FYW Faculty Workshop
Spring 2025
Agenda
First Hour Administrative Updates
Break
Second Hour: Pedagogical Topics: Teaching Preparatory Writing
Open Forum
Discussion
Questions for the group, for me, or ones you’d like me to take to others?
Fall 2024 Assessment
Key Takeaways
Roughly 11% of students currently being placed in FYW 150 are underprepared and a significant minority of students (3.5%) are deemed to be at high risk of failing or struggling in the class.
Recommendations Presented
A Bit of Data: Samples that received a “2”
A Bit of Data: Samples that received a “1”
CA Policy Updates
Why? From “contractor” to “teacher-scholar-activist”
Toth, Christie, Patrick Sullivan, and Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt. "Two-year college teacher-scholar-activism: Reconstructing the disciplinary matrix of writing studies." College Composition & Communication 71.1 (2019): 86-116.
From Traditional Remediation to Accelerated Learning Paths
How might this impact us? We are researching alternative models, reviewing our approach.
Common Course Numbering Templates (AB 1111)
How might this impact us? Possibly, a new ENGL 200 based on the second semester template, classified as CAL-GETC 1B.
Reporting Back: Information Literacy
Discussion
Did you schedule an information session?
Was it useful?
Impediments to scheduling one?
Did you try new smaller scale IL assignments?
$100 Stipend for submitting two resources to our FYW Resource Hub:
Heads-Up: Spring Class Observations
Writing Program has developed a standard form and letter approach to class observations
When are observations required?
Optional class evaluations