinney@bsu.edu]. If no digital copy is available to you, send your rationale and a complete citation.

In addition, the Director coordinates assessment efforts for the writing assistance. This position play a key role related to retention efforts throughout the university.

The successful candidate will possess excellent oral and written communication skills and knowle4dge of administration, assessment and research methods; factors and theories associated with writing across the curriculum; and learning for diverse college students.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Composition, English, Curriculum & Instruction, Education, or related field.
Experience supervising, leading, coordinating writing center operations including budget development, public relations, supervision of staff, assessment, and partnering with faculty across academic disciplines
Experience in student learning focused writing center/assistance programs

To apply please visit the ISU website: https://www.iastatejobs.com/

“2011 Recipient - Neal Lerner

The National Council of Teachers of English is pleased to announce Neal Lerner’s The Idea of a Writing Laboratory as the 2011 recipient of the David H. Russell Award.  The Idea of a Writing Laboratory provides a much needed historical examination of the intellectual foundations of the writing laboratory in American higher education.  Lerner traces the history and development of our contemporary writing centers to their origins and contends the intellectiual foundation of the writing laboratory are to be found in progressive approaches to the teaching of writing and science through the experimental methods of laboratory.  With deft discussion of both the teaching of science and the teaching of writing, Lerner exposes little known aspects of the history of the writing center and claims a deeper knowledge of this history might inform the current practice of writing center teachers and staff.”

Here are our newly-elected leaders:

Vice President: Kevin Dvorak (St. Thomas University)
Secretary: Kerri Jordan (Mississippi College)
Treasurer: Neal Lerner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The Executive Board’s thanks and appreciation also go out to the entire slate of candidates, key leaders in their centers and in our profession.

Patricia Ackerman (Kansas State University-Salina)
Kim Ballard (Western Michigan University)
Corrine Hinton (University of La Verne)
Lori Salem (Temple University)
Matthew Schultz (Vassar College)
Steve Sherwood (Texas Christian University)
Jennifer Wells (Mercy High School)

The University is hiring a full-time, 12 month Instructor and Regional Campus Writing Center Coordinator to oversee the regional writing centers on our Southaven and Tupelo campuses; it is also hiring two permanent, full-time, 12-month, Regional Writing Center Directors, teaching a 2/2/2 load of Writing 250. One Director will be based on the Southaven campus and direct the writing center based in Southaven, while the other Director will be based on the Tupelo campus and direct the writing center based in Tupelo. The job description for the Regional Campus Writing Center Coordinator is below; the regional writing center director positions may be accessed at the link given below.

Please view these positions at https://jobs.olemiss.edu/applicants//jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp ; email questions to Dr. Robert Cummings, Director, Center for Writing and Rhetoric, at cummings@olemiss.edu. (Note: all applications must be made via the online application system, and if the applicant is interested in more than one position, an application must be submitted for each open position.)

Job Description:
The Center for Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi invites applications for an Instructor of Composition and Rhetoric and Regional Campus Writing Center Coordinator. This non-tenure track, 12-month position carries a 2/2/2 teaching load, with a 2/2/2 course release to supervise and support the day-to-day operations of the regional campus writing centers. This position is based on the Oxford campus, but the incumbent will travel to the Tupelo and Southaven Writing Centers each once per week. This position starts July 1, 2011.

Job Responsibilities:
The University’s 2009 Quality Enhancement Plan has placed writing at the center of the campus’s energies by creating the Center for Writing and Rhetoric, which consolidates efforts to improve writing instruction at all levels. The Instructor will work in a collaborative environment to lead the Center in its mission to re-define writing instruction, pedagogy, and research at the University of Mississippi. Duties will include the following:

Developing and implementing successful strategies for teaching undergraduate writing courses, especially for non-traditional learners;

Hiring, training, supervising, directing, and providing administrative support for undergraduate and graduate writing center tutors;

Developing, training, supervising, and providing administrative support for regional writing center directors;

Developing online writing center functionality;

Developing training programs for writing center tutors to act as in-class assistants to teachers addressing writing issues;

Evaluating and revising curricula to include multimodal writing and ePortfolios;

Contributing to a culture of professional development among writing instructional staff;

Assisting in the placement of incoming student writers;

Contributing to distributive assignment, course, and program assessments.

