joint
conference
with

International Writing Centers Association


 

Alternate Routes:
National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing


                   

                  

Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada

                               

New Directions
          in
Writing Center
       Work
 




 


Secondary Education Workshops
Sat. 2:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Session L: University/Secondary Writing Center Roles
Taking the Writing Center Out of the University: Using University Resources to Facilitate the Inception of a Student-Staffed Writing Center at an Inner City High School--30 minutes

Kerri Mulqueen (tutor, St. John's University), Thomas Philipose (director, St. John's Univ.), Providencia Quiles (administrator, Nazareth Regional HS)

Writing Center as "Interchange": Closing the High School to College Writing
Skills Achievement Gap--20 minutes

Julie A. Story (director, Lock Haven University)

Another "New Chronicle:" The University Writing Center's Role
in the High School Writing Center--20 minutes

Robbie Pieschke (tutor, Saginaw Valley State University)


Session M: Roles of Tutors in Public and Independent School Secondary Writing Centers
Anybody Got a Garmin?: Navigating the Diverging Paths of the Activities
Associated with a Writing Center at a Secondary School--35 minutes

Thomas Brandt (director, Berkeley Preparatory School)-

Effective Tutor Training--35 minutes
Andrew Jeter (director, Niles West High School)


Session N:
Collaborative Research and Critical Revision in Secondary and College Writing Centers
Merging Highways: Writing Centers as Collaborative Research Centers--35 minutes
Jeanette Jordan (Glenbrook North HS) and Pamela Childers (director, The McCallie School)

Critical Revision: Applying Critical Thinking, Informing Revision--35 minutes
William J. Macauley, Jr. (director, College of Wooster)


Session P: Diverse Populations and Recruiting Students in Secondary School Writing Centers

A Hands-on Approach to Increasing Sensitivity about Diverse Literacies
in Writing Centers--20 minutes

Sandy Kalbach Davis (director, North Cobb HS)

Writing Center Fellowships: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on Recruiting High School
Seniors--20 minutes

Veronica J. Oliver (tutor, Southern Illinois U)

The Road Less Traveled: The "Other" Tutor in the (Writing) Center--20 minutes
Bob Marrs (tutor, Coe College)