2025 Application for New Faculty Partners in the Writing Fellows Program
Training for new faculty partners takes place at the Summer Writing Pedagogy Retreat sponsored by the TU Writing Center. Faculty selected to participate will earn a $1000 stipend to participate in the 4-day professional development seminar that covers connections between thinking and writing, writing threshold concepts, writing assignment design based on disciplinary thresholds and the PACT framework, methods for providing feedback on writing, methods for grading student work and collaborative techniques for integrating Writing Fellows into a class.
Program Expectations
Faculty chosen to participate would be asked to meet the following expectations:
- Attend the Summer Writing Pedagogy Workshop and complete all assigned reading and homework
- Revise syllabus, signature assignment, and rubrics for the fellowed course to allow for adequate scaffolding and revision of submitted work
- Provide mentoring and guidance for embedded Writing Fellow in the fall (required) and spring (optional) semester
- Attend 2 faculty cohort meetings during active semesters
Application Criteria for Faculty
- Teach a writing-intensive course in any discipline. Courses are considered “writing-intensive” if they include 2 or more major writing assignment that require revision. Priority will be given to faculty who teach TSEM and Core 9 classes.
- Provide a syllabus and sample signature writing assignment for the course you would like to fellow.
- Demonstrate interest in 1) having a Writing Fellow in the course, 2) deepening your knowledge of teaching with writing, and 3) coaching and supporting students in writing as a process.
2025 Application Timeline for Faculty
- Call for applications March 3, 2025
- Applications due April 18, 2025
- Deliberations April 21-25, 2025
- Decisions announced April 28, 2025
- Participation RSVP deadline May 1, 2025
- Summer Writing Pedagogy Workshop: Tuesday, June 3; Thursday, June 5; Tuesday, June 10; Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Each workshop will run from 10am-3pm with lunch provided.
Please email ebarney@towson.edu with any questions.
Tags: Faculty, professional development, writing across the curriculum, Writing CenterCategorised in: General
This post was written by Barney, E. Mairin