Resources for teachers of writing | Messiah, a private Christian University in PA

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

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 , 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

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