Proposals for SCALE’s Read. Write. Act. Conference

Posted by on June 25, 2007

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education requests workshop and poster session proposals for:

SCALE’s Read. Write. Act. Conference
October 26-27, 2007
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Please join us for the *only* national conference created specifically for campus-based literacy programs, college student tutors, program coordinators, adult learners and community partners.

We are accepting workshop proposals that address one of our conference themes:

* Tutoring Strategies and Techniques
* Social Justice & Activism in Education
* Civic Engagement & Reflection; Service Learning
* Assessment & Evaluation
* Policy Issues
* Program Practice & Program Management (e.g. volunteer recruitment, tutor training, sustaining your program)
* Diversity
* Community Partnerships

We are accepting poster session proposals that address one of the following themes:

* Program practice
* Program models
* Tutoring materials
* Research on tutoring
* Program evaluation

(For example, writing a great tutor handbook, providing interesting activities for ESL tutors, or implementing an effective program evaluation would be appropriate topics.)

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PRESENTING A WORKSHOP OR POSTER SESSION, PLEASE VISIT http://www.readwriteact.org/rwa/conference.html TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.

Deadline for submitting a workshop proposal is June 29, 2007. (It’s a very-very short form)
Deadline for submitting a poster session proposal is September 28, 2007.