[CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning
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Sun Apr 11 14:55:54 CDT 2010
Hi Everyone,
There are so many good suggestions being offered in this thread. I've truly
appreciated being able to read and consider all of the ideas proposed so
far.
I do agree that it would be good to plan some regional conferences so that
people with fewer resources could both attend and present. That is such a
good plan. Making some parts of those conferences available by video would be
just great! It would expand access and create a good video archive for us to
use in the near future and for future generations to use to learn about
CBW's history and to learn about BW histories.
Just now, I'll respond to Shannon's original post and call for our
responses to the CBW Call for Papers.
FIRST:
Specifically, we are interested in hearing brief (8-12 minute)
presentations that describe key issues affecting local programs, classrooms,
universities, and communities, while placing those practices and issues in the
larger context. I think that the idea of calling for proposals for
(relatively short) talks that will last about 8 to 12 minute is a good way to
include several different speakers and broaden membership and interest in CBW. We
approved this plan at our EB meeting in Louisville and I still think it's a
great idea.
Question #1: How many different talks should we accept for inclusion in the
All-Day Wed. Workshop?
Question #2: Did Eileen Maley confirm that we can add the names of these
speakers later?
Question #3: Do we need a few EB volunteers to review these proposals?
How will the review process work?
SECOND
CBW is especially interested in proposals from individuals interested in
building strategic coalitions with BW-including those not currently associated
with BW. How about if we add some examples here? Here are a few
possibilities: writing center professionals; academic advisors; writing program
administrators for college composition & advanced writing classes; adult literacy
educators/program administrators; ESL/ELL writing instructors/program
directos; WAC coordinators; international student coordinators/program
adminsitrators; adult oriented college degree program instuctors/program
administrators.
THIRD
Please subject abstracts to Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu and
hashley at wcup.edu before June 1, 2010 (I have no idea when to set this deadline). Limit
abstracts to 250 words.
June 1st seems like a reasonable deadline to me. When do we plan to review
and respond to applications? Might we add that information in this proposal?
Is August 1st a reasonable deadline for response to applicants? August
15th?
FIFTH
Can we distribute this Call for Papers to numerous listservs and post it in
various web sites to enhance our outreach? There is a Writing Center
listserv, for example. And many more.
I wonder if we could post this as a Special Call for Papers on the CCCC
2011 Convention web site itself? If we could post it before the deadline for
CCCC 2011 proposal submissions, it would reach a broad audience.
SIXTH
Do we still plan on brainstorming our core values for writing a CBW mission
statement at the 2011 CBW Wed. Workshop? I think a mission statement would
be extremely valuable for moving forward with other projects we've discussed
recently. We discussed doing that at our EB meeting in Louisville.
Barbara
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
> 4437101852 | 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 I〓m very excited about all
> that we〓ve accomplished thus far and all that appears to be on the
> horizon.
>
> In keeping with that spirit and planning our next steps, we〓ve 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 we〓ve attempted to solicit from folks not currently
> involved
> >> with CBW<Kevin Roozen, Steve Lamos, Valerie Kinlock, . . . And then
> there〓s
> >> this year).
> >>
> Thus, we decided to build a proposal that would leave room for an open
> call
> for proposals. In year〓s 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 isn〓t going to work, unfortunately. I suspect Eilleen will
> make some
> >> changes on a case-by-base basis, but we aren〓t able to count on that
> 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
> --
> Shannon Carter, PhD
> Associate Professor of English
> Director, Writing Programs
> Department of Literature and Languages
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
> Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> http://www.shannoncarter.info
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