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Official Business

Assessment Materials

By-Laws of the UW Colleges Department of English

Committees of the English Department:  2007-2008  You may also use the DEPT-ENGL email lists on Outlook to contact committees directly.

Department Goals 2007+

Final Exam Policy

Independent Study (ENG 299) Approval Form

Materials from Meetings

Department Meetings

• April 18-19, 2008 Spring Meeting highlights
• October 8, 2007 Department Online Meeting Minutes
• September 7-11 Department Online Meeting Minutes 
• August 30, 2007, English Department Fall Meeting Agenda
• Spring 2007 materials: Marnie Dresser's handouts on creativity in the classroom ("Ride the Villanellatron" and her other creativity exercises) and the handout from the panel on literature enrollments led by Jen Heinert, Marc Seals, John Pruitt, and Nancy Chick,  Minutes
• Fall 2006 Department Meeting Minutes (Draft) prepared by Jen Heinert with the speed of light!
• Spring 2005 Department Meeting Materials (Many workshops, notes, and handouts!)
• Fall 2004 Department Meeting Workshop Notes (Facilitated by Ellyn Lem and Cassie Phillips)
• Summer 2004 Teaching Literature Workshop Notes and Bibliographies by Holly Hassel: Teaching Literature, Essential Critical Books on American Literature, and Approaches to Teaching Specific Texts and Genres of American Literature (Facilitated by Holly Hassel and Nancy Chick)
• Spring 2004 Department Meeting Materials (Many workshops and notes!)
• June 2003 Evaluation and Assessment Workshop on English 102 Essays (Notes and assessment materials resulting from the workshop facilitated by Holly Hassel and Nancy Chick)

• September 6-7 Executive Committee Online Meeting Minutes (with the new faculty-mentor pairings)
• January 19-20, 2007, Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
• November 20, 2006, Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
• November 21, 2005, Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
• April 16, 2005, Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
• November 23, 2004, Executive Committee Meeting Agenda

Professional Development Grant  Application and the Professional Development Committee's Criteria for Awarding Funding (Just click the link to open the document, save it to your computer, fill it out, and submit it to the chair of the Professional Development Committee.  The deadlines are November 20 and April 1.)

Student Evaluation Averages (Fall 2008)

Syllabus Information: Senate Institutional Curricular Policy  #104 & some possible language

Campus Material

Associate Chairs

The responsibilities of department representatives (called "Associate Chairs" in the English Department) include interviewing, orienting, and arranging for mentors for lecturers, as well as setting up their class visitations.  Representatives may distribute materials and establish schedules as needed by the department; they also share faculty/staff responses from the campus with the chair, as in the case of position requests.  Current Associate Chairs are using this wiki to develop a list of typical duties and best practices, as well as responses to the department goals relevant to ACs, 

Current Associate Chairs
Baraboo: Ken Grant	Marshfield: Julie Tharp
Barron: Nancy Chick	Richland: Karen McLeer
Fond du Lac: Alayne Peterson	Rock: John Pruitt
Fox: Scott Emmert	Sheboygan: Joe Milicia
Manitowoc: Dave Gratz	Washington: Anne Widmayer
Marathon: Holly Hassel	Waukesha: Peggy Rozga
Marinette: Jennifer Flatt	Virtual Campus: Chuck Rybak

Campus Enrollment Information

• Fall 2007 Enrollments, Sorted by Campus

Exemption from ENG 102

• UW Colleges Website Explanation
• Placement Test Cutscores
• ENG 102 Exemption Form for Associate Degree

Local English Department Handbooks

• UW-Barron County (Thanks to lots of help from Waukesha's handbook)
• UW-Waukesha (Adapt their original handbook to fit your campus! Here's a PDF.)

Revision to Sigma Kappa Delta Charter for UWC English Department

Tutor Training Materials from Dartmouth's Writing Program  (Thanks to Marnie Dresser for this link!)

Mentoring, Retention, Review, Evaluation, and Tenure

Classroom Visitors' Information

Dossier Guidelines for Faculty Retention, Promotion, and Tenure

LEC 100: First-Year Seminar Instructor Visitation Options and Course Guide

Mentoring in the English Department

Merit Review Materials: Guidelines

Performance Expectations for Faculty in the English Department

Promotion Criteria and Procedures for Instructional Academic Staff in the UW Colleges English Department

Review of First-Year English Instructional Academic Staff

Departmental Community

English Department Members' Favorite Poems

Some Favorite Podcasts

Teaching Tips & Materials