2012 Making Writing Work in Your Course
Making Writing Work in Your Course: Practical Strategies to Promote Student Learning
A Faculty Development Workshop
June 5 – 7, 2012
The Brooklyn College Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program invites you to participate in our three-day summer workshop, which offers a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices most useful for teaching with writing in any discipline. It's open to anyone who teaches undergraduate courses at Brooklyn College, in any field, full time or part time. This workshop is a great chance to share and explore practical pedagogical techniques with your colleagues.
On the first day of the workshop, led by members of the WAC team, you will learn what goes into an effective writing assignment and how to assess the results; you will also work on an assignment of your own that you can use in your classes. The second day will show you how to use online writing tools such as blogs and discussion boards to engage your students with low-maintenance, informal writing assignments. And on the third day, you will focus on how to incorporate writing into your syllabus through staged assignments as well as what to do about teaching grammar and disciplinary writing conventions.
Our goal is to improve your students' writing as well as their comprehension of course content. Each participant will receive a copy of John Bean's Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, an indispensable and practical resource. This workshop is presented as part of WAC's mission to make writing central to the learning experience of every Brooklyn College student.
Schedule
June 5 – 7, 2012 (Tuesday – Thursday)
10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m., with a lunch break and a coffee break (we provide the food)
Location
International Room, Fifth Floor, Student Center (Campus Road at East 27 Street)
Eligibility and Payment
All full- and part-time instructors in any discipline are welcome. We especially encourage teachers of writing-intensive courses and lower-tier Core courses to sign up. If you have participated in a WAC workshop in the last year, you will be wait-listed. Each participant will be compensated for 15 hours at the nonteaching adjunct rate (60 percent of hourly teaching rate).
To Apply
Please e-mail Ellen Belton, Tahneer Oksman or Brendan O'Malley, the WAC co-coordinators, with the following information: your name, department, job title and the courses you teach most often. Our Contact Us page automatically sends an e-mail to this address. You can also send us a note through campus mail (WAC, 2420 Boylan Hall). You must respond by May 25, but sign up early to secure a space. Please spread the word to your colleagues!
