WAC Professional Development
Each semester faculty are provided with professional development to support teaching writing intensive courses which is a priority of the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee and Associate Director.
Examples of recently offered programming include:
Summer 2024: Writing Intensive Program
Writing intensive courses is a graduation requirement. Assessment design and writing instruction delivery will be examined through an equity lens in various disciplinary contexts to identify opportunities for adaptation.
Fall/Spring 2024: Addressing Key Issues in Writing Intensive Courses Across the Curriculum
This interactive and collaborative short course certificate program in Fall 2024 is designed to provide support for instructors to develop effective practices--informed by culturally responsive and anti-racist pedagogies--to use writing in their course context. Support will be provided on topics ranging from designing inclusive writing intensive (WI) course syllabus, to building effective and inclusive writing assessments, providing support and feedback to students to improve writing, generating equity, access and belonging through writing intensive courses, etc. In addition to the support provided, participants will be able to share their own valuable teaching strategies and practices in their WI courses with their peers, in a mutually collaborative manner.
