Penn State tutors' responses to the conference exemplify the conference's power to influence the development of the Writing Center and to promote outreach. Tutors from Penn State and other participating institutions benefit from participation in the conference through the opportunity to develop professional and scholarly contacts and to learn what other institutions, including Penn State, have to offer in the way of writing, tutoring and academic programs. This forum is crucial in bringing together peer tutors, faculty and staff with local high schools and literacy centers. The group, comprised of a faculty member, a graduate student and two student peer tutors, engaged in an interactive presentation in which each member shared equally in the performance. The speakers used their own experiences to address how they negotiated the practical and theoretical demands of a collaborative peer consulting program.
Hierarchy is based more on the quality of one's ideas than on institutional rank.
Through examples and personal anecdotes, she outlined the four stages necessary for an editor to establish a collaborative relationship with a new writer. I was on an early committee that helped draft these new rules. This reflects your movement. The temptation is to rework the words, not work with the writer. Peabody's response to Sharkey's presentation echoed that of numerous participants.