
Indispensable Reference for Teachers of FWS
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Consult this reference as you prepare to teach in the Knight Institute's First-Year Writing Seminar Program (FWS), one of the country's largest and most diverse programs in writing in the disciplines.
The materials provided here are revised each academic year with updated contacts, support information, and sample semester schedules.
- Building your FWS Syllabus
- FWS Requirements (modified for the Fall 2020 semester)
- FWS Learning Outcomes
- Fall 2020 Semester Calendar
- Fall 2020 Semester Calendar with a Sample Schedule for Drafts, Version 1, Focus on Revision and Reflection
- Fall 2020 Semester Calendar with a Sample Schedule for Drafts, Version 2, Focus on Self-Directed/Independent Research/Capstone Project
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Fall 2020 Semester Calendar with a Sample Schedule for Drafts, Version 3, Focus on Monthly Deadlines and Asynchronous Work during Semifinals Period
- Spring 2021 Semester Calendar
- The FWS Syllabus: Info to Include
- Diagnostic Essay Guidelines
- FWS Instructor Referral
- Preparing to Teach your FWS
- Responding to Students of Concern
- Professional Development for FWS Instructors
- FWS Course Evaluations
- Submitting Course Grades
- Support for FWS Students
- Additional Resources for FWS Teachers
- Awards, Prizes, and Professional Opportunities
- Awards for Students and Instructors
- Propose a FWS
- Apply to be a Cornell Writing Centers Tutor
- Apply to be a Graduate Writing Service Tutor
- Apply to be a WRIT 7100 "Teaching Writing" Co-Faciliatator
- Apply to be a Knight Institute Summer Intern
- Cornell Writing Centers Summer Internship
- FWS Classroom Summer Internship
- Apply to work as Temporary Lecturer in our Writing Worshop