OWP Teacher Consultants-- NWP Site Bulletin is below. Please let me or Priscilla know if you are interested in attending the ELL conference at UCLA or the Rural Sites Network conference in Albuquerque. OWP will help with expenses. [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Janis - - - - - - - - - SITE OPPORTUNITIES - - - - - - - - - ANNUAL MEETING WORKSHOP REGISTRATION DEADLINE: OCT. 15 –– Don’t miss the largest NWP event of the year. Register online now for site development and technology liaison workshops on Thursday and Friday, November 16-17, at the NWP Annual Meeting in Nashville. Deadline: October 15. http://www.writingproject.org/cs/06am/view/nwp_e/166 DON’T MISS ELL CONFERENCE AT UCLA –– The NWP English Language Learners Network invites sites interested in expanding perspectives on ELL students to attend With Different Eyes: A Conference for Teachers of English Language Learners Across the Disciplines, November 4, at UCLA. Writing project colleagues are invited to a pre-conference seminar on November 3. Conference host UCLA Writing Project offers two free registrations per site, first-come, first-served. Deadline: October 27. http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/169 RURAL SITES NETWORK CONFERENCE — The NWP Rural Sites Network and conference host High Plains Writing Project invite you to Weaving Threads of Change: Revisioning Writing in Rural Landscapes, on March 9-10, 2007 in Albuquerque, for two days of workshops, writing tours, and more. Workshop proposal deadline: November 1. http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/171 COMPLIMENTARY PUBLICATIONS COMING TO SITES –– Look for these new publications coming to sites in the mail soon: 10 copies of NWP’s new Annual Report; a copy of our latest book, Writing for a Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning Through Social Action; and an anthology from the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project with writing from local teachers and community members about their experiences during the months following Katrina. Learn more about Writing for a Change at the link below. http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/books/writingforchange.csp