CAFÉ SESSION, Reading Curricula and Bridge Programs
Moderator: Dr. Julie Bokser, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse, DePaul University, Chicago; Dr. Timothy Elliott Assistant Professor of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse, DePaul University, Chicago; and Dylan Cabrera; Graduate Assistant; Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse, DePaul University, ChicagoM-201
We are writing faculty seeking feedback on curriculum we are developing for a summer reading course for at-risk, newly admitted students at DePaul University. Here are the questions we’d like to explore with our audience: What models of Reading and Bridge programs have you seen succeed at teaching complex reading skills to struggling readers entering college? How do we integrate reading and writing so students see how these activities inform one another? What are effective ways of helping students branch out from their current interests to reading (and writing) across the curriculum? We welcome attendees to this Café Session, a moderated discussion between panelists seeking advice and audience members willing to share experiences and knowledge with the overall goal of learning more how best to help our at-risk students succeed.
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We're very motivated to hear your experience with college-bound, under-prepared students. What do they need to succeed?