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About

• Establishment of the Labor Liaison
• Overview of the Issues
• History of Labor in Writing Postsecondary Writing

Information

• Contact the Labor Liaison
• Labor Liaison Position Description

Resources for Instructors

• Advocacy and Activism
• Bibliography of Sources on Labor in Postsecondary Writing
• Position Statements on Working Conditions
• Teaching Resources for Writing Instructors

FORUM: Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty is a peer-reviewed publication concerning working conditions, professional life, activism, and perspectives of non-tenure-track faculty in college composition and communication. It is published twice annually (alternately in CCC and TETYC) and is sponsored by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faculty and scholars from all academic positions are welcome to contribute.

Fall 2023
Volume 27, Number 1

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Volume 26, Number 2

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Volume 26, Number 1

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Volume 25, Number 2

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Volume 25, Number 1

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Volume 24, Number 2

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Responsibilities

When you agree to accept the nomination for Secretary, you are making a four-year commitment to serve as an officer of the CCCC Executive Committee.

The Secretary is responsible for preparing appropriate and accurate minutes for all meetings (the Annual Business Meeting, Executive Committee meetings, and Officers Meetings), certifying the correctness of these minutes, and distributing these minutes to the CCCC Chair and NCTE Headquarters. A draft of the minutes, or at least a list of motions and action items, should be prepared within 30 days of each meeting. The completed minutes should be prepared for distribution within 60 days. Minutes shall include:

• A record of all motions and results
• A summary of the discussion of each item
• Notification of approved expenditures
• Enclosures that are publicly available

Additionally, the Secretary prepares a report of Executive Committee actions and Annual Business Meeting actions for publication in the December issue of CCC. The Secretary is a voting member of the NCTE Board of Directors.

1. Meetings

The Secretary is responsible for attending all of the following meetings:

Attend an online orientation following election and prior to/at the start of the four-year term.

November (at the NCTE Annual Convention)

• CCCC Officers Meeting (Saturday afternoon)
• CCCC Executive Committee Retreat (Sunday afternoon)
• CCCC Executive Committee Meeting (Monday, all day)

January

• CCCC Officers’ Meeting (Arrive Friday afternoon, meet all day Saturday and a half day Sunday, return home on Sunday afternoon/evening)

March (at CCCC Annual Convention)

• Officers’ Meeting (Tuesday afternoon)
• Reception for new Executive Committee members and Local Arrangements Chairs (Wednesday evening)
• CCCC Executive Committee Meeting (Wednesday, all day)
• Opening General Session (Thursday morning)
• Annual Business Meeting (Friday evening)
• Awards Presentation (Friday evening)

Regular CCCC Officers’ virtual meetings—typically monthly or every two months.

2. Reimbursements

The Secretary receives travel, lodging, and meal reimbursement for CCCC and NCTE Conventions starting on the first day of duties and ending on the last day. All expenses in connection to the January Officers’ meeting are reimbursed.

Candidates agree not to campaign during the election process.

NCTE Policy on Campaigning

Click here to go back to the main CCCC Election page.

Definition

The Executive Committee of CCCC is the primary governing body of the organization.

Membership

Executive Committee membership is described in the CCCC Constitution.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and approves the annual CCCC budget.
• Reviews, and either acts on or files reports presented to the Executive Committee by member groups, standing committees, or special committees.
• Responds to items of current or public interest to the organization and its members in the form of position statements or other documents.
• Contributes members to the committee reviewing the CCCC research initiative proposals.
• Nominates and/or approves nominees to Standing Committees, Special Committees, and/or Task Forces as they are convened and charged.
• Serves on one subcommittee of the Executive Committee as needed with priorities developed by the Officers’ Committee.
• Serves on working groups, special committees, task forces, or as a liaison to CCCC committees as needed.
• Reviews and recommends revisions as needed to CCCC position statements on a five-year cycle.
• Attends designated sessions or events at the Annual Convention, including the Annual Business Meeting, as communicated by the CCCC liaison and determined by the CCCC Leadership.

Time Commitments

• Make a commitment to serve on the CCCC Executive Committee through the length of the specified term.
• Attend an online orientation following election and prior to/at the start of the specified term.
• Attend two (2) annual meetings of the Executive Committee (required). Remote participation is available as necessary.
  • At CCCC Annual Convention, all day Wednesday before Convention starts
  • NCTE Annual Convention, (takes place the week before Thanksgiving)
    • CCCC Executive Committee retreat, Sunday afternoon
    • CCCC Executive Committee Meeting, all day Monday

• Attend 2–3 virtual meetings annually of the Executive Committee (required).
• Conduct business on email, including voting, which requires a timely response.
• Serve on subcommittees of Executive Committee, which are appointed by Chair of CCCC.

