2010 Maine High School Writing Center Conference

Maine High School Writing Center Conference 2010 (click on photos to enlarge)

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High School writing center staffs from across Maine gathered at Erskine Academy in South China on Wednesday, March 24th, 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.

Once again, we thank Erskine Academy, Cindy Dean, Renee Liepold, and the Absolutely Write! staff for their support of this state-wide conference.

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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)

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Maine High School

Writing Center Day 2008

University of Maine

College of Education and Human Development

October 22nd: UMaine High School Writing Center Day

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UMaine High School
Writing Center Day 2008

Wednesday, October 22nd, 8:30-noon
Buchanan Alumni House
University of Maine

8:00-8:30am… Registration
Pick up packets and purchase t-shirts ($5.00)

8:30-9:45am… Poster Session
(Group A 8:30-9:05; Group B 9:10-9:45)
–Each visiting school or writing center staff will sponsor three to five posters with two facilitators at each poster. The “posters” (e.g., traditional 20x30” poster boards, laptop presentation, puppet show, tableaux) will focus on a single issue relating to secondary school writing centers. Someone who comes up to the poster should be able to capture the essence of the idea in one-to-two minutes, ask questions, and then move on. Let’s say 4-5 minutes at a poster. The following are a few examples of “poster” ideas:

o Strategies for working with an unhappy writer (perhaps a writer who was forced to come to the writing center)
o Advertising the writing center’s services in your school
o Revision: tips on sentence combining, language for talking with clients

9:45-9:55… Snack Break

10:00-11:15am… Workshops
–Three, 20-minute concurrent workshops (five minute passing time) featuring:

Absolutely Write! The Erskine Academy Writing Center
Brewer High School Writing Center
The Nokomis Writing Center

Conference participants will be divided into three groups and rotate through the workshops.

11:20-11:45am… Writing Center Panel with UMaine Writing Center Tutors

11:45-12noon… Final Q&A, conference feedback forms

12noon – 1:30pm… Lunch
Lunch on your own at the UMaine Union and optional tours of the UMaine Writing Center and campus

For more information contact Professor Rich Kent (rich.kent@maine.edu)
To register contact Heather Pullen (heather.pullen@umit.maine.edu)