WAC Academy 2020
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Writers Teaching Writing
WAC Academy 2020
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Mission Statement
The WAC Academy seeks to develop a community of instructors of writing. The WAC Academy is open to all instructors at ECU, across all disciplines. During the Academy, participants will have time to read and write, prepare demonstrations of research-based model lessons involving writing, and talk to colleagues about techniques they have used successfully to help their students become better writers and thinkers.
Modeled after the National Writing Project, the WAC Academy maintains these primary goals for its participants:
Along with these primary objectives, the 2020 Academy will also support instructors in the following activities:
After the Academy, participants are encouraged to stay active in WAC by returning to their classrooms and engaging in their own inquiry into teaching and learning, investigating problems they have observed as seasoned instructors who are working to develop solutions that will help them and other instructors. Face-to-face writing group meetings will be scheduled for March and April for opportunities to workshop articles for the WAC newsletter. Participants may also stay connected through other WAC Academy activities, including opportunities to collaborate on professional development activities, workshops, and presentations. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the WAC Academy?
A: The WAC Academy is a six-week institute held each spring and sponsored by the University Writing Program. Ten instructors are selected from the pool of applications to meet once a week to discuss topics related to writing instruction, share writing-related teaching strategies used successfully in helping students become better writers and thinkers, and collaborate on demonstrations of inquiry-based projects involving writing. |
Q: What kind of a time commitment does this involve?
A: In addition to the 2 hours that we meet each week, there is usually an article to read and possibly some pre-writing to prepare for discussion. Typically, the prep work should not ever take more than 30 minutes or an hour. With the goal of developing final products that can be shared with other teachers of writing, we will work to construct different aspects during each meeting, but there may be some additional time spent on the product outside of meeting times. |