The C²TC Cohort

C²TC is self-paced and asynchronous. The cohort adds an optional synchronous layer for those who want to learn with colleagues: four sessions per semester where participants work through questions, share materials in progress, and build a network of instructors across disciplines who take communication seriously.

Sessions

4 per semester

One to two hours each, held over Zoom

Format

Optional

Participants complete workbooks on their own schedule. Cohort sessions are optional.

Current cohort

Beta · Spring 2027

Early participants collaborate with CWSP co-directors on curriculum development

Beta grant

$500 mini-grant

Available to beta cohort participants who collaborate on program refinement

Who the cohort is for

We designed the cohort with three groups in mind. New faculty building courses for the first time get a structured place to think through communication assignments before students see them. Graduate instructors of record, teaching on their own, get help bridging their training as scholars and their work as writing instructors. Teaching faculty revisiting courses they have taught for years get new frameworks for what they already know.

All C²TC participants are welcome, whatever their rank, discipline, or progress through a certificate. The cohort works as a working group. Participants set the agenda with what they are working on.

Session structure

What the four sessions cover

  • 1

    Orientation and framing

    An introduction to the cohort model, the certificate structure, and CWSP's approach to communication pedagogy. Participants share their disciplinary contexts, their reasons for enrolling, and the communication challenges they are most interested in addressing. The session also introduces the capstone as a planning document that participants revise through the semester.

  • 2

    Assignment design workshop

    Participants bring a current or planned assignment and work through it using the frameworks from their core modules: the rhetorical situation, DAPOE, or multimodal genre analysis, depending on their certificate track. Peers give feedback using a protocol CWSP sends in advance.

  • 3

    Feedback and assessment practicum

    A working session on response practices: how participants mark student work now, which kinds of comments help students revise, and how to build feedback into the design of a course from the first assignment. Participants respond to sample student texts and discuss the decisions they made.

  • 4

    Capstone sharing and close

    Participants share work from their capstone projects (syllabi, curriculum plans, digital portfolio assignments, or oral communication modules) and receive structured feedback from peers and CWSP facilitators. The session closes with a discussion of what participants plan to put into practice and how CWSP will support them.

Beta cohort · Spring 2027

Join the founding cohort

The Spring 2027 cohort is the first cohort of C²TC. Beta participants work with the CWSP co-directors to refine the program. They review module content, pilot capstone activities, and contribute to the teaching materials repository. Beta participants who meet with CWSP at least once per semester are eligible for a $500 mini-grant to support this work.

Apply to join

Questions about the cohort

Contact Kirsti Cole at CWSP. Session dates for the Spring 2027 cohort will be distributed to registered participants by email.