At 10:02 AM 12/19/2006, you wrote: Yes, I used the WPA outcomes to assist in the development of a foundations of academic literacy proposal at SFU and found the WPA web-site to be useful for communication of generic features to administrators. >No. >Rhonda > > >>> Betsy Sargent <[log in to unmask]> 12/17/06 7:29 PM >>> >Dear Inkshedders (whatever that may mean!), > >I ended my previous email with a statement of >gratitude for the online community of Inkshed and >am now hoping for an occasion to be even more >grateful, even at this busy time of year. I'm >hoping for a simple "yes" or "no" from anyone >who's listening (see the question below). > >Apparently, Canadian organizations are no more >prone to introspection than US ones, since WPA >(the Council of Writing Program >Administrators)--because it is turning 30 this >year--is devoting two sessions to introspection >at the Modern Language Association Convention >(Dec. 27-30 in Philadelphia). Having just >finished giving my exams, I'm realizing that I >foolishly promised (long ago) to say something at >one of these sessions about possible useful roles >for the WPA in Canada. If any of you have >thoughts on that subject, I'm all ears (on- or >off-line), but most important to me right now is >a one-word reply to the following question. > >Has the WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year >Composition been useful to you in your work in >Canada in any way, as a CASLL/Inkshed member >(that is, a person who is interested in Language and Learning)? >Yes or No? > >I'll paste in below the URL for the WPA Outcomes >Statement, but it actually is more useful to me >if you just give a quick reply off the top of >your head, without checking the statement out (on >the assumption that if it's been useful in any >way to you so far, you'd already have some >impression of it, good or bad--and if it hasn't, >you'll know that without needing to invest any >time in reading it, whether for the 10th or the first time). > >Please feel free to just say "no" (if, for >instance, you have no idea what I'm talking about >or if you have never used the WPA Outcomes >Statement for any purpose whatsoever or if you >feel neutral towards it or if you feel it's pernicious in some way). > >Also please feel free to just say "yes" (if you >don't have time to go into any detail about how >you used it, I can always email you directly for >further details, not that you'd need to give >them). A quick "yes" or "no" would more useful >to me than a decision to wait to respond because >you have a lot to say about the WPA Outcomes >Statement and no time to say it now (though as I >say, anything you have to say about it would >interest me--just feel free to do that later, if you don't have time now). > >I won't be mentioning any names in connection >with these "yes" or "no" answers--just doing a >quick total (how many answers online within 48 >hours, how many were "yes," how many were >"no"). If you email me anything further about >the WPA or its statement, let me know if you want >your comments to be attributed to you by name or not. > >Many many thanks! Betsy > >______________________ >I'm pasting in here a description of and >invitation to these two WPA sessions (plus >reception) from the WPA website, in case anyone >is interested (talk about group identity >confusion--I'm a WPA member even though I'm not a >Writing Program Administrator): > >Dear WPA Members and Friends: > >If you're going to MLA in Philadelphia this year, >please note these WPA events on your convention schedules: >(more details available at ><http://wpacouncil.org/node/532>http://wpacouncil.org/node/532) > >Panel: “Moving toward Inclusion: Thirty Years of >the Council of Writing Program Administrators,” >Friday, December 29th, 1:453:00 p.m., Room 307 >of the Philadelphia Marriott >(internationalization is one of the issues being discussed in this session). > >Panel: “Challenges of the Future: Foregrounding >Diversity in the WPA Palette” Saturday, December >30th, noon to 1:15, Room 302 of the Philadelphia Marriott. > >WPA 30th Anniversary Reception: 5:00-7:00 on the >evening of Friday, December 29 at the Hilton >Garden Inn (1100 Arch St) in Philadelphia, >sponsored by the Council of Writing Program >Adge of Pennsylvania. > >Please join us if you're in Philadelphia! > >Shirley Rose >President >____________________________ >Below are two URLs for the WPA Outcomes Statement >(I hope they both work, but the second one, >posted at the U of A Writing Task Force website, >should definitely work--if it doesn't, please let me know). > >http://wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html?PHPSESSID=7cb84e682a3fea1ede1e180f20fbbf7c > >http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts//pdfs/WTF_WPA_Outcomes.pdf > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _________________________________________ "Against despair, be well...." from Not wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley Kathryn Alexander, Ph.D., Writing-Intensive Learning Office WILO Learning and Instructional Development Centre LIDC, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 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