Application Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2015

Applicant Interviews: November 16 – 20, 2015

Orientation Session for Grantees: Spring Planning 2016 (TBA)

2016 Summer Workshop Series for Grantees: Thursday, May 19: 2 to 5 p.m.

Friday, May 20: 9 a.m. to noon

Monday, May 23: 2 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24: 2 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25: 2 to 3:30 p.m.

By submitting an application to the WAC/WID Professional Development Program, I propose to redesign a course within my discipline in which I will:

1. Create and/or revise opportunities for students to use informal, low-stakes writing to learn and engage with course content.

2. Create and/or revise at least three assignments that incorporate writing.

3. Scaffold assignments.

4. Incorporate transparent grading criteria for assignments.

5. Provide opportunities for collaboration, revision and feedback.

6. Include the grades students earn on writing assignments in the calculation of their final averages.

•Whenpossible,atleast40%ofthefinalaverageinGordonRuleclasseswillcomefromwritingand atleast20%innon-GordonRuleclasses.

If my application is accepted, I agree to:

1. Attend a 2-hour WAC/WID Orientation Session (Spring Planning 2016).

2.ReadanddiscussJohnBean’sbook,Engaging Ideas, via Falcon Online discussion boards in February-May of 2016.

3. Participate in a WAC/WID Summer Workshop Series (see dates and times listed above) designed to provide me with strategies and peer support pursuant to my course redesign.

4. Present my course redesign to the workshop attendees, facilitators and other interested parties on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

5. Allow the WAC/WID coordinator or a WAC/WID facilitator to observe a class meeting of my redesigned course.

6. Participate in WAC/WID Program assessment procedures, which will include, but are not limited to, faculty surveys and student surveys to be administered in the Fall Term of 2015 and in the Summer or Fall Term of 2016.

Applicant Signature Date

Please provide a preliminary course title, number and brief description of the discipline-specific subject matter of the course.

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WRITING CENTER

2016 WAC/WID Program ApplicationApplicant’sName & Title:

Department:

Email: Extension:

In which term will you implement your course redesign? Summer B Fall (15 weeks) Fall A Fall B Other

How will this class be taught?Face-to-face Fully Online Hybrid Other

Endorsement of Department Chair

By signing my name below, I agree to allow to attend all the WAC/WID events on the dates and times specified on the first page of this application. I further agree to allow this course, as designed by ,tobeofferedbymydepartmentorcollegeasaregularpartofthecollege’scourseofferings.

Signature of Department Chair Date

ReturnapplicationstoJessicaKester,AssociateProfessorofEnglishandWAC/WIDCoordinator, building540,office231orelectronicallytoKesterJ@DaytonaState.edu.

Awards will be announced following review of applications.

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