Chris Palmer, Faculty Senate Chair
Writing Committee
Chair:
Jessica Dougherty, Missoula CollegeMeetings:
Monthly on Monday's from 10:00 -12:00 a.m.
Contact the Faculty Senate Office to be added to the distribution list to receive meeting agendas and minutes.
Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of the Writing Committee is ongoing evaluation and assessment of General Education writing requirements. The Writing Committee advocates for effective writing instruction, curriculum, and assessment; and reviews course proposals for the writing designation and transfer equivalency appeals for writing courses. In addition, the Committee monitors the programs of the Writing Center, monitors the University-wide Program-level Writing Assessment, and collaborates with campus groups to provide faculty development workshops.
Review of Writing Courses
Writing Course Guidelines / FAQs / Rubric used to approve Intermediate Writing Courses / Information Literacy / Intermediate Writing Exemption Appeal Guidelines/ Advanced Writing Substitution Request
Deadline |
Writing Course Group |
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Fall 2019 (2013 rev) | Humanities and Fine Arts |
Fall 2020 (2014 rev) | Professional Schools and Sciences |
Fall 2021 (2015 rev) | Social Science |
Fall 2018 (2012 rev) | Writing and Literature |
Writing Resources for Faculty
Writing Center Resources for Teaching WritingVideos of previous Symposium Sessions are available on the Professional Development Site.
- Bigger is’t Better: Soliciting Sophisticated, Rigorous Writing through Short Assignments
- So You Are’t a Writing Teacher? Stress-free Strategies for Using Writing to Help Students Learn in Any Discipline
- Speaking the Same Language: Strategies for Responding to Writing in the Sciences and Beyond
- Not on the Same Page?: Defining your Assignment Expectations and Using Rubrics to Communicate Them
- How Rubrics Help Students and Teachers
- Providing Productive Feedback in a Reasonable Amount of Time
- Revision Strategies that Work