CFP

The deadline for proposals has been extened to midnight on January 25, 2010; we encourage early submissions.

Please send proposals with the subject line "SWCA-Georgia Proposal" via email to swca.georgia@gmail.com, and attach an MS-Word file, or include proposal and contact information in the email itself.

All presenters must register for the conference. Proposals will be accepted from individuals and institutions both within—and beyond—the SWCA region. Everyone is welcome!

Group proposals especially sought; individual proposals will be grouped with others. No limit on number of presenters per proposal. All submissions will have a place on the program. We are emphasizing hands-on, interactive, live-action, multi-media, and creative ideas and formats. Presenters are encouraged to use either completed projects, existing work, or work-in-progress. Our aim is sharing resources and starting conversations and connections across institutions.

Proposal length: 100-300 words.

We are looking for the following two types of sessions: ROUNDTABLES OR POSTER SESSIONS.

---Roundtables: issues related to peer tutoring, such as, How do new technologies impact peer tutoring? What do tutors most want in a tutor training program? What is the role of time in peer tutoring? What do tutors believe the future holds for tutoring and writing centers? Or, brief research presentations with Q&A from audience (usually Roundtables have 6-8 presenters each talking 5-8 minutes; sessions will be 75 minutes).

---Poster Sessions (4 categories, individual or collaborative):

POSTER SESSION I
MOVIE/CONFERENCE POSTERS: create a poster for the SWCA State-by-State Georgia mini-regional conference based on the movie poster for the film “Back to the Future,” and our theme of “Back to the Tutor”; all posters should be brought to the conference for judging, and these posters will be featured on the conference website following the conference; Specifications: must be created on 22” by 28” poster board or printed/reproduced on paper; prizes for first through third places will be awarded by a judge’s panel; a “crowd-pleaser” award will also be presented for the poster receiving the most votes from conference participants.

POSTER SESSION II
TUTORING IN ACTION: demonstrations/role playing of tutor practices; demonstrations/role playing of tutor training: you will act out the demonstration for participants in a special session; each demonstration should be between 5-8 minutes; posters or written handout can accompany the demonstrations but are not required.

POSTER SESSION III
DOCUMENTING TUTOR WORK—tutoring session forms, tutor application forms, surveys, annual reports, budget reports, grant proposals; in short, any forms or documents that you use or have especially developed for assessment and/or to record tutoring in your center; Bring 25-30 copies of forms with you to the conference to exchange with others during this session and be prepared to talk for up to 5 minutes about how the form is used.

POSTER SESSION IV
TUTOR RESEARCH: posters related to any kind of tutor research project; individual or collaborative, at a single institution, between two or more institutions, or involving community service or connections; these may be in the planning stage, in progress, or finished.
You may submit to both poster and roundtable sessions, but please submit separate proposals to assist the conference planning committee with scheduling and creating the program.

Format for submissions:

PROPOSAL TYPE (Roundtable or Poster Session)
name
phone number
email address
institutional affiliation
all participants' names (and affiliations, if different)
proposal title
one sentence describing proposal
audio visual needs
proposal body(100-300 words)
MOVIE/CONFERENCE POSTER:
name
phone number
email address
institutional affiliation
all participants' names (and affiliations, if different)
DOCUMENTING TUTOR WORK:
name
phone number
email address
institutional affiliation
all participants’ names
names of those creating the forms or documents (if different from participants)
kind of document or form