Students
  • Curricular: Develop definitions of good speaking skills in disciplines across the College.
  • Modify SLOs to match discipline-specific speaking goals.
  • Develop 5 Speaking (SP) courses in disciplines across the College.
  • Modify QEP draft assessment rubrics for different academic disciplines.

 

  • Co-Curricular: Involve students in developing co-curricular programming that highlights speaking.
  • Explore opportunities to revive existing and establish new co-curricular clubs related to speaking (e.g., debate team).
  • Host a public speaking contest for students with prizes awarded.
  • Work with Director of Undergraduate Research on awards for best student presentations at Scholarship Sewanee.
  • Award prizes for best class presentations, nominated by instructors.
Faculty
  • Identify courses with a speaking component and provide assistance and support to faculty who want to enhance oral components in those courses.
  • Assist faculty with the development and enhancement of Speaking (SP) courses.
  • Conduct faculty training workshops on the teaching and assessment of public speaking skills.
  • Departments and Programs across the curriculum develop discipline specific student public speaking goals, and evaluate, modifying as necessary, the QEP desired student learning outcomes to tailor them to meet discipline specific objectives.
Infrastructure
  • Appoint members of the Advisory Board to the Center for Speaking and Listening (three-year appointment).
  • Appoint members to the QEP Implementation Committee.
  • Furnish and equip the Speaking and Listening Center with materials, furniture, and technology.
  • Select and equip satellite locations in other buildings across campus where students can practice their speaking skills.
  • Explore recruiting/ training emeritus faculty and graduate student (School of Theology and School of Letters) as speaking fellows.
  • Develop and maintain Speaking and Listening Center website with links/resources for faculty and students.
  • Train and hire student tutors to work with the Speaking and Listening Center and faculty teaching Speaking (SP) Courses.
  • Organize campus-wide events/speakers to demonstrate good speaking skills.