Staff Development
Each semester the director, associate directors, and consultants
assess the mentoring, research and outreach work that happens
around the St. John’s Writing Centers and then develop a training
agenda that reflects our collaborative reflection. For the Spring
2011 semester, building on our strong foundations of tutoring
theory and practice, we are putting a spotlight on several themes
emerging from consultant's self reflections -- for example, how to
engage reluctant writers. Every two weeks, the staff meets to
discuss these issues in small groups, complementing on-going
conversations on our wiki, blogs, and discussion board threads.
Handbook for Writing Center
Consultants
Overview of the
Center, Ideas for
Handling Sessions, Talking
Points for Classroom Visits
Reflect on Session or Review
Schedule
Click here to write up your
session reflection or to review your schedule
Blackboard
Click here to view the Writing
Centers' private wiki, blog, and discussion threads
Using the Flip
Cams
View instructions on using the
Writing Center's flip cams for recording sessions and events.
Consulting
Writers
Consulting writers in three
acts
NEWCA
Northeast Writing Centers
Association
Regional collective representing tutors, consultants, coaches,
administrators and faculty who are involved with mentoring
writers
IWCA
International Writing Centers
Association
International organization of which NEWCA is a part
NCPTW
National Conference on Peer Tutoring in
Writing, an academic meeting of writing coaches, researchers
and teachers
Praxis
A writing center
journal from the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University
of Texas at Austin
Dangling
Modifer
An online
newsletter for peer tutoring from Penn State
Kairos
An online
journal of rhetoric and pedagogy from Texas Tech