ECHS Program in Composition

The Early Credit High School Program in Composition (ECHSP) offers seniors in selected high schools across Rhode Island the chance to study college level composition and to receive college credit for their efforts. In the ECHSP, seniors take Writing & Rhetoric's college composition course, WRT 104. Upon completion, they receive a URI transcript showing they have completed this three-credit course. The three credits may be applied at URI towards the completion of the communications requirement in the general education program, or the credits are usually transferable at other collegiate institutions.

The ECHSP Composition course is exactly the same as the composition course that is taught in Kingston to students who are enrolled full-time at URI. However, as part of the High School Program, the course is taught by a specially trained high school English teacher and is delivered in the high school setting within the regular school day. Students pay a registration fee to participate and they may have to purchase texts.

The high school teachers who participate in this program are committed to the teaching of writing as a distinct discipline. They stay in touch with current trends in composition theory, and they meet each May to learn about current teaching strategies in composition. Teachers who are new to the program receive a one-on-one orientation to the course and training in specific classroom strategies.

The Coordinator of the ECHSP, Jean Zipke, visits each classroom and meets with each teacher at least twice a semester. In addition, she organizes the May workshop.

We invite students, teachers, or administrators who would like to participate in the ECHSP or who would like more information to contact Jean Zipke, Program Co-ordinator, 874-5932.

Participating Schools:

Barrington HS
Warwick Vets
Cranston West HS
Textron Chamber
Burrillville HS
Narragansett HS
East Providence HS
Bishop Hendricken HS
Coventry
Johnston HS
North Providence HS
Mt. Hope HS
South Kingstown HS
Tolman
Pilgrim HS
East Greenwich
Smithfield HS
Westerly
Cranston East HS
Shea
Middletown HS
Classical HS
E-Cubed Academy
Our Lady of Fatima HS
West Warwick
Tiverton

News

Please visit our announcements page for more details on the following news:

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Tim Amidon, who was recently selected as an Assistant Editor of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.

Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke was selected for a summer research position with the EPA's Atlantic Ecology Division in Narragansett. Caroline will be working with them this summer to study the barriers to and opportunities for restoration in the Woonasquatucket watershed in northern Rhode Island. She looks forward to sharing her experience and findings with the Harrington School Communicating Science Cluster in the fall.

Professor Libby Miles has been selected for a national team of curriculum developers/facilitators for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). "Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success" is a grant-funded project designed to help over 300 college and university librarians create projects to assess their impact on student learning.

Student Profiles

Get to know graduating senior Shauntel Martin.

Get to know Sara Gilman during her junior year.

See more student profiles.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 8th
What: 495 Capstone Portfolios and Awards Presentation
Where:Lippitt Auditorium - 4th floor Lippitt Hall
When: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Who: WRT faculty, students, friends, and families

Check out our Event Calendar to see what's happening

Publications

New publications by Gavin Hurley, Tim Amidon,Jeremiah Dyehouse, Cathyrn Molloy, Kim Hensely Owens, Mike Pennell, and Joannah Portman Daley!

See a full list of recent Publications by our faculty and graduate students.

special programs

National Archives of Composition and Rhetoric