Please note: Executive Committee members receive $60.00 per diems for each meeting, but CCCC does not provide regular funds for Committee members to attend the conventions.

Candidates agree not to campaign during the election process.

NCTE Policy on Campaigning

Click here to go back to the main CCCC Election page.

February 9, 2017

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), a conference within the National Council of Teachers of English, is the world’s largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition, from writing to new media. 

CCCC calls for the new Secretary of Education to reaffirm the Department of Education’s commitments to

• departments and policies within the Department of Education that ensure that all students have access to high-quality, equitable educational opportunities based in research and practice.
• postsecondary accountability processes that are mission-specific, discipline-appropriate, and driven by professionals who understand student learning.
• support for regional accreditation.
• the appointment of qualified educational professionals to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.
• programs that support, promote, and publish educational research and student success such as the Institute for Education Sciences and the Fund for Improvement in Postsecondary Education.
• implementation of federal policies as directed by Congress.

Within the structures of postsecondary education policy and practice, CCCC and its members also reaffirm its commitments to engaging in valid, research-based writing instruction and assessment practices that engage students in appropriate development of literacy abilities.

2026 CCCC Elections
Call for Nominations

Submit a Nomination

The 2026 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Nominating Committee invites you to submit nominations for the positions of Assistant Chair and Executive Committee Members on the Executive Committee, the 2027 Nominating Committee, Accountability for Equity and Inclusion Committee (AEIC), and the Committee on Disability Issues in College Composition (CDICC). We seek to identify CCCC members who are committed to the organization and willing to do its work.

• The post of Assistant Chair involves a four-year commitment, beginning in December of 2026. During the first year of the term, the Assistant Chair also serves as the Program Chair for the 2028 CCCC Annual Convention. The Assistant Chair becomes Associate Chair in December of 2027, then Chair in December of 2028, and Immediate Past Chair in December of 2029.
• Members of the Executive Committee, as outlined below, make a commitment to serve on the committee through the length of the specified term, starting 30 days after the NCTE Annual Convention and following the election.
  • Standing Group Representatives (three-year term)
  • At-Large Members (three-year term)
• Members of the Accountability for Equity and Inclusion Committee (AEIC) make a two-year commitment to serve on the committee, starting 30 days after the NCTE Annual Convention and following the election.
• Members of the Committee on Disability Issues in College Composition (CDICC) make a three-year commitment to serve on the committee, commencing 30 days after the NCTE Annual Convention and following the election.
• Members of the Nominating Committee are expected to make a one-year commitment to serving CCCC, beginning in September of 2026.

Nominees are balloted by current members of the Nominating Committee to represent a combination of institutions, levels of professional work, regions (US and abroad), and intersectional identities. The election is held in the summer.

Nomination Deadline: February 18, 2026

Submit a Nomination

CCCC members and previous candidates are encouraged to nominate themselves. In addition, nominations can be made during an open meeting taking place during the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention. After collecting all nominations, the Nominating Committee will finalize the slate of candidates at a closed meeting during the Convention. This meeting takes place behind closed doors to maintain the privacy of nominees and to ensure that personal information remains confidential. Selected candidates are then contacted to obtain their consent to run.

2026 CCCC Nominating Committee
RAsheda Young, Chair, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Estee Beck, University of California Merced
Christina M. LaVecchia, University of Cincinnati
Todd Ruecker, Colorado State University
Jennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University (CCCC Past Chair)
Ja’La J. Wourman, Howard University
Joanne Baird Giordano, Salt Lake Community College (TYCA Past Chair)

Questions? Email cccc@ncte.org.

Election Process

CCCC elects its leaders through a ballot mailed to the entire CCCC membership.  The CCCC Nominating Committee (click here for a listing of Nominating Committee members from 1994 to the present) is elected annually through this process and serves for one year.  The elected Nominating Committee members (as well as the Immediate and Senior Past Chairs of CCCC, who also serve on the nominating committee) select a slate of candidates from nominations, which may be made by any CCCC member.  This slate of candidates is contacted, their consent to run obtained, and an election held during the summer to determine who will replace the Assistant Chair (for a four-year term, ascending to Associate Chair, Chair, and Past Chair), the outgoing members of the CCCC Executive Committee, the CCCC Nominating Committee, and the CCCC Secretary (every four years).

 NCTE Policy on Campaigning

Elected Offices

Click on a link below for specific information about each of the CCCC elected offices:

Assistant Chair (to serve through the CCCC Chairs’ Rotation)

CCCC Executive Committee

CCCC Nominating Committee

CCCC Secretary

CCCC Accountability for Equity and Inclusion Committee

CCCC Committee on Disability Issues in College Composition

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The 2027 CCCC Annual Convention consists mainly of 75-minute concurrent sessions offered Thursday through late Saturday afternoon, though we also offer other opportunities for connection, conversation, and learning relevant to the theme and vision of the convention. Special presentations by featured speakers will be organized by the Program Chair. Half-day and all-day workshops take place on Wednesday with additional half-day workshops on Saturday afternoon. Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Standing Groups, and Committees or Task Forces will also hold business or discussion meetings throughout the program session slots.