Qualifications/Skills:
An M.A. in Composition and Rhetoric, English with a focus in Composition and Rhetoric, or similarly-defined field is required. Evidence of accomplished teaching of writing through at least three years as instructor of record beyond graduate school, experience in writing center work, as well as research in the field of composition and rhetoric, are also valuable.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three references including their contact information. These materials should be attached to the on-line application. The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately, and the position will be open until filled or until an adequate applicant pool is established. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

These positions opened on March 11, 2011.

One or more positions available.

Full-time, nine-month, non-tenure-track appointment to begin August 2011. This one-year contract may be renewed for up to three years,depending on department need and funding.

QUALIFICATIONS: MA or PhD in English (MA required for rank of Visiting Instructor, PhD required for rank of Visiting Assistant Professor). Graduate coursework in composition pedagogy. Evidence of recent excellence in composition instruction. Demonstrated commitment to teaching first-year composition.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Teach four sections each semester in first-year composition sequence (ENGL 1010 and 1020: Writing I and II) and perform departmental duties (e.g., committee participation).

SALARY AND BENEFITS: Competitive salary with full employee benefits.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applicants must submit the following materials to be considered for the position:

1. Letter of application describing the qualifications listed above;
2. Copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official transcripts required if hired);
3. Curriculum vitae;
4. Contact information for three professional references who are familiar with your teaching: mailing address, telephone, and email.
5. Completed TTU “Adjunct/Special Term Faculty Application Form” (available under Employment Forms at http://www.tntech.edu/hr/forms/);

Submit all materials to:
Dr. Tony Baker, Director of Composition, Department of English and Communications, Box 5053, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505.

Alternatively, electronically submitted materials are acceptable; send any files and queries to Dr. Baker at abaker@tntech.edu.

APPLICATION SCREENING DATE: Screening of applications will begin on April 28, 2011.

The University of Oklahoma Writing Center is offering their third year of Camp Completion. They welcome dissertators from all over the world for this three day intensive camp.

Registration is now open but limited to 24 graduate students.

What?
Camp Completion is a dissertation and thesis writing workshop sponsored by the OU Writing Center.

Who?
Camp Completion welcomes anyone whose plan of study/dissertation or thesis proposal has been approved by your committee.

When?
May 23, 24, & 25

Where?
Camp Completion will be at the OU Writing Center (room 280 Wagner Hall).

Registration fee: $50

For more information:
http://ltw.ou.edu/CampCompletion/

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

About the positions:

Secretary and Treasurer are two year terms. The VP is a six year commitment (VP from 2011-13, President, 2013-15, Past President, 2015-17). All terms start at NCTE in fall of 2011. Duties of each office are described on the IWCA web site: http://writingcenters.org/about/governance/

Qualifications:

Minimum: Candidates must be IWCA members in good standing; they need not be current board members.
Recommended: Travel support to three conferences (NCTE, CCCC, IWCA); modest institutional support for work load.

Election Process:

Only board members vote for these candidates.  To insure fairness in the event that sitting officers (Treas/Sec) seek the VP position, the current president (Roberta Kjesrud) runs the election; only she has access to the final tallies.  The election will be held March 7-15, 2011.  Votes will be cast electronically and anonymously.  Results announced at the IWCA Collaborative @ Cs.

Nomination Process/Timeline:

• To nominate yourself or another, provide a CV and a 200-word overview indicating the candidate’s willingness to serve, platform, research interests, etc.  Board members will review this material before voting. Self-nominations are accepted.
• Send nominations by February 18, 2011.
• Send only to: Roberta Kjesrud, Roberta.Kjesrud@wwu.edu

4 positions are open this year:
1.     At-Large Member
2.     Two-year College Representative
3.     High School Representative
4.     Outreach Coordinator

All nominees must be SWCA members and be willing to serve as described below.  Please note that the Two-year College Representative, High School Representative, and Outreach Coordinator are new positions, ratified last week by a vote of the SWCA membership.  (More information about the SWCA Executive Board and by-laws can be found at http://www.iwca-swca.org/About-Us.html.)

Self-nominations and nominations of others should include the nominee’s e-mail address, telephone number, and the position for which they will run.  Send nominations by noon, February 4, 2011, to SWCA Secretary Steve Price at sprice@mc.edu.  Please include “SWCA Nomination” in the subject line.

