AWAC Mentoring Committee Workshop by Lindsay Clark https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl IWAC 2021 en-us 2021-07-27 20:18:43 UTC 2021-08-05 17:51:07 UTC hello@padlet.com It's an important/fun component of any writing program. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666872991 Many layers--porous border between student assessment, faculty assessment, and program assessment. 
Hard to move away from a "satisfaction" survey to a meaningful survey with students. They don't always see the multi-"layeredness" of assessment, but they can give something a thumbs up or down based on their own experience. Sometimes that's valuable as a starting place for program assessment.  
Difficulty remains in larger institutions when pedagogical research is not viewed as as important as other research. ]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666872991 Perceptions of the US as a friendly place to study https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873023 We discussed how anti-Asian hate and crimes, and the news reporting thereof, may be impacting students' desire or motivation to study in the US. What can we do to counter hatred in this situation?]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873023 Need for support and patience in implementing. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873035 2021-08-02 15:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873035 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873329 Definitions of anti-racism all center on action, not buzzwords.
What have and can we do to do this anti-racism work? (Discussion focused a lot on linguistic justice and equity--decentering standard edited american english).

]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873329 It's about learning https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873385 There can be great gains from having discussion with faculty about how WAC strategies can help students with sticking points in their discipline. Learning content, a discipline, a problem, a theory, a process is like learning a new language. Writing can help with that process and it makes the learning transparent to the students and their faculty champions.]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873385 Thinking about the ways we have to address institutionalized barriers and actively work to dismantle them and create reparations https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873416 2021-08-02 15:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873416 We discussed the strengths of how we're already supporting graduate student writers, what needs we/they have, and possible next steps we can take. kellybradbury https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873448 2021-08-02 15:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873448 slowing down the development/launch https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873476 2021-08-02 15:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873476 Connect institutional goals with WAC goals, for example Active Learning to engage participants and to ensure WAC program continues to receive institutional support. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873486 2021-08-02 15:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873486 Writing courses, composition courses https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873593 Writing courses are common i the US.  It seems not to be so common in other countries.]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873593 First-year writing requirement in the U.S. chenxin0225 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873598 We also discussed the value of first-year writing courses in the higher education institutions in the U.S. and how to support multilingual students to transfer their learning from the first year writing courses to write across the curriculum. ]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873598 credit-bearing course https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873601 I loved learning about the credit-bearing course that Kelly's university has to teach new graduate students how to respond to and assess undergraduate students' writing]]> 2021-08-02 15:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873601 Faculty buy-in is a challenge https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873722 2021-08-02 15:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873722 We discussed the connections between WAC and Writing Centers and how sometimes starting a WAC program leads to the need for a Writing Center. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873794 2021-08-02 15:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873794 We talked about involving faculty more in sessions designed to train graduate students so faculty from other disciplines know and understand how we approach that and can themselves support it https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873859 2021-08-02 15:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873859 Forging alliances and taking advantage of existing networks https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873871 2021-08-02 15:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873871 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873970 Some of our key terms to remember were: Action, reversal and repair, structural antiracism, and acting intentionally vs. automatically]]> 2021-08-02 15:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873970 We talked about ways to connect more with the discipline-specific faculty working with the grad student writers. kellybradbury https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873975 2021-08-02 15:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666873975 IN WAC, we have to be mindful of how our values are reflected in assessments and the ways bias present in those assessments https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874344 2021-08-02 15:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874344 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874368 Try to piggyback on Center for Teaching efforts. Start with any small pockets of $$.]]> 2021-08-02 15:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874368 Cultural differences and the Pandemic influence on multilingual writers https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874538 Multilingual writers face the challenge of cultural and linguistic differences. The Pandemic is making the challenge more difficult. ]]> 2021-08-02 15:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874538 Graduate students occupy interesting spaces -- they are students, often teachers/instructors who may be teaching and assessing student writing while themselves uncertain about their own writerly identities https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874946 2021-08-02 15:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666874946 WAC programs can evolve in to many, many different models and visions and structures. It's essential that they build from the resources and environments within which they are growing. Do what can be done, rather than what should be done or what others are doing. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915514 2021-08-02 16:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915514 Lots of Options https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915619 We talked about a lot of ways that WCs can help strengthen WAC on campus: writing needs assessment, establishing a common language around writing, and creating videos of what a typical writing center session looks like so that folks know what happens in WCs. ]]> 2021-08-02 16:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915619 Start Small and respect faculty insecurities about teaching writing https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915759 2021-08-02 16:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666915759 One way to strengthen the connection between WAC and Writing Centers is to invite colleagues and cohort members to the Writing Center so they may witness what a typical session looks like. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916044 2021-08-02 16:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916044 It takes the village https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916045 Writing programs are not one size fits all, of course, and neither is the assessment. It's a web. Assessment can help you make a case for the need, but it has to come with a lot of other initiatives. Institutional change can be an opportunity to create programs and integrate assessment at the outset to be able to show how the program works to the benefit of our students. ]]> 2021-08-02 16:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916045 Think about human capital and labor -- what do faculty need, how can we help and not add labor, how can we build connections and learn from one another... https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916110 2021-08-02 16:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916110 Reframe for skeptical audience: WAC support is doing things for faculty, rather than asking faculty to do things for students kn264 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916171 2021-08-02 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916171 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916234 Discussions about how writing centers can help with anti-racism work by bringing in speakers who talk about linguistic diversity.

]]> 2021-08-02 16:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916234 Two Year programs have a different set of affordances and challenges than four-year and research colleges and universities. Additionally, faculty there are highly, highly educated in their disciplines but are being asked to be exceptional teachers in two-year settings. This often results in vulnerability and insecurity that may or may not be forthcoming so it's up to a WAC person to show compassion for that person and their experiences. https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916398 2021-08-02 16:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916398 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916938 Need to foster conversations among faculty about what good writing looks like in their discipline and what it takes to create it]]> 2021-08-02 16:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916938 Leveraging research to get faculty buy-in kn264 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916996 2021-08-02 16:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666916996 https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917062 I learned that you can't work with faculty across the disciplines if they are feeling defensive. You've got to highlight what they are already doing well so it can be built on. ]]> 2021-08-02 16:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917062 Collaborate on funding initiatives to fund research and new initiatives https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917196 2021-08-02 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917196 Diversity among students https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917392 It is important that we recognize and celebrate the diversity that each student brings into the classroom. ]]> 2021-08-02 16:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917392 How do we encourage this work across the institution and not only in writing centers and FYWPs? https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917410 2021-08-02 16:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666917410 Joan shared Sustainable WAC in the chat https://padlet.com/lindsayclark926/pocibo8rhxdnwgrl/wish/1666927070 Probably everyone knows this resource, but in case someone doesn’t: https://ncte.org/blog/2018/03/sustainable-wac-launching-developing-writing-across-curriculum-programs/


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