November Activities

Congratulations to Mary Dockery, who had two poems nominated for a Pushcart Prize: "Your Name is a Shape Made in the Mouths of Magicians" (The Meadow) and "The Idea of Brad" (Redactions). Mary also participated in the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project, where she published a poem a day for the entire month of November. People can read these poems here: http://tupelopress.wordpress.com/3030-project/3030-project-november-2014/.

Claudine Evans was a speaker for the Runcie Club’s World Affairs Program in Saint Joseph. She presented two topics: Territorial Reform in France, and the WWI Battle of Verdun.  

Susan Martens gave a presentation titled "Story as Mapping/Mapping as Story in Place-Based Composing"  at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English in Washington, D.C.    

In conjunction with Prairie Lands Writing Project, Teacher Consultant  Maridella Carter (Blue Springs)  gave a presentation titled "Power, Politics, Social Justice: The Old and the New" at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English in Washington, D.C. Teacher Consultant Terri McAvoy (SJSD, retired) presented a session titled "How Formative Assessment Can Provide Direction in Long-term Professional Development" at the Annual Meeting of the National Writing Project In Washington, D.C.

Jane Frick (MWSU, retired) and Tom Pankiewicz (MWSU, retired) also joined Carter, McAvoy, and PLWP Director Susan Martens in representing PLWP at the Annual Meeting, at a meeting for site leaders working on the Investing in Innovation (i3) grant-funded College Ready Writers Program, and at the New Site Directors Retreat.