Steve will confirm receipt of all nominations and contact nominees via the email address provided. At that time, he will ask them to submit a personal statement of no more than 100 words that offers a brief overview of the their experience and outlines their plans for serving their constituents and the SWCA if elected. Please do not send personal statements at this time.

Voting will take place electronically from February 7 through February 11. The elected candidates will be notified by February 15, and they will be announced February 17 and at the SWCA Conference.

If you have any questions, please contact Steve Price at sprice@mc.edu via email. 

Traditionally, December is a month of transition, the first meeting of Board members newly seated at NCTE.  In previous years, we have used this meeting as an informal talk time, a brainstorming session in which we get to know new members and their interests.  This year, we are opening this meeting to the entire membership.

WHEN:  Monday, December 13, 10-11 am PST (11 MST, 12 CST, 1 EST, 18:00 GMT)

WHERE:  WIMBA online classroom environment—log in from your own computer, or join us by phone (very easy to do)

WHAT:  Our informal agenda includes updates from six task force initiatives, one proposal and one report from two Baltimore SIGs, and whatever concerns/questions you may bring.

HOW:
1.  Point your browser here: http://stjohns.wimba.com/
2.  Click  on “participant” and you’ll be asked to enter the Room ID and your name. (Contact the Web Editor at iwca.webeditor@gmail.com any time before or during the meeting for the Room ID. The Web Editor will be monitoring e-mail throughout the meeting to make sure anyone who wants to join is able to do so.)

NOTE to first-timers:  Allow 15 minutes to run the diagnostic that sets up the environment on your computer. If you lack a microphone, you can still join the conversation through your phone line.  Once you’re in the conference room, click on the telephone icon for the number and pin.  Simply call in to participate.

If you have questions, email the Web Editor at iwca.webeditor@gmail.com

UTPB now offers the MA degree online, part time.

Here is the application:

http://www.utpb.edu/academic-programs/graduate-studies/graduate-application/

Awards will be presented at the 2011 SWCA conference to be held at the University of Alabama, February 17-19. Please visit our conference site: http://www.iwca-swca.org/Conferences.html for more information. We hope to see you there!

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SWCA Achievement Award
The SWCA Achievement Award recognizes the outstanding, sustained body work of a writing center director or supervisor to a particular writing center, SWCA, and/or the writing center community at large.

SWCA Tutor Award (3 categories)
SWCA Tutor Awards recognize leadership, commitment, and overall excellence of individuals working in an SWCA writing center. Individuals can be nominated in one of three categories:
Undergraduate Tutor
Graduate Tutor
Professional Tutor (for non-students employed as tutors)
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To nominate someone for an SWCA Award, email the following information to Mary Lou Odom, SWCA Awards Committee Chair, at modom3@kennesaw.edu. Self-nominations are welcome. All nominations must be submitted by November 1st.

1. Nominee’s name

2. Award (choose one)
SWCA Achievement Award
SWCA Undergraduate Tutor Award
SWCA Graduate Tutor Award
SWCA Professional Tutor Award

3. Nominee’s institutional affiliation, email address, and phone number

Please also feel free to contact me with any questions!

Mary Lou Odom, Ph.D.
770/423.6795
modom3@kennesaw.edu

Date

March 3-5, 2011

Location

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Conference Chair

TBA

Proposal Deadline

December 13, 2010; Acceptance Notification by Jan 10, 2011

Keynote Speaker

TBA

Full Call for Proposals

Assessment has always functioned at the heart of writing center consultations in university, community college, secondary, elementary, and professional settings as consultant and writer collaborate to assess the writer’s needs and focus conversation.  But the passage of No Child Left Behind has changed the definition and tenor of assessment in educational settings for many.  Today assessment experts, writing assessment specialists, politicians, educational administrators, accreditation officers, and others debate what can count and cannot count as valid assessment and what assessment should be used to achieve and cannot be used to achieve.  In the midst of current, often contentious, yet often cooperative debate about educational assessment, the 2011 East Central Writing Centers Association Conference will focus on assessment issues as they relate to writing center work. Those wishing to submit proposals may consider numerous questions, including the following examples:

