Brief History and Plans for 2024-25
The CRC has focused on a number of different projects over the years, including developing materials to support an expansion of online learning and composition program assessment; however, between fall 2019 and spring 2024, the primary focus was on curriculum revision. This process began with deep reading in scholarship focused on issues of equity in composition courses and contemporary approaches to composition courses that reflect modern composing, reading, and rhetorical practices. During the 2021-22 academic year, the CRC finalized the English 1200/12A0 curriculum, and the revised CLOs were approved by a departmental vote in spring 2022. In fall 2022-23, the CRC shifted its focus to revising the English 2400 curriculum, which involved reviewing the two-course sequence prior to the revision of English 1200, sharing approaches to assignments and course design, discussing what elements should distinguish the two courses in the sequence, and reading texts relevant to thinking through our students literacy needs in the current moment. Revised curriculum materials for English 2400 were approved by English Department in spring 2024.
Currently, the CRC is working to revise the Collaborative Portfolio Assessment process used by most sections of English 1200. Alternative models will be developed so that coherent options can be shared with the Department and voted on for implementation in Fall 2025.
Participation in the CRC typically involves attending 4-5 synchronous meetings per semester in addition to independent and small group work. FT faculty receive .5 credit hours per semester (1 credit per year) for full CRC participation; PT faculty receive the equivalent in NTA hours — 12.5 NTA hours per semester (25 per year).
