HOW
LONG A WRITING-INTENSIVE DESIGNATION LASTS
A Writing-Intensive designation is
effective
for four years from the original approval date. (As an example,
if a course is approved in Fall 2008, the instructor would need to
submit a renewal in Fall 2012.) After that period, if the
instructor wants to continue offering the course as WI, s/he needs to
submit another WI course proposal form for Writing-Intensive Focus Board review, to
ensure that
the
course still meets WI guidelines. WI course renewals will also be
effective for four years. As with new WI course
proposals,
the WI Focus Board will be happy to work with instructors to clarify
guidelines and to consult on WI course design as needed.
At
LCC, WI designations are granted for the course taught by
the instructor submitting the proposal; if another instructor
wishes to teach the same course as WI, s/he is required to submit a
proposal for it. The exception to this, as well as to the 4-year WI designation, is courses numbered English 200+, which
have blanket WI
designation
regardless of instructor. Instructors for all other WI courses
are required to submit a new WI
course proposal form for every additional WI course they want to teach.
Include a statement regarding availability
of services for students with disabilities. Here's a sample
statement you can use:
Student
with Disabilities Statement:
Leeward Community College abides by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which
stipulate that no student shall be denied the benefits of an education
"solely by reason of a handicap." Students with documented disabilities
who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are
encouraged to contact the Coordinator of the Kako‘o ‘Ike (KI) program
as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented
in a timely fashion. The KI office is located in L-208, across
from the elevator in the library building. Students may also contact the coordinator by phone at
455-0421.
See also the FAQs for students about Writing-Intensive courses on this website. Feel free to excerpt this information (no need for attribution) in your course outline.
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