What roles does or should assessment play in writing centers?  How do consultants at different centers believe they engage in assessment, if they perceive assessment as one of their roles? What do consultants call the process of determining what to discuss in a consultation if they don’t consider that process an assessment? How does or should assessment occur in consultations? What role do students have or should they have in writing center assessment? How might assessment differ in different writing center settings, with different writers, or with different consultants? What do we know about the historical roles of assessment in writing centers? What assessment relationships function in writing centers?  What should assessment relationships look like between consultants and directors, consultants and writers, directors and institutional decision makers (deans, principals, institutional self study committees, WPAs, etc.)? Might assessment debates or acquiescence to institutional assessment impact the reputation of writing center work among students and others? How do writing center consultants and directors assure respect for the integrity of writing center work when others at their institutions are in charge of assessment plans?  Can assessment that speaks to multiple audiences help writing centers gain respect? What happens to writing centers or writing center staff who resist assessment plans they find invalid?  How might staff members best resist assessments they find invalid or simplifying of our work and why should they or should they not do so?  What has resistance to assessment cost writing centers and our field? When should writing centers engage in or resist assessment? When and how should writing center consultants and others contribute to larger discussions of institutional, educational and/or writing assessment?  Who might collaborate with us in such discussion and who might we view with caution? What, if anything, should be the role/s of the International Writing Centers Association or the East Central Writing Centers Association (or any regional or state association) in writing center assessment debates?

As the first regional conference devoted to assessment of our work, we seek to center writing center assessment discussion, in several connotations of the verb.  Through quality panel discussions, round tables, workshops, and poster sessions we hope conference participants will focus, equalize, highlight, and pinpoint writing center assessment theory, practices, issues, and ideas.

We encourage proposals to support the conference conversation on assessment of and in writing centers; however, we also encourage proposals that do not relate to the conference theme.

Conference Proposal Deadline:  Dec. 13, 2010 Acceptance Notification by Jan 10, 2011
Email proposals to: eastcentralwritingcenters2011@gmail.com

Questions?
Check the ECWCA website: http://www.ecwca.org/ , email eastcentralwritingcenters2011@gmail.com ,
or contact the Western Michigan University Writing Center at 269.387.4615.

Visit http://writingcenters.org/about/grants/ for more information about the IWCA Research Grants.

1.  Lerner’s Writing Center Origins

2.  ”If You Want to Understand Educational Reforms, You Have to Go to the Origins”: Neal Lerner on His Book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory (Southern Illinois UP, 2009)

3.  Poking Around in Dusty Archives

It’s easy to listen to these podcasts.  Just head to the UW-Madison Writing Center, and from the main menu, click on “New Media @ the Center.”

Then click on “Podcasts” from the main menu on the left.  You’ll then see these three podcasts marked as “New” in the theory and research section.

Thanks for your interest!
-Brad Hughes

Awards are between $500 and $750.

For more information about the award, visit http://writingcenters.org/about/grants/ .

Visit the IWCA Summer Institute site at http://writingcenters.org/links/iwca-summer-institute-2/ for full information.

Overview

Sunday July 25-Friday July 30, 2010

Lone Wolf, Oklahoma

Join co-chairs Michele Eodice (University of Oklahoma) and Lori Salem (Temple University), plus seven outstanding leaders, and 55 wonderful participants from across the United States and around the world, for in-depth and critical discussions of :

*       writing center philosophies, missions, theories, and literature
*       leadership in an academic culture
*       diversity and writing centers
*       tutoring pedagogy and tutor education
*       planning, growing, developing, and re-imagining a writing center
*       writing center assessment
*       research and publishing
*       writing center politics and administration
*       technology and writing centers
*       working with multilingual writers
*       facilities and space
*       WAC/WID and writing fellows programs
*       writing center support for graduate-level writers
*       community writing centers
*       funding, budgeting, fundraising, endowments

Contact Information

If you have questions about scholarships (or anything else related to the SI), please contact the SI co-directors.

Michele Eodice (co-chair and local host):
Email: meodice@ou.edu
Phone: 405-325-2937
Skype:  michele.eodice

Lori Salem (co-chair):
Email: lori.salem@temple.edu
Phone: 215-204-0709
Skype: lori.salem