Progress reports are sent to instructors during the 5th week of the semester. If the student or instructor desires or close monitoring is necessary, progress reports are sent again during the 10th week of the semester. Schedules, calendars and a number of time management tools are discussed and utilized. Coordinators also collaborate with the instructional team to provide guidance and support, and monitoring and mentoring for students who are experiencing substantial problems in a given semester. The Writing Lab offers remedial instruction, as well as academic support to students who need assistance with the writing process.
Remediation is combined with specific class assignments.
The role of the Writing Lab tutors are one of facilitator, rather than that of an editor. The student first works with an academic tutor for understanding of the subject matter and then proceeds to the Writing Lab. The writing tutors build on the student s writing skill strengths. The tutors diagnose particular writing problems within papers and explain concepts or rules that correct the problems. The student looks for content, organization, logic and major grammatical flaws within the paper.