Teachers Write

One of the basic principles of the Writing Project is that to teach writing well, teachers of writing must write. The writing teachers authority must be grounded on her own personal experience as a writer who know first-hand the struggles and satisfactions of the writer’s task. This page provides information for teachers on upcoming conferences for writers, calls for papers and writing submissions, and writing tools. Please send information you have on conferences, CFPs, and writing tools to us a contactnvwp.gmail.com

Calls for Papers and Writing Submissions

Authors Wanted for Book Project: “What My Students Taught Me”

The editors of a book entitled “What My Students Taught Me” are looking for 900 word submissions based on “AHA moments in your teaching and learning that, when they occurred, you thought “Now I get it”. Stories should “explain what you observed, and then the lesson learned from your student’s behavior-what they taught you. The story and lesson learned should capture what you discovered that was supportive of something you had learned or when you realized why something did not work.” The books editor is Vaughn Lauer, who worked for the Department of Special Education for the State of Delaware. Below are links to supporting materials if you are interested. Please feel free to contact the editor directly at vlauer1@verizon.net

Conferences

Inviting the Edge: Mindfulness in the Writing Classroom and Beyond
The Association for Expanded Perspectives in Learning (AEPL)’s Annual Conference will be held in Estes Park, CO, June 28-July 1, 2012. The title of the conference is “Inviting the Edge: Mindfulness in the Writing Classroom and Beyond.” The conference will explore how mindfulness can transform our teaching, our learning, our thinking, our writing, and our ways of being in the world. Vist their website form more information: http://aepl.org. Or, contact Theodore Timpson, aepl.conf@gmail.com.