[CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning

Fri Apr 9 10:49:04 CDT 2010

Hello All:  So, this exchange makes evident that this conference theme, with the attendant tweaks, is really right on target.  That is, we are all in agreement that "basic writers" continue to be under siege, that this is not a new development but that there are specifics in this historical moment that need to be addressed (the challenges, the crises) as well as capitalized on (the technological, social, linguistic, economic, educational and political developments right now in 2010).  

I want to reiterate what Shannon said, also, that we did approve this theme, and were excited about it, and the call for proposals idea, at our Exec Board.  

The next steps, given what everyone is saying, it seems to me:

1. Integrate some the specific suggestions (thanks Susan) into the CFP and/or the direct proposal to CCCC for the workshop for 2011.

2. Retain the idea for the "Future" theme for 2012, national and/or regional (thanks Liz and all).  Which I think we will be really well-poised for, if we are able to follow through on even most of the ideas we planned this year (creating more of a tight community through CBW and all our electronic and other resources/meet-ups, plus the great talk on the listserv).

I hope these moves/ this summary of the conversation make sense?

B'shalom (in peace and wholeness)

Hannah

-----Original Message-----
From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of J. Elizabeth Clark
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 7:35 AM
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning

Good morning colleagues!  

I share Susan & Peter's concerns, almost to the letter.  I would like
to see us do a variety of things in response to this:

1. Move ahead with resolution (s) to CCCC
2.  Plan, perhaps, a stand alone CBW conference for 2012 or 2013 and
find a way to make it geographically interesting (Like, what if we had 5
or 6 regional conferences but were able to teleconference during the
day?)

But, I agree that we should move ahead with calls for panels &
presentations at our CBW meeting in 2011.  I think there's real interest
& it might get more folks interested in coming, connecting, etc.

Liz 

J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
Professor of English 
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
e-mail:  lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
Phone:  718.482.5665 http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eclark

>>> "Shannon Carter" <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> 4/8/2010 10:03
PM >>> 
Great ideas, Susan and Peter.

Just to clarify where we are with current proposal:

1. The materials we created and are asking for feedback on  
(representing  many, many hours of work, of course) are in response to 

the conference theme the EB discussed and approved during EB meeting  
at CCCC last month and then announced at CBW SIG.

2. At that time, EB also discussed and approved plans to open up CBW  
to proposals.

To my mind, the wonderful points Peter raises and Susan extends are  
*exactly* what we were responding to when we created the CFP for CBW  
2011 and set a draft for workshop activities. If you disagree, which  
it seems you might, can you suggest prose that might build on or  
extend the current draft to this end?

If not, let's absolutely consider the suggested theme for CBW 2012.

Thanks for your help!
Shannon

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 8, 2010, at 8:17 PM, "Susan Bernstein" <susan.naomi at gmail.com> 

wrote:

> Thanks, Peter, for suggesting this-- and for the reference to  
> Rebecca and George's chapter.  The demise of Basic Writing was also 

> the focus of my other presentation at CCCC-- the end of Basic  
> Writing at University of Cincinnati., housed in UC's soon-to-be  
> eliminated Center for Access and Transition (gone as of 6/30/10).
>
> And for the record, Basic Writing is NOT secure at community  
> colleges either. Recent articles in Inside Higher Education describe 

> problems in San Diego County, and a recent New York Times article  
> discusses the end of open admissions in the CUNY almost all of the  
> CUNY community colleges.  Also CUNY-related: tenure track faculty at 

> the CUNY community colleges are expected to publish as part of  
> earning tenure; at the same time, although CUNY CC faculty can take 

> 24 hours of release time in their first 5 re-appointments, they are 

> required to teach 27 hours a year afterward.
>
> And so on.
>
> I understand that there is disagreement among us about whether or  
> not Basic Writing serves the public good.  But I continue to stand  
> by what I said in Louisville: Basic Writing has served as a point of 

> access for students who might otherwise have NO opportunity to  
> attend college.  And recent studies have indicated that students who 

> are least likely to attend college are also the most likely to  
> benefit from college.
>
> I would certainly welcome the direction that Peter suggests.  What  
> do others think?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Susan
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Adams, Peter D. <padams2 at ccbcmd.edu> 

> wrote:
> I would like to suggest a somewhat different approach . . . prompted 

> by two developments.
>
> One is my growing sense that basic writing is undergoing a sea  
> change.  It's disappearing at many four year schools either  
> completely or because it has gone "underground" in the sense that  
> basic writing is hidden in FYC.  In some places this is my political 

> fiat; in other places, it is because four-year schools themselves  
> are raising their admissions standards to the point that few basic  
> writers are being allowed in.  Meanwhile, the bulk of basic writing 

