Getting Started

Whew…it’s THE day, the start of the 2008 TYCA-West Regional Conference. Everyone is slowly trickling in (had to negotiate the construction in Clarkdale). People are arriving, checking in, and settling down for the Keynote.

I (Shelley) will be Live Blogging the conference from my blog: http://www.committedtechnofile.com/

I will also be posting photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/puptoes74/tags/tycawest/

CFP has been Extended

We need a few good presentations and awardees!!!

The Call for Papers has been extended until September 5th. Please submit a presentation (80 minutes) or a workshop (120 minutes).

Please also consider nominating some of your colleagues. They’re good people, they deserve recognition!

2008 TYCA-West Awards

Each year TYCA-West gives out awards in an effort to recognize two-year college English teachers in our region who exemplify innovation and creativity.

In Spring 2008 the TYCA-West REC members voted to add a fourth award modeled after National TYCA’s “ Nell Ann Picket Service Award. The TYCA-West Service Award recognizes the time, talent, “vision and voice” of service and leadership. This may include work at the institutional/regional level (faculty mentoring, research, boards and committees, etc.) or “work uniting the goals and efforts of organizations and groups that promote two-year colleges”(from the Two-Year College English Association Handbook section 7.2).

Awards

• The TYCA-West Annual Teaching Award
• The TYCA-West Annual Part-Time Teaching Award
• The TYCA-West Annual Writing Award
• The TYCA-West Service Award

Each winner will receive a $50 award and recognition at that year’s TYCA-West conference.

Eligibility
Two-year college full or part-time instructors in English, composition, literature, technical writing, and closely related disciplines. Nominees should currently teach at a two-year college in Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, or Southern Idaho. Nominations by colleagues are preferred, but self-nominations are acceptable.

Deadline
Two weeks before the upcoming TYCA-West conference. (Friday Sept. 26, 2008)

Requirements for Each Award

• A cover letter listing the nominee’s school affiliation, status, and teaching experience
• Narrative describing the reasons for the nomination
• Supporting manuscripts (For teaching awards: syllabi, assignments, student writing, etc. For writing award: articles, essays, fiction, poetry, drama, etc.)

Send or Email Nominations by September 26, 2008 to

Mary Verbout
Yavapai College
1100 E. Sheldon Street
Prescott, AZ 86301
928-776-2095
e-mail: Mary_Verbout <at> yc <dot> edu

TYCA-West Speaker–Dale Allender

We’re excited to have Dale Allender be the keynote speaker for TYCA-West 2008. Dale Allender is the director of the NCTE-West.

Here’s a link to NCTE West and Dale Allender’s bio.

http://www.ncte.org/about/over/west

TYCA-West 2008 Registration form and draft schedule

TYCA-West Registration Form 2008

TYCA-West Conference 2008 Schedule Outline