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MCC Daily Tribune

Participants Wanted for Writing in the Disciplines Curriculum Design Workshops

Are you interested in including writing assignments in your course curriculum? Do you already assign some writing but would like to do more? Have you thought about using writing in your classroom but are concerned about the time you may spend grading or about student resistance? Do you worry that you're not prepared to assess student writing?

There are already a number of courses at MCC that are officially writing intensive (WR) and an even greater number that are unofficially writing-enhanced. The Writing Across the Curriculum committee seeks to increase those numbers, so that students in every department and program of study can become more proficient in written communication.

Thanks to a SUNY Innovation Instruction Technology Grant, faculty at Rockland Community College, Clinton Community College, and Monroe Community College are partnering with the Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL) to develop a training series for faculty interested in Writing in the Disciplines. This series will offer campus workshops led by discipline-specific experts that are designed to help faculty across multiple disciplines achieve their writing-related course goals. The goal will be for participants to infuse writing into their Spring 2019 classrooms and then assess student gains using faculty-created course-specific rubrics.

Interested faculty will attend a series of curriculum design webinars in Fall 2018 and just-in-time webinars in Spring 2019 (dates of webinars to be determined). Topics addressed will include writing assignment development, scaffolding, assessment, and feedback. Participants will be provided with practical information on effective WID course design, samples of exemplary discipline-specific writing assignments, tips for managing grading (e.g., good rubric design), and models of substantive and meaningful feedback.

If you are interested in participating in the training and follow-up assessment, please respond to Amy Burtner <aburtner@monroecc.edu> by Sept. 24.

Amy Burtner
English/Philosophy
09/13/2018