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2008 · New Orleans

On Becoming a Teacher of Writing: Perspectives on Professional Development

Session J.5

Area: Institutional and Professional · family: Institutions, labor and the profession

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Sarah Hochstetler University of California, Santa Barbara → University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderator Sheridan Blau Teachers College, Columbia, NY The Preparation of Preservice Secondary English Teachers in Writing Instruction
Speakers Virginia Crank University of Wisconsin–La Crosse → University of Wisconsin–La Crosse When Process (Theory) Becomes (Consumer) Product: Teacher Education and the Six Traits
Speakers Cynthia Bair Van Dam American University, Washington, D.C. → American University The Limitations of the Supervisor-as-Mentor: a Three-tier Solution
Speakers Lacey Wootton-Don American University, Washington, D.C. → American University The Limitations of the Supervisor-as-Mentor: a Three-tier Solution
Speakers E. Shelley Reid George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University What and How TAs Learn about Teaching Composition: Report from Year One of a Three-Year Study
Speakers Sarah Hochstetler University of California, Santa Barbara → University of California, Santa Barbara The Preparation of Preservice Secondary English Teachers in Writing Instruction

Source

NCTE's program, near page 208 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “On Becoming a Teacher of Writing: Perspectives on Professional Development.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session J.5. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.