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 |  | Anne is a former middle and high school teacher, and a professor at the University of Washington. Currently she is a professor at the University of Michigan. At the University of Washington, she founded and directed the Puget Sound Writing Program, where she directed an NEH-sponsored program on writing across the curriculum, from which Roots in the Sawdust: Writing to Learn Across the Disciplines (NCTE 1985) emerged. She authored Writing Groups: History, Theory, and Implications. She is an NCTE past president and chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Anne is available to present on writing, assessment, evaluation, and testing at the middle and secondary levels. |
Anne Ruggles Gere's Sample Presentations
Presentation Topics
| Anne Gere presents on writing, assessment, evaluation and testing at the middle and secondary levels. In the summer of 2005, Anne was a copresenter during "Writing on Demand Workshops" in New York, Florida, and Michigan. She can also present a modified of this workshop to interested schools and districts. |
Writing on Demand Workshops
| Anne Gere joined Leila Christenbury and Kelly Sassi in August 2005 in New York, Texas, and Michigan for three, two-day workshops. Teachers learned strategies for following what they know to be best practices in teaching writing while still helping students prepare for writing tests. In addition, presenters can individually bring this workshop to your school or district. Schools can request this by completing a Professional Development Request for Services Form. |
Selected Keynotes and Presentations
| Anne has presented keynotes to groups of teachers at the secondary and college level. She has presented at assessment and research conferences, state English councils, college composition events, and legal writing institutes. |
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Published Works by Anne Ruggles Gere
Making American Literatures in High School and College. Classroom Practices in Teaching English, Vol 31
|  In this book, the consultant covers specific concerns such as: including students in curriculum and syllabus decisions; helping students write themselves into local histories and explore the idea of “place” in their lives; and pairing texts (print or otherwise), and more. |
Additional Publications
| Anne has written books on writing across the curriculum, integrating English teaching, active reading, composition, women studies, and language and literacy publications. She is a NCTE past president, past CCCC chair, and currently directs the NCTE Policy Research Office.
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Related Resources
Education and Professional Experiences
| Anne has taught at the middle school and high school levels and now at the college level at the University of Michigan. |
Honors and Awards
| Anne has won distinguished faculty and mentoring awards at the University of Michigan, the NCTE Richard Meade award, a technology assisted teacher education project award, and an award for her research on women and gender. Click here to read more about these awards. |
Leadership in Organizations
| This consultant is a former Writing Project Director, NCTE past president, CCCC past chair and has held these additional leadership positions. |
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