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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">As originally sent, the NJWA Call for Presentation Proposals was rendered almost unreadable due to formatting in the Word document. The version below should be more readable.</span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15pt">10<sup>th</sup> Annual NJWA Conference — CALL for PRESENTATIONS</span></b></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The New Jersey Writing Alliance Spring 2010 Conference</span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Tuesday, May 25, 2010</span></b></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Rutgers University, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick, NJ</span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Me + We:
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Inspiring Students’ Voices in Multiple Communities</span></b></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> Professional development certificates for presenters will be available. We welcome your proposals.
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Formats may include 20 - 35 minute presentations and 75 minute workshops/panels. The conference format is dialogue intensive—we hope to have a large number of members sharing ideas and practices.
We may place related shorter presentations together to form presentation blocks.
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Topics are suggested by, but not limited to, the following questions:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Finding one's voice and learning multiple voices</span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Empowering students who feel they don't have a voice</span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Understanding and engaging multiple audiences</span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Inspiring students to be versatile about audience</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Developing a sense of audience</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Models for team-based learning</span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Challenges and opportunities of team-based learning</span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Integrating multiple literacies</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">HS students taking college-credit classes (other than AP)</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">College - high school partnerships/writing projects/special programs</span></p>
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<b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">We are especially interested in panels or workshops by inter-institutional presenters,
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<b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">especially teams that represent both high school and college faculty addressing a specific topic.
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<b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Interactive presentations are preferred.</span></i></b></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt; TEXT-INDENT: 58.3pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Please include the following in your proposal:</span></b><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"></span></i></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Abstract of 250 words maximum</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">A 2-3-sentence informative description for the conference program</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Name, institution, position, phone number, e-mail & school address for each presenter</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">For groups: indicate contact person</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Type of session: 75-minute workshop, 20-minute or 35-minute presentation
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">(NOTE: presentations may be in panels that will open up to discussion)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Specific audio-visual and technical requests<b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Deadline for proposals: Must arrive no later than November 23</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Notification of acceptance by January 12, 2010.</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">Submit online</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'"> at
</span><a href="http://www.bergen.edu/njwa/" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">http://www.bergen.edu/njwa/</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'"> after Oct. 8.
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">Questions may be directed to Patricia Bartinique of Essex County College at
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