Teaching Writing Across The Curriculum

Meeting Times for Fall 2024

We’ll set our live discussion times after registration closes, aiming for a schedule that fits everyone’s availability.

Register now and be part of a community that values and improves writing education! 

(Space is limited)

CITL in partnership with UMaine Department of English is excited to offer a flipped professional learning opportunity to build skills and strategies for effectively teaching and using writing in any discipline, and at any academic level. This two semester program draws on theories and practices from Writing Across the Curriculum to help instructors understand the relationship between writing and learning, design effective writing assignments and fair assessments, support student diversity, and explore the impacts of AI on writing in higher education. WAC is about helping instructors use writing deliberately to help students learn, as well as communicate as members of their discipline. 

Why Join?

• Increase your confidence in teaching writing.
• Create a robust collection of writing assignments and assessments that are equitable, efficient, and effective.
• Understand and incorporate the role of artificial intelligence in writing education.
• Identify opportunities to align writing across program curricula.
• Elevate your students’ writing skills and learning.

Program Structure

Engage at your own pace with online modules over two weeks, followed by an in-person session in the third week where we discuss challenges and successes around the use of reading and writing activities in our classrooms, build networks of support and share ideas and resources.

Who Should Register?

• Anyone teaching a designated writing-intensive course, or whose course relies heavily on writing.
• Faculty aiming to improve learning activities and assessments around writing in their courses.
• Faculty wanting to gain confidence around teaching writing.

Key Topics Include:

• The interconnection of reading and writing.
• Designing effective writing assignments and assessments.
• Managing labor in grading, especially for high-enrollment courses.
• Addressing student diversity in writing tasks.
• Exploring the impact of digital literacies and AI on writing.