Building Bridges 2025

Location & Date

 

Friday, March 28, 2025

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Four Points Sheraton

Bakersfield, CA

Description

Join us for the Annual Building Bridges Conference, where we will explore topics of importance to our discipline area.

 

"A literary love story: Local colleges collaborate on English programs at conference," by Melanie Nguyen Bakersfield, Californian, Apr 12, 2024 

 

This year's theme:

 

The Future of Literacy in Education: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities  

 

Building Bridges provides college and high school English, ESL, and reading teachers opportunities to connect with publishers and colleagues, attend breakout sessions on a wide range of topics, and share teaching successes with each other.

Continental breakfast and lunch are provided!

Registration

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2025

For the registration form, click the "Registration" tab at the top of this page.

Note: If, after registering, you cannot attend, kindly send a cancellation message to the Conference Coordinator.

Call for Proposals

Proposals Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025

For the proposal form, click the "Call for Proposals" tab at the top of this page.

Topic Suggestions: Artificial Intelligence, Reading Strategies, Technology in the Classroom, OER, Dual Enrollment, Grading Essays Online/Paperless, Literacy, Growth Mindset

Additional Suggestions: First-Year Experience, Basic Skills, English-as-a-Second-Language, Technology in the Classroom, Responding to Papers, Teaching Research, Reading Rhetorically, Critical Thinking, Learning Disabilities, Coping with Student Attitudes, or any topic related to teaching composition, literature, or ESL. Panel presentations, especially with faculty from other campuses, are well-received by BBC participants.

As in years past, we know that we will have superb presentations by outstanding presenters--faculty from our campuses. If you have an idea for a group or individual presentation on a topic relevant to the teaching of composition, ESL, and literature, please submit your proposal to the planning committee for consideration.