11:10 a.m., April 20, 2007--Faculty can now register for “Managing Student Writing In Your Course,” an interactive summer session workshop for faculty, from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., June 4-6. The registration deadline is Friday, May 11.

Facilitated by Melissa Ianetta, director of the University Writing Center, and Dee Baer, instructor, UD Writing Center, sessions will include mini-presentations, discussions and time to work on syllabus and writing assignments. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with a variety of skills, including the use of student writing to assess critical thinking skills, revision and sequence of existing assignments to ensure greater student engagement and implementation of efficient writing conference techniques and effective peer review strategies to give students timely feedback.

All participants will be granted $500 in support of writing-related activities, including travel costs to writing-related conferences and funding for classroom writing fellows, and will receive copies of John Bean's Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Space is limited. Preference will be given to faculty teaching second writing courses. To register, contact Carolyn Clark, Writing Center, at (302) 831-1890 or e-mail [cclark@udel.edu].

For more information, contact Melissa Ianetta at [ianetta@udel.edu] or Dee Baer at [dbaer@udel.edu].

The workshop is supported by a 2006-07 University of Delaware CTE/Gen Ed/IT-User Services Instructional Grant.