> instruction is migrating to community colleges. What scares me about 

> this trend is that it may simply be a subtle way to gradually faze  
> out developmental writing (and reading and math) altogether.  To  
> some of us, the democratizing function of basic writing, the social 

> justice effect, is the most important component of higher  
> education.  If we are right, then it is alarming that this function 

> is being relocated to the most underfunded sector of higher  
> education, where many basic writing students will be taught by  
> adjuncts with little or no preparation and where there is currently 

> no support for the kind of scholarship that has been the hallmark of 

> basic writing for the past half century.  Think about the articles  
> and books that have had a major influence on basic writing.  How  
> many of these were produced in community colleges?  How much  
> scholarship will there be in the future, if most basic writing takes 

> place in an environment where faculty teach fifteen credit hours per 

> semester and where there is little incentive, indeed, little  
> opportunity for serious scholarship.
>
> The second development is the publication of Rebecca and George  
> Otte's fabulous new history of basic writing, a book that has  
> crystalized my concern about the future of basic writing.
>
> I'd really like to see CBW begin to address these issues.  First by 

> alerting people to them.  Second by discussing what our response  
> might be.  Is this a trend we should be resisting?  Or should we  
> begin a campaign to improve the environment for serious scholarship 

> in community colleges?  If there is, in fact, a growing political  
> momentum to end developmental education in higher education,  
> shouldn't we be taking on a more public role in explaining why this 

> is folly?
>
> I'm not sure that what I'm suggesting is possible as a focus for the 

> workshop, but I do know that I think it should become a focus for
CBW.
>
> Peter
>
> Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning
> Department of English
> Community College Baltimore County
> 443●710●1852 | padams2 at ccbcmd.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Shannon Carter
> Sent: Thu 4/8/2010 7:50 PM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning
>
> Hi, all--
>
> It was wonderful to see you all last month and I¹m very excited abou

> t all
> that we¹ve accomplished thus far and all that appears to be on the h

> orizon.
>
> In keeping with that spirit and planning our next steps, we¹ve been 

> hashing
> out plans for upcoming CBW Workshop.
>
> Drawing from our conversations in Louisville, it seems the CBW 2011 

> has two
> core goals:
> >> 1. Figure out (together, as an organization) the core goals BW  
> might stand
> >> for and, by extension, its professional organization
> >> 2. Open up CBW to new folks (beyond our invitations to keynoters 

> based on
> >> themes, which we¹ve attempted to solicit from folks not currently

>  involved
> >> with CBW<Kevin Roozen, Steve Lamos, Valerie Kinlock, . . . And  
> then there¹s
> >> this year).
> >>
> Thus, we decided to build a proposal that would leave room for an  
> open call
> for proposals. In year¹s past the entire program has always been by
> invitation only.
> >>
> > Questions for you:
> >>
> >> 1. Attached is a draft of the CFP. Thoughts? Suggestions?  
> Revisions?
> >> 2. What should be the deadline for submissions? On the attached  
> draft, I set
> >> the deadline for CFP at random. Getting on the official CCCC  
> program after
> >> the fact isn¹t going to work, unfortunately. I suspect Eilleen wi

> ll make some
> >> changes on a case-by-base basis, but we aren¹t able to count on t

> hat option
> >> after the CCCC deadline. We have two options, then: (a) we go  
> with a later
> >> date and promise to create a separate CBW program and offer  
> official
> >> acceptance letters to those selected or (b) we push the deadline 

> for CBW
> >> proposals to BEFORE the CCCC deadline, then add the selected  
> names to the
> >> program proposal we submit to CCCC in early May.
> >> 3. Suggestions for keynoter/featured speakers that might do well 

> with
> >> conference theme?
> >>
> Workshop agenda could look something like this, with presentations
and
> guided discussions in the morning leading to draft of mission  
> statement
> before lunch and afternoon actually working together to develop
> recommendations and other working items for CBW membership.
> >>
> > Notes on agenda, including potential times. Thoughts?
>
> > 1. 9-9:45--History and Future of Basic Writing (Opening Session/ 
> panel/plenary
> > speaker)--suggestions?
> > 2. 9:45-10:45--Open Panel
> > 3. COFFEE BREAK
> > 4. 11:00-12:00--Discussion Groups, with leaders (Mission  
> Statement)--Guided
> > discussions toward establishing core values that might feed into  
> CBW mission
> > statement and inform afternoon conversations
> > 5. 12:00-1:00--Lunch
> > 6. 1:00-1:45--Local Contexts (plenary/keynote)---suggestions?
> > 7. 1:45-2:45--Open Panel
> > 8. BREAK
> > 9. 3:00-4:30<Discussion Groups (also drawn from CFP and other
means)
> > 10. 4:30-5:00<Recommendations from Discussion Groups and Next
Steps
> >
>  Thanks!
> Shannon
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> Director, Writing Programs
> Department of Literature and Languages
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
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