Students in the course keep journals reflecting on their experiences and write a final paper that integrates theory and practice. During the early weeks of the semester, students spend their time reading about writing pedagogy and observing writing tutors in action. Each peer tutor is assigned a graduate student mentor, who offers advice and assistance as peer tutors begin leading the tutoring sessions themselves. Once they have become proficient at tutoring independently, tutors may offer workshops for students in their majors. In conjunction with their graduate mentors, they may also act as liaisons between the Writing Center and individual courses, much as Groves and Perrier did.
Students earn one credit for completion of the course, which can be repeated up to three times.
Faculty who would like to recommend students for the course, or who would like to work with peer tutors, should contact Terry at 993-1187 . Working at our current capacity, we regret that 138 clients had to be turned down due to lack of available appointments. Group Tutoring and Writing Workshops Students can now sign up for tutoring sessions in groups to work on specific assignments or skills. As may individual students, groups may sign up for up to 3 sessions at a time. Also, tell your students to check our web page for UWC workshop topics and their times and dates.