Who We Are

& What We Do 

What is the UCWbL?

Write for five minutes about the follow question:

Regardless of your level of familiarity with our work, what assumptions do you have about what the UCWbL is and what we do?

What is the UCWbL?

Write for five minutes about the follow question:

Regardless of your level of familiarity with our work, what assumptions do you have about what a peer writing tutor is and/or what a peer writing tutor does?

What is the UCWbL?

Pair up with someone you don’t already know (well) and share your responses with each other to the two previous questions

Note what’s similar and different in your responses

What is the UCWbL?

Whole group sharing

What is the UCWbL?

Write for five minutes about the follow question:

McLeod & Miraglia (2011) argued that “if writ­ing is a mode of learning, if it is a way of constructing knowl­edge, then the integration of writing with learning will continue…to be seen as a central feature of the learn­ing process.” How has writing been related to your own learning process(es) or construction of knowledge?

What is the UCWbL?

a response to 2005, campus-wide study about writing

a writing across the curriculum initiative

more info in chapter 1 of How to UCWbL

What is the UCWbL?

What questions do you (still) have about the UCWbL?

WORKING

AS A GA

As an UCWbL Graduate Assistant (GA)

you will divide your time between 

your leadership work

your peer writing tutor work

BUT!

Week 1 of classes
(Wednesday, September 7-Tuesday, September 13) you will only work for 10 hours. 

You will schedule these 10 hours later this afternoon when you have your team assignment

Where did the other 10 hours go, you ask?

5 Hours to All-staff Orientation on September 6

5 Hours to Professional development throughout the quarter

The first half of the quarter will look a little bit different for new GAs

Weeks 2-5 (approximately): working with your team and completing training

Weeks 5-10: dividing time between teamwork and tutoring

Values-Driven UCWbLeadership

Creating Productive and Happy Teams

What is Value-Driven Leadership?

A conscious commitment by leaders to use life-affirming qualities, ethics, and priorities that optimize individual team members’ personal transformation and the overall performance and goals of the organization. 

TEAM Values

Individual Values

UCWbL Values

List your personal values

Value = a word or phrase that represents a quality, priority, or motivation that is important to you 

List your personal values

From your list, select top 5-6 personal values

For each selected value, identify 1 specific example of a positive and a limiting behavior that corresponds to each value

Behavior = an action that supports a value

References

Barrett Values Centre: http://www.valuescentre.com/

Center for Values-Driven Leadership:
http://www.cvdl.org/