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Paul Beaufait

Schreiber and Duric 14.2 - Praxis: A Writing Center Journal - 0 views

  • Instead, the call for new tutors was announced through social media, and potential tutors were selected after a review of their submitted writing samples and informal interviews. The new tutors then observed tutoring sessions and attended a one-day training organized by the current tutors. The entire recruitment process has been a valuable experience for the current tutors, who trained new staff in an authentic peer-to-peer manner, building their confidence and knowledge (Girgensohn 132)
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      Onboarding process in a community writing center offering face-to-face tutorials for diverse clients and needs.
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    Schreiber, B. R., & Đurić, S. (2017). Alternative Venues: An EFL writing center outside the university. Praxis, 14(2). http://www.praxisuwc.com/schreiber-and-duric
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1317. Writers Groups: Composing a Balanced Faculty - 0 views

  • Writers groups can bring faculty members together for dedicated individual writing time, team brainstorming sessions, reading and discussions of books designed to improve writing productivity, and peer review of works in progress. By creating a supportive interdisciplinary group for idea exchange, writers groups rely on internal expertise, inspire interdisciplinary discussions, and create community (Benson-Brown, 2006).  In addition, scheduled writing time that leads to peer review of works in progress creates accountability that helps some faculty finish writing projects that otherwise might have languished.
  • Writers groups raise awareness in participants by helping them to see challenges faced by student writers and by offering them an opportunity to reflect on teaching through their writing activities. 
  • One basic success has been use of a facilitator to set meeting schedules, obtain meeting space, and keep group members on task via their commitment to participate at regular times.
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  • At colleges where a writers group is faculty driven, the leader is unlikely to be compensated by anything more than a line on his or her curriculum vitae, though perhaps this is not insignificant, given that leadership roles are frequently considered in tenure and promotion.
  • While some faculty in writers groups participate because doing so helps them to schedule time to work on projects, others need something different from the community: a group of peers who can review drafts and offer feedback for editing and revision. Even in interdisciplinary FLCs, the peer-review function can be very useful to members, providing them with commentary from a variety of perspectives.
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    Though focused primarily on "faculty learning communities ... on two-year college campuses," this article may help a wide range of group types envision benefits and get started.
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Writing a conference paper - 0 views

  • communication of complex ideas in an accessible and professional manner
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    Frazer, P. (n.d.). Writing a conference paper [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/PostgraduateCentre/PostgraduateResearcherDevelopmentProgramme/FileStore/Filetoupload,379614,en.pdf This postgraduate student writer's guide provides strategic advice and practical exercises. It covers the process from conference proposals to write-ups, and includes suggestions for further reading.
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Caplan (2012), Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers - 0 views

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    "Grammar Choices is a different kind of grammar book: It is written for graduate students, including MBA, master's, and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers and faculty" (Descriptions, ¶2, 2014.09.08).
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Wiley: Professional Development - 0 views

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    This page lists items to include with a book project proposal.
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