8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Four Points Sheraton
5101 California Avenue
5101 California Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: (661) 325-9700
This Year's Theme: "Motivating Our Students - Motivating Ourselves"
How do we motivate and inspire our college reading, writing, and ESL students to succeed? To do so, we must first inspire ourselves. Join us for the 22nd Annual Building Bridges Conference where we will explore sources of inspiration and other topics of importance to our discipline area.
Building Bridges provides college English and ESL teachers opportunities to connect with publishers and colleagues, attend breakout sessions on a wide range of topics, and share teaching successes with each other. See the history page for more information.
Building Bridges provides college English and ESL teachers opportunities to connect with publishers and colleagues, attend breakout sessions on a wide range of topics, and share teaching successes with each other. See the history page for more information.
Continental breakfast and lunch are provided!
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
Registration Deadline: Monday, 20 February 2012
To register, fill out the 2012 Registration Form found in the right column of this website.
Note: If, after registering, you cannot attend, kindly send a cancellation message to the Conference Coordinator.
To register, fill out the 2012 Registration Form found in the right column of this website.
Note: If, after registering, you cannot attend, kindly send a cancellation message to the Conference Coordinator.
Call for Proposals
Proposals Deadline: Friday, 27 January 2012
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.
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 2012 Proposals Form found in the right column of this site, complete, and send as an email attachment to the Conference Coordinator.
