CFP Fostering Connections 2025 – UC Berkeley
“Fostering Collaborations” – August 9th
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 3rd, 2023
Submit your proposal here: Fostering Connections Proposal Submission
About the Conference:
The Bay Area Writing Project in collaboration with UC Berkeley College Writing Programs invites you to the 2nd Conference on Teaching Writing that will take place on Saturday, August 9th, 2025 from 9am to 4pm at the UC Berkeley School of Education. This event aims to foster a community of writing instructors and educators from different grade levels and disciplines to discuss, learn about, and improve teaching writing practices. We are accepting presentation proposals from educators across grade levels including but not limited to high school English teachers, middle school English teachers, writing instructors at the college level, composition studies scholars, and graduate students.
Conference Theme
For this event, our theme is “Fostering Collaborations,” which could focus on collaborations between teachers, students, and technologies. How do different collaborations and partnerships come into play in the teaching of English and Writing in different Educational contexts? Proposals could include different collaborative practices such as preparation of lesson plans, activities in the classroom with and between students, and partnerships and projects that enhance and support learning. Here are some examples of questions that proposals might address:
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What are some successful collaborations between teachers at the high school, middle school, and college level? How have teachers and students collaborated with local community organizations or other local stakeholders?
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How can collaborations improve the teaching of writing?
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How does collaboration support teachers in developing effective curricula and/or addressing diverse student needs?
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How do writing teachers from different levels manage and create peer collaboration to teach writing? How does collaboration in the classroom help with student engagement?
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How do writing teachers from different levels use technology to foster collaboration between students?
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How can collaboration practices support diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds in the classroom?
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 3rd, 2025. Please use teachingwritingconference.
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Best,
Michal
Michal Reznizki, PhDCollege Writing Programs, UC Berkeley
Co-Editor, Dynamic Activities for First-Year Composition