Resources for Writing Faculty
The Messiah University Writing Program offers many resources to support you in teaching writing to students across and inside the disciplines. During May Development week and at least once a semester we lead workshops that support faculty who want to learn to teach students to write. On this page, we have included resources that can assist you as a teacher and resources that you can use to assist your students and in your own course design.
Writing Center
Reasons to refer a student here:
- For help with higher order concerns, such as content, thesis, organization, and ideation (invention)
- For help with lower order concerns, such as grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and style
- To provide students with a sense of audience--another pair of eyes on their work
- Contact Ryan Rickrode, Director of the Writing Center, for more information
Writer’s Reference
An online resource that every student utilizes during their 4 years here
- Available in canvas dashboard an ebook that is just like the hard copy
- Students are introduced to it as first year students
- It will aid your efforts in teaching writing
The Director of Writing
Designed as a resource to assist you in your writing instruction:
- Maintaining a frequently updated Canvas resource site housing resources, example assignments, rubrics, class activities, and other writing materials for instructor use
- Workshops and other support programming to eductate faculty in trends and best practices in writing instruction
- One-on-one instructor support to address specific classroom needs
- Contact Brooke Dunbar-Treadwell, Director of Writing, for more information
The Teaching and Learning Initiative
Designed as a resource for teachers, this initiative provides:
- Regular programming on teaching strategies and practices
- Yearly write-ins to help professors focus on accomplishing academic work
- Contact Cynthia Wells, Director of Faculty Development, for more information
Reference Librarians
Reasons to refer a student here:
- When a student needs help understanding how to find sources
- When a student needs help evaluating sources
- When a student struggles with citation styles and formatting
- Contact the Murray Library for more information