The WI Coordinator for the 2000-2001 academic year, appointed by the Faculty Senate, did not receive assigned time for WI duties.  Since the guidelines and application approval process are well established, the coordination activities are not as demanding now as they were when the program was initially developed at HawCC.  However, if the coordinator needs to identify and educate many new faculty members to teach WI courses, there may be a need for assigned time for WI coordination duties in the future.  Presently the duties include managing the application and evaluation process, and offering individual assistance to new WI instructors; the coordinator considers these duties service to the college.  

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The Writing Intensive Curriculum Committee (WICC)  consists  of one faculty from each of the following units:  Art & Humanities, Social Science, Math & Natural Sciences, and the Library.  The WICC  assists the WI Coordinator with program implementation, primarily with the review and approval of WI applications and the year-end evaluation report.

The WI Coordinator does all the clerical work.  Since most of the forms and procedures of  the WI program at HawCC have been developed, clerical work is routine and can be adequately managed by the WI Coordinator.  Clerical assistance for a major report is available, however, upon request to the Office of the  Dean of Instruction.

Support for instructors of writing-intensive courses is available from several sources:  the WI Coordinator provides one-on-one consultation for teaching of writing activities; the Writing Lab Coordinator for the Learning Center instructs tutors on how to assist students in the writing-intensive classes; Writing Curriculum Committee members orient WI instructors and students to the Writing Lab in The Learning Center; and the HawCC  Educator and Outreach Librarian provides library instruction and tours.

Among liberal arts faculty the consensus is that instructors who teach writing-intensive courses should be highly commended for doing so.  However, there is no evidence indicating that this is considered positively in the tenure and promotion processes.

One WI-designated course is required at HawCC for students completing the AA degree.  The division chairs,  the Dean of Instruction,  and the WI Coordinator agreed that three WI-designated courses per semester  would be adequate for the number of HawCC liberal  arts graduates.   HawCC  WI-designated course offerings exceed that number at present.  A list of active WI-designated courses is provided as an attachment.  During the academic year 2000-2001, six WI courses were offered each semester, and in Fall 2001 seven will be offered.  In areas other than English we are increasing the WI course offerings.  Four courses were offered in areas other than English in Fall 2000, and two content area courses other than English were offered in Spring 2001.  In Fall 2001, four of the seven WI courses scheduled are in content area classes.

Information about writing-intensive courses is provided in the school catalog and  schedule of classes.  Students also receive WI  information during advising via the "gradvise" form, which  lists courses and requirements yet to be met for graduation.  In addition, Birch Robison, WI Curriculum Committee member, and past WI Coordinator maintains and updates a HawCC WI web site  with links to the UH-Manoa Program as well as other useful sources.  Its address is <http://www.hawaii.edu:801/wwwwriting/WI>

WI designations are recorded on the transcript but as yet not explained. 

The 3 credits of assigned time for the WI Coordinator was discontinued in 1999.  The setting-up stage of the program, for which the WI Coordinator was granted 3 credits of assigned time was more labor intensive.  Currently, the guidelines, application and approval process are well established.  The WI Coordinator carries out these duties and offers individual assistance to new WI instructors.  Support appears to be adequate at present; however, if the coordinator needs to identify additional faculty and educate them about the importance of teaching writing intensive classes, the existing support would be inadequate.  

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The WI Coordinator informs faculty of  the writing-intensive designation process via several means:  one-on-one consultation for interested faculty, requests for WI proposals, announcements of deadlines and procedures at the division and department levels.  Birch Robison, WI committee member and former WI Coordinator, continues to offer updated information  via the HawCC faculty listserv, and a WI web site with a link from the school's official  web site.  The HawCC WI web site provides information about procedures and deadlines; in addition,  all application  forms are available for copying.

• a) Publicizing the hallmarks of writing-intensive courses
• b) Soliciting Proposals from individual faculty members
• c) Reviewing proposals
• d) Approving designation of courses as writing-intensive
• e) Notifying appropriate personnel of such designations

Procedures and application forms are well established now; no modifications were made this year.

The WI Coordinator uses the semester end evaluation process each semester as an aide in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the WI program.  Near the end of each semester, each active WI instructor asks students to evaluate the writing intensive aspect of the course and then summarizes the feedback.  The completed student evaluations and the teacher summary are returned to the WI Coordinator, who shares this information with the WICC.  Information from the process helps the WI Coordinator to advise and support WI instructors more effectively. 

Any request for training is provided by the WI Coordinator.

Training is available for new WI faculty when necessary.  

The resources available are the WI Coordinator, WI committee members, and the writing tutors in the Learning Center.