[CBW_Exec] FW: Wednesday workshop question

Sun Apr 17 10:43:26 CDT 2011

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley, Hannah [mailto:HAshley at wcupa.edu]
Sent: Sun 4/17/2011 10:22 AM
To: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu
Subject: FW: Wednesday workshop question

So, Exec Board--

What do you think about the idea of doing a half-day Wednesday workshop from CBW in the morning, and requesting that it not compete with ALP which could do a workshop in the afternoon?  Not that they'd be proposed as part of same workshop, but but explicitly asking they not conflict and acknowleding similar draws?

Feedback?

Hannah

Hannah Ashley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Composition & Rhetoric
Director, Writing Zones 12.5  (<http://www.writingzones/>www.writingzones.net<http://www.writingzones.net/>)
543 Main Hall, West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2371

"For years I pulled my own existence out of emptiness. Then one swoop, one swing of the arm, that work is over."  Rumi

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From: Adams, Peter D. [padams2 at ccbcmd.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 12:01 PM
To: Ashley, Hannah
Subject: RE: Workshops on BW at CCCC

If that's okay with you two, it would be great for us.  I do think it would be good to run it past the EB.

Peter

Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning Program
Department of English
Essex Campus
Community College of Baltimore County
7201 Rossville Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21237
443.710.1852 | padams2 at ccbcmd.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley, Hannah [mailto:HAshley at wcupa.edu]
Sent: Fri 4/15/2011 11:54 AM
To: Adams, Peter D.; J. Elizabeth Clark
Subject: RE: Workshops on BW at CCCC

Yes, perhaps we should propose a half day each, if folks think a good idea. Send to EB?

Hannah

Hannah Ashley, Ph.D.
Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.writingzones.net)
Service Learning Faculty Associate, WCU
Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric
Main Hall 543
Department of English, West Chester University
Spring 2001 Office Hours: M, 2-4, W 2-3, F 11-12

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From: Adams, Peter D. [mailto:padams2 at ccbcmd.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:05 AM
To: Ashley, Hannah; J. Elizabeth Clark
Subject: RE: Workshops on BW at CCCC

Liz makes an interesting suggestion.  If we each did a half day workshop, we would be offering to basic writing workshops without competing for audience.  A different way to compromise would be for us simply to postpone our idea a year, which we'd certainly be willing to do.  Or, we could take the risk of offering both and letting those proverbial "chips" fall.

Would you like to see what the EB says about the question?

Peter

Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning Program
Department of English
Essex Campus
Community College of Baltimore County
7201 Rossville Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21237
443*710*1852 | padams2 at ccbcmd.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley, Hannah [mailto:HAshley at wcupa.edu]
Sent: Fri 4/15/2011 9:00 AM
To: J. Elizabeth Clark; Adams, Peter D.
Subject: RE: Workshops on BW at CCCC

I agree, Peter, that if you feel like there is enough energy to do a workshop just devoted to ALP--do it and let the chips fall where they may.

Hannah

Hannah Ashley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Composition & Rhetoric
Director, Writing Zones 12.5  (www.writingzones.net)
543 Main Hall, West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2371

"For years I pulled my own existence out of emptiness. Then one swoop, one swing of the arm, that work is over."  Rumi
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From: J. Elizabeth Clark [lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:24 AM
To: padams2 at ccbcmd.edu; Ashley, Hannah
Subject: Re: Workshops on BW at CCCC

Hi Peter,

Hope you're well.  I think it's definitely important for you to have an
audience for ALP at CCCC. Is there someway we might join forces? For
example, if you did an ALP workshop from 9-12 and then joined us from
1-4? Or, would that make your day too short? Just brainstorming here.

Liz

J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
Professor of English
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
e-mail:  lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
Phone:  718.482.5665
www.jelizabethclark.com
>>> "Adams, Peter D."  04/15/11 12:25 AM >>>
Hannah and Liz,

As you know, at CCBC we have developed an accelerated approach to basic
writing we call ALP, which has met with considerable success in
improving students' success rates.  More than twenty schools across the
nation are now piloting some sections of ALP and many more are
interested.

My colleagues and I have been thinking about proposing a pre-conference
workshop at CCCC on starting up ALP but we are worried about the effect
that might have on the CBW workshop.  On the one hand, it might be a
sign of the healthiness of basic writing if there were two workshops,
both on basic writing.  In the other hand, we might end up splitting the
audience and ending up with 15 or 20 at each session.

So I thought I'd ask what you think.  Would you view our offering such a
workshop as a sign of the health of the field or as a competition that
is unhealthy for both of us?

Peter

Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning Program
Department of English
Essex Campus
Community College of Baltimore County
7201 Rossville Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21237
443*710*1852 | padams2 at ccbcmd.edu

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