August 2008 Graduate Student W Orientation

Wednesday, August 20, 9:00am-4:00pm (breakfast and lunch provided)
PPB 129 (Pharmacy and Biology Building)

An optional syllabus and assignment workshop will be held on Thursday, August 21st, from 9:00 - 12noon.

This orientation will outline best practices for teaching writing in the disciplines. It will feature interactive workshops on building robust revision processes into W courses, designing effective assignments, responding to student writing, and handling the paperload. Our aim is not only to enhance the quality of student learning in our courses but also to explore how some simple strategies might make each instructor's writing-intensive teaching more efficient and rewarding.

According to GEOC policy, all graduate students teaching W courses, even those who have taught W courses in the past, must attend a W Teaching Orientation once.

To register for the W Orientation, please fill out our online W Orientation Registration Form.

For more information on W courses, please follow this link.