Below are details for the last faculty workshop of the semester. Oral Presentations and Student Engagement  Wednesday, May 7, 12:00 – 1:30PM Nancy Hightower and Ben Frischer  Location: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82639523161?pwd=HpbvNywBQbJbka5YyxFXbR15b5c0i3.1   Midterm season and the end of the semester can … Continue reading →

Austin and Sasha are repeating their collaborative writing workshop on Wednesday 30th at 2.30-4. Details below: Exploring Student Collaborative Writing  Wednesday, April 30, 2:30 – 4PM  Austin Bailey and Sasha Maceira  Location: Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86273991236?pwd=QTYvZmtlb2Z6eUp5SnVBYmd2OXZ0QT09 Meeting ID: 862 … Continue reading →

For folks who missed their workshop earlier this week on developing collaborative writing assignments, Austin and Sasha have kindly passed along their slides for reference. You can find them here.

Cindy Wishengrad and Nathan Schrader have graciously offered to share materials emanating from their workshop on Grammar and Language Support in the classroom, which took place before Spring break. Here are Cindy’s materials: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iBw8Gya7KDpsI5L9HlOd4W7gt08DKkDx/edit?tab=t.0 And here is a link to … Continue reading →

Exploring Student Collaborative Writing  Wednesday, April 23, 11:30AM – 1PM Austin Bailey and Sasha Maceira  Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86273991236?pwd=QTYvZmtlb2Z6eUp5SnVBYmd2OXZ0QT09 Meeting ID: 862 7399 1236 Passcode: 193056   Partly in an effort to offset the overuse of AI in student writing, … Continue reading →

Dear Faculty, We’re happy to be hosting the following workshops this semester (more workshops to be announced soon). Adjunct faculty will receive paid NTA hours for attending (see my note below regarding NTA hours). Please RSVP for workshops by emailing … Continue reading →

In case you missed this announcement: We at ACERT are delighted that members of your department, Janet Neary and Jeff Allred, will present at our ACERT Lunchtime Seminar on “Advice on advising: best practices for structuring thesis advisement and independent … Continue reading →

In case you missed it: ACERT is organizing a three-part series on “Opening a dialogue with students about their writing“, to be held in person on the 68th St campus on Monday 3/10, 3/24, and 4/7 from 1:30-2:30pm. There will be … Continue reading →

In cased you missed it, the department office circulated a memo a few week’s ago about student engagement funds this semester. As I’m sure anyone who has used this funding source can attest, it can be a brilliant resource. I’ve … Continue reading →

All semesters present challenges to students and faculty, but alas we might anticipate this one throwing more even stuff our way, including circumstances which are well beyond our expertise. In a bid to help us at least direct students to … Continue reading →