ITAIS Newsletter - May 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
ARTICLES
•  SUPPORTING ITAS THROUGH THE STAGES OF MASTERY
•  SUCCESSFUL ORIENTATIONS FOR NEW ITAS
•  DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES FOR THE ITA CLASSROOM
IN MEMORIAM
•  IN MEMORY OF TOM SCHROEDER
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  WHAT IS THE ITAIS?

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Pauline Carpenter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to quickly introduce myself, if I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting you already. I am excited to be bringing you the newsletter this year. As I’m pulling together the first issue, I’m realizing how thankful I am for the guidance of our previous editor, Rebecca Oreto, over the last year. And this year I am thrilled that Ruth Roberts-Kohno will be by my side as we prepare this year’s issues.

This issue’s articles offer some overviews of sessions from our recent convention, including a poster session on ITAs and the stages of mastery, a discussion group on a successful summer orientation program, and a practice-based session on helping ITAs become discourse experts. We’re fortunate that folks have offered to write up their sessions in newsletter format for those of us who could not attend.

I strongly encourage you to contribute to the ITA newsletter, your newsletter! This is the place to share ideas for best practices, tell us about a good book you’ve come across, or present some interesting research.

We look forward to hearing from you,
Pauline