Writing Program Coordinator

About the role

The Writing Program resides in the Office of Academic Affairs (College-Wide Academics).

Responsibilities

• Cookbook tasks include: Creating sample syllabus; Create and maintain resources in Canvas for faculty and students; Schedule and lead FYW Studio faculty meetings; Provide ongoing support to Studio instructors: managing registration, enrollment, tutor issues, clarifying policies, facilitating outreach to FYS instructors, and dealing with complex student issues; Work closely with the Tutoring Center for the FYW Studio Staff the full-day “Write-In” events.
• Tutor Training tasks include: Lead training program for FYW Studio tutors; Schedule and lead refresher sessions for seasoned tutors; Monitor weekly communication between FYW Studio instructors and tutors.
• Assessment tasks include: Create an assessment plan with the Director of Writing to assess students’ progress in the FYW Studio. Lead writing assessment for FYW Studio course; Assessing data from the writing in the FYS, compile, interpret, share the data, and, depending on the results, recommend steps for any necessary changes to the FYW Studio class.
• Support First-Year Seminar Program Share FYW Studio Resources in Canvas course for FYS faculty and students; Present a workshop sessions on FYW Studio to FYS faculty; Advise the FSCC on writing in the First Seminar, particularly for the writing instruction/writing intensive component of the course, including approaches to AI.
• Teach FYW & FYS Teach one FYW Studio course each semester. Teach one FYS course each semester . Lead Directed Self-Placement Identify articles for students who submit a Writing Sample; Working in concert with the Student Transitions team, distribute the Directed Self-Placement survey to all incoming students through the NSO Canvas course; Read with the Director of Writing the writing samples submitted by students to determine enrollment; Work with Center for Global Engagement to provide data as well as any needed support to students who identify as multilingual on Directed Self-Placement survey.
• Professional Development Attend Conference on College Composition and Communication and New Jersey Writing Alliance; Stay current on AI work around campus, particularly on approaches for the writing classroom; Attend other relevant on and off campus trainings and workshops.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree supplemented by a Master's degree in a field related to the position to be filled or equivalency.
• Master’s degree in Rhetoric & Composition, Writing Studies, English, or related field.
• Five years' experience teaching writing in higher education or employed in the field of communications.
• Experience working in a Studio or similar co-curricular course or tutoring background.
• Ability to communicate clearly in workshops, presentations, and in written research reports.
• Ability to work independently on assigned research tasks, to direct initiatives, to lead faculty workshops, and to work as part of a team.
• Ability to organize priorities in completing multiple simultaneous projects.
• Knowledge of current scholarship in the teaching of writing.
• Knowledge of current AI use and its place in the writing classroom.