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Date: October 20-22, 2011
Location: Doubletree Hotel San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA.
This coming October 20-22, ECCTYC will host its 2011 Conference, Meeting in the Margin: Discourses on Reading and Writing, at the Doubletree Hotel San Francisco Airport in Burlingame. ECCTYC invites you to join friends and colleagues from around California to share innovative approaches to the teaching of reading and composition in the community college.
Individual and group sessions are encouraged. Any conference topic of interest to community college English teachers is appropriate, including but not limited to:
Conducting Classroom Research; Academic Literacy Arts in The Composition Classroom; Teaching Civic Responsibility; Teaching Social Issues; Pedagogical Trends; How to Teach College-Level Reading Skills; Teaching Creative Writing; Peer Revision; State of the Profession; Writing Centers; Diversity Among Students; Using Literature/Film in The Composition Classroom; Service Learning; Online and Hybrid Instruction; Teaching Electronic Research; Developmental Writing; Critical Thinking; ESL and The Composition Classroom; Puente; Media Literacy; Plagiarism; How to Get Published; Writing Across The Disciplines.
The proposal acceptance deadline has passed. Please contact Kevin Ferns at if you have any questions regarding the program or a presentation.
Proposal Deadline: September 9, 2011
ECCTYC 2011: Meeting in the Margin
Keynote address, Thursday, October 20
Katie Hern – Chabot College
An English Instructor at Chabot College, Katie Hern has been teaching students to read, write, and think critically for 20 years. She heads up the California Acceleration Project, a 3CSN initiative that supports faculty from the state’s 112 community colleges to redesign their developmental English and Math curricula. …
ECCTYC Reception Special Guest, Thursday Evening, October 20, 6:00 pm, and
ECCTYC Reception Hall Appearance, Friday, October 21
Andrew Lam: Award Winning Author and Editor
Andrew Lam, who was born in Vietnam and came to the US in 1975 when he was 11 years old, has a Master in Fine Arts from San Francisco State University in creative writing, and a BA degree in biochemistry from UC Berkeley. He currently resides in San Francisco, where he was the associate editor for the Pacific News Service, a regular commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and current editor at New American Media. His real love, however, is writing fiction. His articles have appeared in Nation, Mother Jones, and The Washington Post—as well as many anthologies—and his work has been acknowledged by many prestigious organizations. …
Luncheon Speaker, Friday, October 21
Jeannie Barroga – Award Winning Author/Director/Playwright
An active Member of the Dramatists Guild, Jeannie Barroga is a nationally-produced playwright, teacher, director, and local video producer. Recently, for development on Buffalo’ed, Ms. Barroga was awarded the Wallace Alexander Gerbode/William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant. Barroga will follow-up her luncheon speech with a special workshop entitled “Conversations with Jeannie Barroga,” featuring Bay Area Actors reading from her new play, Buffalo’ed. …
Brunch Speaker, Saturday, October 22
Aimee Suzara – Award Winning Poet/Author/Performer
Oakland-based Filipino-American writer/performer, cultural worker, educator Aimee Suzara has been writing and performing spoken word, poetry and theatre incorporating movement since 1999. Her first play, Pagbabalik (Return), was awarded a Zellerbach Community Arts Grant in 2006 and 2007 and selected for Bay Area festivals, and she is working on her second, A History of the Body, also supported by Zellerbach and in residence last Fall with Kularts, Inc. Suzara will precede her brunch presentation with a special workshop entitled “Conversations with Aimee Suzara.” …
Receive college quarter units in English through California State University, Bakersfield. Though the in-service units cannot be applied towards a master’s degree, they are post-BA units and therefore graduate level applicable to ongoing faculty growth and development. Sign up for English 699 at a cost of $60 per unit (for a maximum of three units). Forms will be available at the conference registration desk. For more detailed information, ask for unit coordinators Sravani Banerjee, Sterling Warner, or Dr. Kim Flachmann. Special thanks to Dr. Flachmann, Department of English, CSU, Bakersfield.
Downtown Burlingame, CA
Online Early Registration (before October 14)
Full-time Faculty: $125 with NCTE membership, $130 without.
Part-time Faculty and Students: $100 with NCTE membership, $105 without.
Day of Conference Registration
Full-time Faculty: $135 with NCTE membership, $140 without.
Part-time Faculty and Students: $110 with NCTE membership, $115 without.
Deadline of online registration is on October 14. If you miss this deadline, you can still register at the conference registration counter but with a small additional cost.
Registration procedure
If you wish to pay by check instead of online, send payment to:
John Thomas, ECCTYC Treasurer
Doubletree Hotel Accommodations
Reserve your room now using ECCTYC’s personalized Doubletree Hotel reservation page. If you care to arrive early or stay through the weekend, our group rate includes October 19 and 23.
The hotel registration is $99, single or double, at our special ECCTYC Conference rate. The special room rate will be available until September 25 or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first.
You can also book via telephone: 650-373-2204. Be sure to mention the “2011 ECCTYC Conference” and the special group code “ECA” to ensure you receive the group rate.
Doubletree Hotel San Francisco AirportThe board looks forward to seeing you in Burlingame in October where we will discuss new and innovative approaches to Meeting in the Margin.
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