WAC Meeting Agenda
Monday, September 15, 2008
1:00 to 2:00, CC 117
Attendance: Mark Snavely, Rick Matthews, Jonathan Marshall, David Steege, Anne Cassidy, Jean Preston, Barbara Short, Ryan Ringhand, Ed Montanaro.
I. Approval of Minutes from May 7 2008 meeting (https://wac.carthage.edu/)
II. Election of Committee Secretary – Congratulations Barb!
III. Approval of new course proposals (Mark Snavely)
Ellen Hauser: WOGS 311 doesn’t approve exams as writing: asking for revision; Rick is going to follow up with her. 20% meets the criteria that she set out. Not enough writing to learn. Revise and resubmit to the committee; term is not clear.
Julio Rivera and Patrick Pfaffle: GEOS and BIOL 471 Nicaragua: J-term; passed.
Steve Udry: HIST 220 for 2009-2010; passed.
Getting a proposal from Matt Zorn soon.
IV. Waiver Requests: put slides on the website to help to sort reasons for accepting or denying.
Daniel Borak: ENG 152.005: denied, not substituting or self designing, no faculty member signing.
Kimberly Randle: first class in 1999, free from writing intensive, doesn’t need WI course
Dan Conder: took 201 before it was listed. Mark is following up to see his major/minor. tabled pending more information.
Alpha Sabbithi: jr or sr; which courses do you need to take for your major or minor (open slots); tabled pending more information.
Gina Yi: accounting major, hasn’t taken sr. seminar yet, day school, advisor needs to be consulted, she is going to get a course and has time to get another course; denied.
V. Update on Writing Fellow certification (Jean Preston)
Writing tutors/fellows:
Training process meets criteria. 10 hrs. training and 20 hours of experience. We do 25 hrs. of training automatically. 10 hrs. of training in addition throughout the semester. Currently we have:
3 students at level II
4 students at level I
VI. Report on Fall 2008 WAC Workshops (Matthews)
Rick is putting together on workshops. First we offered two kinds of sections: certification and advanced with people already certified (a moment of growth). Poses new questions: organization, compensation, recommendations. We are becoming our own teachers. We should be ready to run all of the workshops ourselves this year; become self-sustaining for money reasons. Find ways to cultivate interest and become resources. Spread out among our colleagues.
VII. Unfinished Business
Passed proposals via email for this fall 2008 at the beginning of the semester. See summer notes for those courses.
VIII. New Business
Enrollment cap for team taught writing intensive courses: 30 for a trial
This number would work with lots of informal reflective writing, writing to reflect on what you have just been doing. Formal paper means revision for editing.
Meetings: Oct. 6 CC rm 117 1-2pm. We are all available. If we need an additional meeting, Rick will schedule additional ones and give us some notice.
Have to do something with the course updates. Timing is off. We need an update system. We can do that within the current system. When and how often we ask for the updates is the question. We need to know what courses are running.
Less immediate: instructor re-certification. Suggestions: teaching a WI course once a year. Workshops, point system, on or off campus.
Business and second general education courses are in short supply.