The WID Faculty Fellowship

 

In addition to workshops and retreats, Montgomery College faculty have an opportunity specialize further in writing as a teaching and learning tool.  With the support of the Center for Teaching and Learning, a selected group of fifteen fellows meet for one semester to discuss key issues in writing and to conduct research on best practices in writing in their disciplines.   Fellows also create sample rubrics, assignments, and lesson plans for one or more courses they teach regularly.  The fellows remain members of WID long after the semester ends, serving as contacts and resources and assisting with workshops.

 

Faculty are granted the equivalent of one standard course (3 ESH) for their semester’s work.  The intensive study of writing entailed in this fellowship helps faculty attain a level of expertise that makes them excellent resources for their disciplines, academic areas, and departments. 

 

Collegiality and useful resources are par for the course. 

 

See “Call for Fellowship Proposals”

See list of Fellows, Spring 2007

See list of Fellows, Fall 2007

 

WID fellows create new teaching materials that support incorporating writing into their discipline.  These materials include:

  1. formal and informal writing assignments
  2. peer review assignments and forms
  3. rubrics
  4. annotated bibliographies of best practices for writing in their disciplines
  5. reflective narratives that consider how each new teaching tool relates to course objectives.

 

Fellows generously share the products of their work with the College community, so that other faculty can use them as well.   You may also contact them with any questions about their materials.

 

See portfolios submitted by the Fellows:

 

Spring 2007 Fall 2007
Tanya Allison, Geography Maurice Clark, Astronomy
Carol Decker, Computer Applications Salvatore DiMaria, Geography
Swift Dickinson, Women’s Studies John Hamman, Math
Jason Fuller, Biology Christopher Koch, Television
Charlotte Jacobsen, Business and Management Max Nam, Physics
Janet Mansir, Nursing Rachel Ndonye, Chemistry
Takiko Mori-Saunders, Sociology Benedict Ngala, Sociology
James Nelson, Accounting Mirna Ostchega, Nursing
Stephanie Pepin, Mathematics Joyce Riseberg and Zdanna Skalsky, Math
Miriam Simon, AELP and English Eugenia Robinson, Anthropology
James Smith, Biology LaVerne Tuckson, Physical Therapy