NCPTW: Maxwell Award Call for Nominations

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The NCPTW Ron Maxwell Award

for Distinguished Leadership

in Promoting the Collaborative Learning

Practices of Peer Tutors in Writing

Michael Rossi and Kathy Cain with Merrimack tutors

Deadline for Nominations: August 31

The NCPTW Ron Maxwell Leadership Award is given annually to a professional in the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing organization who has contributed with distinction to undergraduate student development through promoting collaborative learning among peer tutors in writing. The award recognizes an individual for dedication to and leadership in collaborative learning within writing centers, for aiding students in taking on more responsibility together for their learning; thus, for promoting the work of peer tutors. Its presentation also denotes extraordinary service to the evolution of this conference organization.

Such leadership may be demonstrated in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:

Building a record of bringing peer tutors to present at the Conference
Giving service to the NCPTW through hosting the Conference, serving as program chair, leading in the search for future sites, etc.
Fostering leadership skills among peer tutors
Showing evidence of leadership in collaborative learning on the home campus
Developing innovative peer tutoring programs in the home community
In general, welcoming and meeting new challenges in leading a center guided by a collaborative learning philosophy

While other aspects of a candidate’s professional performance—e.g., work with professional tutors, writing center research and publication—are respected by the NCPTW and are surely interrelated, this award is intended to recognize meritorious work in an area too little acknowledged.

Selection Process

An awards committee (consisting of several recent hosts or conference chairs, Jon Olson, and Ron Maxwell) reviews nominations and chooses an annual recipient. A plaque and a $200 cash prize are funded by an endowment from Ron and Mary Maxwell. The administrator of the award is currently Jon Olson, director of the Penn State Center for Excellence in Writing, a center that carries forward the work in collaborative learning Maxwell advocated during his career at Penn State University.

Nomination Process

Send nominations by April to Jon Olson via email jeo3@psu.edu, fax (814) 863-9627, or a letter addressed to Maxwell Award, Center for Excellence in Writing, Penn State University, 206 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802-5900. For more information, call (814) 865-9243 or consult the NCPTW website at http://www.wc.iup.edu/ncptw. Please provide the nominee’s name, title, affiliation, postal address, email address, and phone number. Support the nomination with as much evidence as you have the time and inclination to give. The committee admires distinguished writing, but it also welcomes quick and sketchy nominations.

Award History

At the 1997 NCPTW in Lexington, KY, Ron Maxwell received a plaque from the conference organizers in recognition of his leadership in the organization. Twila Yates Papay of Rollins College received similar recognition at the 1998 NCPTW in Plattsburgh, NY. Maxwell’s endowment ensured that such recognition would continue, and the NCPTW board insisted that the award bear the Maxwell name. Molly Wingate of Colorado College received the inaugural 1999 NCPTW Ron Maxwell Leadership Award in University Park, PA on October 30, 1999.

Award Information for Steering Committee Members

Steering Committee members can find more information about the award on the Steering Committee page.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The NCPTW Ron Maxwell Award for Distinguished Leadership in Promoting the Collaborative Learning Practices of Peer Tutors in Writing Deadline for Nominations: August 31 The NCPTW Ron Maxwell Leadership Award is given annually to a professional in the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing organization who has contributed with distinction to undergraduate student development through promoting collaborative learning among peer tutors in writing. The award recognizes an individual for dedication to and leadership in collaborative learning within writing centers, for aiding students in taking on more responsibility together for their learning; thus, for promoting the work of peer tutors. Its presentation also denotes extraordinary service to the evolution of this conference organization. Such leadership may be demonstrated in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: Building a record of bringing peer tutors to present at the Conference Giving service to the NCPTW through hosting the Conference, serving as program chair, leading in the search for future sites, etc. Fostering leadership skills among peer tutors Showing evidence of leadership in collaborative learning on the home campus Developing innovative peer tutoring programs in the home community In general, welcoming and meeting new challenges in leading a center guided by a collaborative learning philosophy While other aspects of a candidate’s professional performance—e.g., work with professional tutors, writing center research and publication—are respected by the NCPTW and are surely interrelated, this award is intended to recognize meritorious work in an area too little acknowledged. Selection Process An awards committee (consisting of several recent hosts or conference chairs, Jon Olson, and Ron Maxwell) reviews nominations and chooses an annual recipient. A plaque and a $200 cash prize are funded by an endowment from Ron and Mary Maxwell. The administrator of the award is currently Jon Olson, director of the Penn State Center for Excellence in Writing, a center that carries forward the work in collaborative learning Maxwell advocated during his career at Penn State University. Nomination Process Send nominations by April to Jon Olson via email jeo3@psu.edu, fax (814) 863-9627, or a letter addressed to Maxwell Award, Center for Excellence in Writing, Penn State University, 206 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802-5900. For more information, call (814) 865-9243 or consult the NCPTW website at http://www.wc.iup.edu/ncptw. Please provide the nominee’s name, title, affiliation, postal address, email address, and phone number. Support the nomination with as much evidence as you have the time and inclination to give. The committee admires distinguished writing, but it also welcomes quick and sketchy nominations. Award History At the 1997 NCPTW in Lexington, KY, Ron Maxwell received a plaque from the conference organizers in recognition of his leadership in the organization. Twila Yates Papay of Rollins College received similar recognition at the 1998 NCPTW in Plattsburgh, NY. Maxwell’s endowment ensured that such recognition would continue, and the NCPTW board insisted that the award bear the Maxwell name. Molly Wingate of Colorado College received the inaugural 1999 NCPTW Ron Maxwell Leadership Award in University Park, PA on October 30, 1999. Award Information for Steering Committee Members Steering Committee members can find more information about the award on the Steering Committee page.
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