Location & Date Friday, 5 February 2010
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Four Points Sheraton
5101 California Avenue
5101 California Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: (661) 325-9700
Overview
The 20th Annual Building Bridges Conference will provide college English and ESL teachers opportunities to connect with publishers and colleagues, to attend breakout sessions on a wide range of topics, and to learn and share teaching successes with each other. See the history page for more information.
"The 20th anniversary is a milestone for the event, especially for those who attended the first conference and those who started this superb professional development opportunity--Kim Flachmann of CSUB and Kate Pluta of Bakersfield College. We look forward to another wonderful conference with outstanding presentations from you--the classroom experts. On behalf of the conference planning committee, I look forward to seeing you all in February." - Jan Titus, Conference Coordinator
Possible Topics
First-Year Experience, Basic Skills, Learning Communities, English as a Second Language, Technology in the Classroom, Responding to Papers, Teaching Research, Teaching Reading, Critical Thinking, Grammar/Usage, Learning Disabilities, Coping with Student Attitudes, or any topic related to teaching composition, literature, or ESL.
Register for the Conference
To register, fill out the 2010 Registration Form found in the right column of this website.
Call for Proposals
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.
To submit, download the 2010 Proposals Form found in the right column of this site, complete, and send as an email attachment to the Conference Coordinator.
