Date:
9/18/2003
Contact: Wendel Sloan at 505.562.2253
PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University is hosting an opportunity for
teachers who want to learn effective research-based strategies for "Writing
Across the Curriculum." The High Plains Writing Project at Eastern is
hosting its second annual showcase conference, "Writing Across the
Curriculum," from 8-11:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the ENMU-Roswell IC
building.
All teachers and teachers-in-training are invited. The cost is $20 for
teachers and $10 for students, student teachers, and associates. New
teachers who come with their mentors are free.
Register by mail (High Plains Writing Project, Eastern New Mexico
University-Roswell, P.O. Box 6000, Roswell, NM 88202) for a 10 percent
discount.
In one morning, participants will receive information on at least 16
research-based teaching demonstrations and have the opportunity to talk to
the teachers who developed them and who are using them in New Mexico
schools. A CD will be available for purchase containing handouts and
research rationales for all the demonstrations, both those presented
throughout the morning and those exhibited in the showcase rooms.
For more information, contact Dr. Marian Matthews, professor of elementary
education, at 505-624-7362.