Writing Programs Worldwide - Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places, 2012a

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ARCHIVES
SUWC has its program-based materials as workshop PowerPoint handouts,
Study Group activity sheets, checklists, sample student outlines/essays,
portfolios, reports, conference abstracts, presentations, CV and SOP samples,
supplementary guidelines, reading lists, attendance lists, a database for statistics,
semester-end reports, proposals, CDs of interviews with TAs and mock
job interviews, and program leaflets. Materials are kept both electronically
and in hard copy, including feedback letters and Evaluation Checklists as
testimonials.
COMPOSITION
The five members of the SUWC academic staff have their degrees in English
Literature, Law, Archeology, Mass Media, and Public Relations. Some have additional
certificates and experience in English Language Teaching (ELT), teaching
of English Literature, Expository Writing or Composition, and/or have been
involved in curriculum design, materials production, and teacher training, with
8-40 years of experience per person. Throughout the years, SUWC has had a
Coordinator, a Help Desk, and two to seven assistants for office work and peertutoring.
The current assistants are SU Graduate Program students in Political
Science, International Relations, and Cultural Studies, with BA degrees from
universities such as Cornell, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of
Florida, Boston College, and Cambridge. Two assistants are junior and senior
in SU, FENS, and FASS. Assistants’ recruitment is a two-tier process: submission
of CV and two essays, followed by two interviews to measure teaching and
communication skills.
ACTIVITIES/ PROGRAMS
The five program elements of SUWC are designed based on feedback collected
from students, course assistants, and faculty at meetings, study groups,
and tutorials. Each program holds six to 26 two-hour workshops with a range
of eight to 257 students (course-based) per semester. The number of appointment-based
tutorials has a range of 125-882 per semester. Study group sessions
range between 16 and 77, with an attendance of 3-562 participants per semester.
The number of students benefitting from any one of the SUWC services per
semester is approximately 1,700 out of SU’s 3,470 student population, mostly
undergraduates.
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