{"id":2131,"date":"2019-07-18T01:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T01:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/?page_id=2131"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:09:21","slug":"wac-comm-b-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wac-comm-b-training\/","title":{"rendered":"WAC COMM-B TRAINING"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2131\" class=\"elementor elementor-2131\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-579cb89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"579cb89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91742d3\" data-id=\"91742d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb4a07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdb4a07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\"><BR>WAC COMMUNICATION-B (COMM-B) TRAINING<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f16a42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f16a42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30295dc\" data-id=\"30295dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5244bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5244bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-86bad8b\" data-id=\"86bad8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c96822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c96822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"\">To help teaching assistants and faculty plan and teach <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/criteria-for-communication-b-courses\/\">Communication-B courses<\/a>, the WAC program offers a sequence of three\u00a0training workshops early each semester. TAs teaching a Comm-B course for the first time are required to attend, and faculty may join.<\/span><span class=\"\">This cross-curricular\u00a0<span id=\"0.6282593815426236\" class=\"highlight\">training<\/span>\u00a0is designed to complement course-specific\u00a0<span id=\"0.4286800564800135\" class=\"highlight\">training\u00a0<\/span>departments may provide for instructors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fedd3 elementor-button-danger elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"28fedd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/WCh7ofrhqj544K2E6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register Here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0281e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0281e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span class=\"\" style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;\">During this\u00a0<span id=\"0.5953976311793576\" class=\"highlight\">training<\/span>, we focus on issues common to instructors in all\u00a0<span id=\"0.4104224612482792\" class=\"highlight\">Comm-B<\/span>\u00a0courses, such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"\">Understanding Comm-B goals and requirements<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"\">Antiracist approaches to teaching writing<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Developing strategies for teaching written communication, oral communication, and information literacy<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Clarifying expectations for formal writing and speaking assignments and developing appropriate evaluation criteria<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Responding effectively and efficiently to students\u2019 writing and speaking<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Using informal (brief, ungraded) writing and speaking assignments<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Facilitating one-to-one conferences about student writing<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;\">*If you have questions, please contact Emily Hall (ebhall@wisc.edu)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-741936a\" data-id=\"741936a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5615b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5615b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WAC-Trng.Fall2016-Large-Group-e1563415462124.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1fed35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1fed35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><br>New Comm-B instructors <br>at a WAC training Workshop<br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-811a56e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"811a56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9fb01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f9fb01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\"><br>Before &amp; AFter The Training:<br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96bce4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96bce4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Explore writing assignments and pedagogical insights from UW-Madison faculty, staff, and TAs in the WAC Sourcebook, <i>Locally Sourced<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4401d2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4401d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2565\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Picture1.png 761w, https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Picture1-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512accf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"512accf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/documents\/writing-across-the-curriculum-faculty-sourcebook\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Picture1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAC COMMUNICATION-B (COMM-B) TRAINING To help teaching assistants and faculty plan and teach Communication-B courses, the WAC program offers a sequence of three\u00a0training workshops early each semester. 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