Administering writing programs in the twenty-first century
- Responsibility
- Tiffany Bourelle, Beth L. Hewett and Scott Warnock
- Publication
- New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2022
- Copyright notice
- ©2022
- Physical description
- xi, 176 pages ; 23 cm
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| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PE1405 .U6 B68 2022 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Bourelle, Tiffany, 1977- author.
- Contributor
- Hewett, Beth L., author.
- Warnock, Scott, 1967- author.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
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- Dedication and acknowledgments
- Preface Introduction: a new approach for writing program administrators
- A new era for writing program administration
- Challenges of contemporary writing instruction
- The work of administrators in the digital era
- Composition learning outcomes
- Audience for this volume
- Language choices
- Humanity and composition
- Organization of this volume
- Conclusion
- Building a writing program
- Writing program development
- Structural elements
- Functioning as a community
- Leadership style and institutional politics
- Connections beyond the Institution
- Conclusion
- Humanizing the writing program
- Self-Care for the writing program administrator
- Compassionate administration
- Conclusion
- Hiring instructors
- The challenges of hiring instructors
- The job advertisement
- Practicalities of hiring instructors
- Equitable working conditions
- Setting up and conducting the interview
- Conclusion
- Training instructors
- Understanding rhetoric and how it informs pedagogy culturally competent pedagogies
- Developing and scaffolding assignments
- Ensuring equitable access
- Adopting and teaching the eportfolio
- Graduate teaching assistants as a unique population
- Training challenges
- Conclusion
- Evaluating and mentoring instructors
- Overarching concerns of evaluation
- Evaluating and mentoring instructors
- Challenges of Evaluation
- Conclusion
- Assessing writing programs
- Riding the waves of assessment
- Programmatic assessments
- Using assessments to change curricula
- Assessment challenges
- The fourth wave as future
- Conclusion
- Imagining the future of writing program administration
- Growing and maintaining a culturally inclusive and diverse program
- Providing training for faculty members
- Assessing the program
- Supporting and mentoring
- Doing the hard work
- New avenues for research
- Final thoughts notes on the authors
- Publisher's summary
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This book is a comprehensive guide to administering writing programs at a moment when communication, and thus the teaching of writing, is always changing. A companion to Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century, which considers how writing instructors can successfully adapt to new challenges, this volume addresses the concerns of both novice and experienced writing program administrators. It includes guidance on building and assessing writing programs; on hiring, training, evaluating, and mentoring instructors; on eliminating cultural bias; on encouraging the well-being of administrators and instructors; on assignments and instructional tools; and on access, diversity, and inclusion. Aiming to help administrators develop thoughtful, effective approaches to using technology in writing programs, the book also provides information designed to support instructors in their teaching of rhetorical literacy strategies regardless of the environment or medium in which students compose and communicate.
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Subjects
- Subjects
- English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
- Writing centers > United States > Administration.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2022
- Copyright date
- 2022
- ISBN
- 9781603295505 paperback
- 1603295496 hardcover
- 160329550X paperback
- 9781603295499 hardcover
- 9781603295512 electronic publication
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