Carolinas Writing Program Administrators 9th Annual Fall Conference
Writing Program Assessment: Tapping Institutional Opportunities
September 17-19, 2012
Wildacres, Little Switzerland, NC
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Monday, September 17
- 4:00-6:00 Check-In, North Lodge Lobby (light snacks will be available in the Canteen)
- 6:30 Dinner
- 7:30 Welcome and Opening Session – Featured Speaker: Shelley Rodrigo – Writing on the Go: the What, Why, and How
- 8:30 Social / Networking in the Canteen
Tuesday, September 18
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 9:00 – 9:15 Announcements / Charge for the day
- 9:15 – 10:15 Session #1: Collaborations – Presenters:
- Casie Fedukovich – Can I Safely Navigate a Cross-Department Initiative? (STEM)
- Denise Paster – A Collaboration Between FYC and the Library
- 10:30-11:30 Session # 2: Technologies – Presenters:
- Susan Miller-Cochran and Dana Gierdowski – Designing a Flexible Classroom Space (IT)
- Brent Simoneaux & Robin Snead – Multimodal Composing Across the Disciplines
- 11:30-12:00 Question/Answer/Discussion
- 12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
- 1:45 – 2:45 Session #3: Program Goals – Presenters:
- Laura Aull – Considering Directed-Self Placement (DSP)
- Jean Coco – Hitch Your Wagon to a Star (Case study for CAC)
- Collie Fulford- Priority Convergence in an Undergraduate-Faculty WPA Research Partnership
- 3:00 – 4:30 Breakout sessions: Representing Carolinas WPAs at SAMLA
- QEP cluster
- Strategic planning and partnerships cluster
- Current Issus in WPA Work
- 4:30-6:00 Free time (hike/walk/rest) & Board Meeting (if needed)
- 6:00 – 7:00 Dinner
- 7:30 – 8:30 Featured speaker: Will Banks (with Kerri Flinchbaugh and Steph West-Puckett) – (Re)Framing Collaboration and Professionalization
- 8:45 Social in Canteen/Bonfire
Wednesday, September 19
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 9:00 Wrap Up: Plans for MiM and other venues