Concurrent and Roundtable Sessions

Members may propose whole sessions: 75-minute sessions consisting of three or more presenters or Engaged Learning Experience sessions (see below for details) with two or more leaders/facilitators. Members may also submit individual proposals for a 30-minute presentation with one to two presenters.

Presenters may propose separately titled papers, performances, digital installations, visual presentations, etc., in whatever format best delivers the presenters’ ideas and engages the audience. In a panel or ensemble performance where more than three speakers/performers are proposed, formats such as position statements and abstracts are acceptable.

The 2027 Convention encourages presenters to engage their best practices as teachers; therefore, every presentation should be designed and delivered with learning goals in mind and means by which panelists and audience members may pursue these goals.

Ignite Sessions

Ignite sessions feature a series of short, fast-paced presentations designed to highlight emerging ideas, projects, or provocations. In a typical Ignite format, each presenter gives a 5-minute talk using 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. This structure encourages presenters to distill their ideas into clear, engaging insights supported by strong visual design.

If you are proposing an Ignite-style session, consider how multiple brief talks might work together around a shared theme or question. Rather than presenting full research papers, Ignite talks offer concise perspectives that can spark discussion and invite further conversation among presenters and attendees.

Engaged Learning Experience Sessions

Engaged Learning Experience sessions are an alternative genre of concurrent session, a dedicated space for invention, problem-solving, and experiential learning. As with all sessions, leaders should think in terms of a learning goal and a means for moving participants toward it. In the case of Engaged Learning Experience sessions, some means for moving toward learning goals might include (things like) problem-solving groups, spoken-word poetry, dramatization/improv, making, role-playing, storytelling.

Poster Sessions

Posters are visual presentations displayed on bulletin boards. Posters will be on display throughout the convention, and members will present/perform and discuss their work at a dedicated session during the convention. During these poster sessions—which can be exploratory and experimental, works-in-progress, new concepts, late-breaking research results—presenters accompany their displays to narrate content, answer questions, and invite conversation.

Proposals for posters will be peer reviewed, and as long as the presenters register for the convention, those accepted will appear on the program. A poster session at this convention is considered to be a speaking role, equivalent in value to a panel presentation, and will be listed as such in the program. See our tips for preparing for your poster session at the CCCC Convention.

Workshop Sessions

Workshops offer opportunities for engaged introductions to new developments in the field and participatory discussion of current ideas and practices. Successful workshop proposals articulate learning goals for the workshop and means for participants to achieve them. Workshop proposals must include a schedule indicating times, registrant activities, and facilitators. Workshops are limited to 30–50 registrants, who will be charged an additional fee.

Preconvention workshops are scheduled for either a full day on Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., or a half-day on Wednesday, either 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Additionally, some workshops will be scheduled as postconvention workshops on Saturday, 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Member Groups: SIGs and Standing Groups

Member Groups convene for one-hour business meetings after the last concurrent session on Thursday and Friday, and Standing Groups can also host a sponsored panel. Every Member Group that wishes to hold a business meeting must submit a proposal each year that includes a statement of the group’s interest and potential value to CCCC members, as well as any special space requirements (subject to availability). Presentation titles and speakers will not be listed in the Convention Program. Please click here for the full guidelines.

CCCC Documentarians

Initiated in a virtual format for the 2020 Convention, the CCCC Documentarian role is an opportunity for attendees to participate in a new way, and to take part in a collaborative inquiry into what a convention is and does and for whom–and to teach the rest of us. The Documentarian role has been designed to respond to four primary questions about how attendees experience CCCC:

1. What does it mean to attend the convention? The efforts of Documentarians will help the CCCC community better understand the range of attendees’ convention experiences.
2. What do we learn at the convention? The Documentarian role is designed not only to document things that happen at the convention and the perspectives of those who experience those things, but to help Documentarians–and those who may benefit from their stories–identify the learning they did by way of their convention experiences.
3. What are the outcomes of a convention experience? The results of the Documentarians’ efforts will be made available to the CCCC community in a variety of ways, including both formal and informal publication of the resulting documentary stories and in sessions flagged in the program featuring documentarians.
4. What does it mean to be included? How diverse are our experiences? The Documentarian role is meant to provide a new form of convention access to a broad range of attendees.

Because they fill a “speaking” role (technically, a speaking back role), Documentarians will appear on the program.

Documentarians will complete a brief instructional module, attend the convention, choose a path through the convention experience, record some observations about the things they see and hear, and then compose a reflective narrative about their experiences. To support them in their work, they will be given a prompt and a set of guidelines for planning, attending, documenting, and reflecting on their experiences with the convention.

