TYCAT

2008 Registration Form:

  • To register for the 2008 TYCAT Conference, click on the link below and fill out the registration form and return to the address provided.
  • Conference Registration Form

2008 TYCAT Conference:

Friday, October 3

  • 3-4 pm
    1. Registration/Packets Pickup
  • 3-5:30 pm
    1. Publisher Exhibits Open
  • 4-5 pm
    1. Opening Session
    2. Plenary Speaker: Maggie Barbieri (sponsored by Bedford St. Martins)
  • 5:15-6:15 pm
    1. Breakout Session #1
      1. Publishing Advice - Presentation
      2. Presenters: Maggie Barbieri and Carrie Brandon
      3. Dual Enrollment - Panel Discussion
      4. Panelists: Cindy Chanin, VSCC, and others
      5. Composition 1 – Roundtable
      6. Moderator: TBA
      7. Literary Magazines and other Co-curricular activities - Roundtable
      8. Moderator: TBA
  • 6:45-11 pm
    1. Dinner at King's Court
    2. Entertainment from Pam Gadd and friends starting at 8:00 (sponsored by Cengage)

Saturday, October 4

  • 8:30 am-1:30 pm
    1. Publisher Exhibts Open
  • 8:45-9:05 am
    1. Opening Session
  • 9:15-10:15 am
    1. Breakout Session #2
      1. Developmental Redesign Presentations
      2. “Why Hybrids Can Work with Underdeveloped Writers” – Presenters: Endora Feick, Mary Warner, Jeanne Altstatt, and Annette McCreedy, NSCC
      3. Literature Presentation
      4. “Writing with Willie Nelson and Reading with the Rolling Stones” – Presenter: Daniel Kelley, VSCC / “By the Book: A Creative Poetry Project” – Presenter: Carol Luther, PSTCC
      5. Peer Editing – Roundtable Discussion
      6. Moderators: Denis Kiely and Lisa Swift, CSTCC
      7. Adjunct/Department Head Roundtable Discussion
      8. Moderator: Valerie Belew, Dean English, Humanities, and Art at NSCC
      9. *Adjuncts and Department Heads encouraged to attend.
  • 10:15-10:45 am
    1. Refreshment Break (sponsored by Pearson)
  • 10:45-11:45 am
    1. Panel Presentation: "What is College Writing?"
    2. Panelists:
      1. High School Representative:
        1. Diana Womble, English and Creative Writing Teacher, Hickman County High School; Centerville, Tennessee, Secretary, TCTE, Recipient, Don Jenkins Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English, 2004
      2. Two-Year Representative:
        1. Keith Norris, Associate Professor of English Lead Teacher, Composition I, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
      3. Four-Year Representative:
        1. Dr. Sheila Otto, Coordinator, Stretch English Program, TBR Developmental Redesign Cmte Member Associate Professor, Developmental Studies Department, Middle Tennessee State University
      4. TBR Representative:
        1. Dr. Kay Clark, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Coordinator, General Education Assessment, Tennessee Board of Regents
      5. Moderator:
        1. Dr. Donald Andrews, Dean, Humanities and Fine Arts, Chattanooga State Technical Community College
  • 12-1:15 pm
    1. Lunch/Business Meeting (sponsored by McGraw Hill)
  • 1:30-2:30 pm
    1. Breakout Session #3
      1. DSP Redesign Roundtable Discussion
      2. Moderator: Shelly Ganter, Columbia State
      3. The Common Academic Experience - Presentation
      4. Presenters: Edward Francisco and Lois Reynolds, PSTCC
      5. Technology Presentations
      6. “My Space, Outer Space” – Presenter: Patricia Collins Roller, PSTCC / “Teaching That is ‘Out of This World’” – Presenter: William Teem, Chattanooga State
      7. Creative Approaches to Literature - Roundtable
      8. Moderator: TBA
      9. Executive Committee Meeting
      10. TBA

Dickson, TN Hotels:

  • {Below is a comprehensive list of accommodations in the Dickson area. Remember to ask for the Tennessee State Employee’s Rate when making your hotel reservations.}

  • Best Western Executive Inn
  • 2338 Highway 46 S
  • Dickson, TN, 37055
  • Phone: (615) 446-0541

  • Days Inn Dickson
  • 2415 Highway 46 South
  • Dickson, TN 37055
  • Phone: (615) 740-7475

  • Motel 6
  • 2325 Highway 46 S
  • Dickson, TN 37055
  • Phone: (615) 446-9626

  • Super 8 Dickson
  • 150 Suzanne Drive
  • Dickson, TN 37055
  • Phone: (615) 446-1923