AC Call for Progression Papers, STC 2008

[Barker, Thomas]

Academic Community

PROGRESSION SESSION

STC 2008

Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 1-4, 2008

 

          "Teaching Outside Academe - Building Bridges Addressing
Business Opportunities and Challenges"

 

          Are you an in-house teacher of technical communication?  Or a
member of an outside consulting firm that provides courses into an
organization?  Or a university faculty member who teaches employees on a
part-time basis in small, medium or large-sized corporations, or in
institutional or government settings? 

          

If you answer to any of these descriptions, then we seek your
participation in the Academic Community's Progression entitled "Teaching
Outside Academe - Opportunities and Challenges." Your perspectives and
insights are needed to cover this important, but seldom-discussed aspect
of teaching.

 

We want our audiences to learn precisely how teaching adult learners
differs from teaching matriculated students in degreed programs or other
formal settings.  We want them to gain an understanding of the potential
job opportunities that exist in teaching within business, industry, and
government.  Moreover, we want them to hear how university faculty and
in-house teachers might share their knowledge in an ongoing, mutually
beneficial way - -- perhaps in future STC international conferences,
Community projects,  and regional programs.

 

In addition to proposing ideas for "building bridges" that link these
three types of teachers, we would like your suggestions for building
similar bridges to teachers of  communication skills in junior high
school, high school, and associate degree programs. 

 

More specifically, you are invited to speak from experience on one or
more of the following topics:

*     Locating teaching positions or assignments within business and
government

*     Identifying the various roles of in-house teachers  (e.g.,
teaching engineers, scientists and other subject matter experts (SMEs)
who must write frequently as part of their jobs);

*     Preparing your first classes for adult learners who are employees
of an organization;

*     Building on knowledge acquired through teaching of subsequent
courses and through interaction with employee-students.

*     Sharing your insights through STC conferences,  publications, and
Academic Community activities for the benefit of all teachers of
technical communication.

*     Collaborating with "outside" teachers (high school and college) to
promote careers in technical communication - via personal visits to
schools, judging technical communication competitions, and supporting
scholarships.

*     Discussing how teaching provides additional skill-building for
professional leadership growth

 

If you would like to participate in this Progression, please send a
500-word description of how you might contribute to Ernie Mazzatenta,
Progression Manager, at joern8 at bellsouth.net.

 

          The deadline for submittals is October 15.  Thank you!

 

 

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