Preserving Self and Center: Equitable Writing Center Assessment that Rejects Absurdity by ECM https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0 Click the "+" symbol to write an anonymous post below. Feel free to comment on or "like" posts as well! These actions will also be anonymous if you are not signed in to Padlet. en-us 2022-03-08 17:06:47 UTC 2022-03-11 01:37:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/680971670/08e07b5d2f91996e349a276eb8b42a60/nerdy_clear.png No Writing Center at our School https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089223290 Feel stretched too thin and overlooked by administration - our President has never even thanked us!]]> 2022-03-10 21:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089223290 https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089224368 space in library but no budget - make a writing center about furniture we could find - did well - got a grant - then a new provost took it over for another academic center - got furniture in March then closed down for pandemic and had to rebuild writing center - new space leaks - turned emotionless - strategy - memorized every single worker on site and knowing names and offering snacks got things fixed - 

]]> 2022-03-10 21:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089224368 Having a bitch session https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089226407 2022-03-10 22:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089226407 Networking/Coalition building https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089227985 2022-03-10 22:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089227985 Acknowledgement https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089228271 Acknowledging that the community of my Writing Center/Writing Program extends beyond me, faculty, and staff to those who maintain our physical and technological space, those who manage the accounts, those who secure our campus - that we are all struggling and need to be human (and humane) with each other. ]]> 2022-03-10 22:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089228271 weaponizing institutional language back to the institution. https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089229807 2022-03-10 22:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089229807 Will the institution's ethic of care (which is empty) ever connect with our own ethic of care and our own values? We are using different definitions of care and how we implement care. TL;DR: the institution will never love us back. Loads of emotions with this visceral understanding. ECM_UCD https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089231601 2022-03-10 22:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089231601 Involve the students directly https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089231663 forget about the administration]]> 2022-03-10 22:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089231663 Using the institution's own data against them. Leveraging being a knowledge manager (knowing stuff no one else does). Connecting our goals with the institution's goals. Taking advantage to tout what we do and what we preserve. ECM_UCD https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089237436 2022-03-10 22:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089237436 Coalitioning with others and showing up to share what we do. ECM_UCD https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089238794 2022-03-10 22:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ECM_UCD/m6i5natcbho0chp0/wish/2089238794