Sponsored by the Writing Program and TCWW
Teaching the WR Course
Wednesday, January 18 from 9:00-3:00 in HUB 201
This half-day workshop will help you prepare to teach writing in the spring. We will discuss syllabus construction, teaching research writing, delivering mini-lessons, prompting revision, and responding to student writing. Stay for lunch and leave with a plan to teach writing in your courses!
Sequencing Writing Assignments: A Workshop for New Faculty
Monday, February 13 from 12:15-1:15 in HUB 204-205
What is the best way to sequence assignments throughout a course? We will look at several writing assignments for one course and discuss the logic of the assignment sequence. We will focus on how to scale and build assignments in order to guide students toward more complex thinking and writing. We will also consider the benefits of assigning ungraded and/or in-class writing within a sequence. Please bring your syllabus or descriptions of assignments to the workshop.
Responding to Student Writing: A Workshop for New Faculty
Monday, March 19 from 12:15-1:15 in HUB 204-205
We will consider how to respond to student writing in a way that helps students grow as writers and thinkers. Examining the art of margin notes and end notes, we will discuss approaches to commenting, the pitfalls of over-commenting, our purpose and sense of audience when commenting, and the amount of emphasis to place on sentence-level (grammatical) errors.
Working with International Student Writers
Saturday, April 14 in Stern Great Room and Stern 102
Guest Facilitator: Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran
This interactive workshop for faculty and administrators at Dickinson, Bucknell, and Lafayette Colleges will offer participants strategies and tools to help English Language Learners improve their writing skills.
Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran is Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University and Director of the First-Year Writing Program. She is the co-author of five books and numerous articles and chapters. Her most recent book, An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing, co-written with Roy Stamper and Stacey Cochran, is currently under contract with Bedford/St. Martin’s. Dr. Miller-Cochran recently served as chair of the CCCC Committee on Second Language Writing from 2005-2010. She has also served on the Executive Committee of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
Preparing to Teach Writing in the First-Year Seminar
Friday, May 18 from 8:30-4:30 in Althouse 08
Thursday, May 24 from 8:30-4:30 in Stern 102
What should FYS students be taught about writing? This workshop explains writing instruction in the First-Year Seminar. We will discuss the APSC-legislated goals of FYS, sequencing assignments, integrating information and digital literacy goals, incorporating mini-lessons on writing, and designing the syllabus. By the end of the workshop, you will have ideas about course design as you head into the summer. The two sessions are repeats, so you should choose to attend one or the other.