Documentarian roles are available to those with or without another speaking role at the CCCC Convention. For example, it is possible to be on the program solely as a Documentarian or as a panelist and a Documentarian. Documentarians’ products will be realized as a variety of written (i.e., alphabetic—not filmed or audio-recorded) products that capture highlights of, and reflections on, Documentarians’ convention experiences.

Those wishing to serve (and be listed in the program) as Documentarians do not need to submit a proposal for this role, but may indicate their interest in serving as s Documentarian when they submit a proposal for a session as part of the regular review process.

Creating Your Poster

As you develop your poster, determine which aspects of your research project are most interesting and important and consider how you can communicate that information visually. Posters are most effective when they mix visuals and text, include plenty of white space, and guide the reader through the material with a logical organization.

Here are a few basic pieces of information your poster should include:

• Your project title
• Your name and affiliation
• Your research question
• Information about how you attempted to answer your question (methods)
• Your results
• The significance of those results (to you, to the field, or to particular groups).

Remember that your audience should be able to absorb your main arguments in a few minutes. Be prepared to give a brief oral introduction to the project and answer questions.

There are many websites that provide practical advice in how to design an effective poster presentation, including the following:

• How to Create a Research Poster: Poster Basics (NYU Libraries)
• Poster Sessions (Colorado State University)
• Designing Conference Posters (Colin Purrington’s blog)

Design Tips

• Posters should be readable from a distance of 5 to 10 feet. (Use at least 48-point font for titles and 36-point for body text and tables.)
• Include images to support your argument and capture viewers’ interest.
• Limit text (no more than 800 words); use headings, bulleted lists, and enumeration where possible.
• Select highly legible font styles (no more than three) and use them consistently throughout.
• Use dark text on a light background to maximize readability.
• Don’t overdo color; select a color scheme and use color strategically. (Overuse of bright colors or use of clashing colors can distract readers.)

Setting Up

You are responsible for transporting your poster to and from the Convention site. Ideally, print your poster in a size that can be rolled up and slid into a tube for transport (and slide in a few tacks for mounting).

The poster display boards are 8’ wide x 4’ tall, and your poster must fit comfortably within that space. There are enough display boards to accommodate one poster per side of the board. You are responsible for mounting your own poster, so please bring your own push pins.

You may leave your poster up until the end of the day of your presentation; please then remove it to make room for the next day’s presentations.

Your Poster Session

You will have a designated session time slot during which you will “present” your poster and interact with attendees about your work. Please arrive a few minutes early and stay near your poster throughout the duration of your session.

Poster Presentation Tips:

• Develop a “talk” that will complement your poster’s information; consider probable viewer questions as you prepare.
• Prepare a few different versions of your poster “talk”:
  • a quick 30-second overview of the project
  • a 60-second summary plus brief explanations about each major poster heading
  • a 3-minute explanation of the poster and its visual content
• Practice your talk, complete with gestures, while maintaining eye contact.
• During the poster session, allow viewers some time look at poster’s content, particularly the visuals, and then tell them about it.
• Bring your business cards and a stack of handouts that summarize your presentation for attendees to take away from your session.
• Bring a sign-up sheet to collect contact information to email additional information after the Convention to those interested.

Enjoy your poster session at the CCCC Annual Convention!

Join us for CCCC 2016! This year’s conference theme, “Writing Strategies for Action,” will provide a chance to think about the opportunities and challenges that we face as we engage with the work of writing instruction and literacy development.

Presenters will stimulate your thinking as they share recent research focusing on issues of concern to those in and out of the field: definitions of writing and good writing in different contexts; ways to engage and draw on the field’s disciplinary identity and knowledge; new methods for learning about writing, writers, or contexts for writing; policy questions that affect conditions for writing, writers, and the teaching of writing in different contexts; questions associated with the ways writing circulates in communities beyond the university; and more. Attendees are sure to leave with new ideas to bring to their own classes and institutions.

Attendees will have a chance to leave with more than just ideas, too. CCCC 2016 will feature Taking Action Workshops that will provide opportunities to develop specific strategies for action. These workshops are free to all attendees and take place during regular session time blocks. CCCC 2016 will also feature a number of opportunities to enable you to develop and practice with strategies for action, including special activity stations in the Action Hub.

I invite you to bring your ideas, energies, and concerns to CCCC 2016 so that together, we can engage in and think about how to use writing strategies for action.

See you in Houston!

Linda Addler-Kassner
Program Chair
2016 CCCC Annual Convention

Still not convinced? Click here for the Top Three Reasons to Attend CCCC 2016!

For more on the theme for this year’s Convention, see the official Call for Proposals. (Note: CCCC is no longer accepting proposals for this event.)