Faculty Partners Program

We are pleased to announce a new initiative, Writing Across the
Curriculum's Faculty Partners program. Beginning in the fall of 2006, Faculty Partners will work with the WAC Director and CUNY Writing Fellows to develop goals for student writing in their divisions and to create resources to help faculty teaching W courses enhance their writing pedagogies.

Faculty Partners work in division-based teams, with CUNY Writing Fellows who serve as research assistants, consultants to individual courses, and tutors for students. The teams will function in a variety of ways, depending on the discipline. In general, they:

Identify the needs of departments and individual faculty offering W courses within their divisions.
Work with department chairs to conceive discipline-specific
writing goals and with the WAC Director to foster pedagogical innovations that will help faculty achieve these goals with their students.
Host faculty workshops in the division.
Devise methods for assessing the outcomes of W courses.
Develop teaching resources to enhance W courses.
Participate in an ongoing seminar on writing and learning with CUNY Writing Fellows, other Faculty Partners, and the WAC Director.

The Faculty Partners program promises to be an energizing experience, both for the individuals involved and for the college. These are rotating faculty positions. Faculty interested in participating should check this page in the fall for application procedures--or, in the meantime, contact Jason Tougaw (WAC Director) for information.