** NOTE: This is a 6-week seminar that is best suited for lecture instructors, and GTAs/CTAs that are planning to be primary course instructors in the future. Meeting days/times: Monday, October 1, 2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm Monday, October 8, 2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm Monday, October 15, 2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm Monday, October 22, 2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm Monday, October 29, 2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm November 5th Showcase from 10am -12pm This seminar is an endorsement sponsored by the University Institute for Teaching and Learning. Learn more about this endorsement and its requirements (https://uitl.osu.edu/endorsement/teaching-through-writing). One of the core challenges of teaching writing is the fact that students bring widely varying experiences with culture, education, and language to classrooms. By incorporating strategies to promote transparency (Winkelmes et al. 2016) and culturally sustaining pedagogies (Paris and Alim 2017), instructors can promote transparency in teaching and learning and be responsive to the diverse range of their students’ needs. Participants in this week-long seminar with the WAC program in the CSTW will first comprehensively examine their course curriculum and identify the unique needs of their diverse student populations. Using insights from this examination, they will consider how to engage these students and promote their success through writing. By the end of this seminar, participants will have designed or redesigned a sequenced writing assignment for their course. ** RSVP here and by emailing cstw@osu.edu by September 24th.