Thursday, March 25, 2010

Maine High School Writing Center Conference 2011 (click on photos to enlarge)





High School writing center staffs from across Maine gathered to share ideas and discuss common issues. Sponsored by the Maine Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, the conference began with two poster sessions. Both established writing centers and those students and teachers who were either in the process of creating a center or were thinking about it, displayed posters and shared their ideas. The subjects of the posters ranged from informative and inspiring books to the challenges of being an effective writing center student editor, coach, or tutor. Student and teacher representatives from the ten high schools spoke articulately about their work.

The second session of the day featured three workshops. The workshops were presented by the Nokomis Writing Center, Erskine Academy's Absolutely Write! and former high school writing center tutors.

Each participant received an MWP t-shirt, a folder, pen, "Yeah, write" stickers, stickie notes, and a selection of journal ideas.































Friday, January 8, 2010

You're invited to...

The Maine High School
Writing Center Conference 2010

–hosted by Erskine Academy
–sponsored by the Maine Writing Project
–featuring informative workshops
by students from across Maine!

Day: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Time: Registration 8:30-9:00am; Conference 9:00am to Noon

Place: Erskine Academy, 309 Windsor Road, South China, Maine 04358-5118 (just outside Augusta on Routes 3/202)... follow signs to multipurpose center

Details: No charge; conference t-shirts available for the first 100 registrants; mid-morning snack supplied... lots of learning about student-staffed writing centers.

For More Information: Professor Rich Kent (rich.kent@maine.edu)