Sticky Situation: Personal Hygiene - 0 views
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Lee Ann Glowzenski on 13 May 15discussing how to help a tutor work with a student who has hygiene issues
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Sticky Situation: Disparaging Comments by Faculty - 2 views
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discussing how, if at all, the WC should intervene when a faculty member expresses negative remarks about a student
Tutor Personality Conflicts - 1 views
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handing a situation where tutors aren't getting along
Appointed vs. Hired Staff - 0 views
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discussing how to handle a situation in which a staff comes appointed by a graduate department rather than hired by the WC director
Difficult Session Scenarios - 0 views
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crowdsourcing a list of "tricky" tutoring situations for use in a training workshop
Role Play Scenarios - 1 views
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crowdsourcing a list of tutoring scenarios for training/orientation see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=20418331
Extra Credit and Honor Code Violation - 2 views
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discussing a student who has faked proof of a writing center visit for extra credit
Coping with Faculty who Complain about Tutor Performance - 1 views
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a discussion of how directors handle faculty complaints a similar conversation here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=17201123 a similar conversation here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24467351
Request for Demographic Information - 0 views
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a writing center receives funding from multicultural student services and is asked for information on students' race and degree status in exchange
Tutor Refuses to Work with a Student - 0 views
Changing Staff Work Assignments - 0 views
Stamping Papers to Prove Student Attendance - 0 views
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how to address a faculty request for tutors to stamp papers to show that students have visited the WC see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=13278130
Required Visits: Calling Students - 0 views
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in this variation on the required visit, a discussion of a professor who has asked the WC to contact students to make appointments with them
Refusing/Discontinuing Services - 0 views
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discussing circumstances under which WCs refuse to offer services to clients
Helping Student Writers with Appeals - 0 views
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discussing whether to offer students writing assistance for "sensitive" documents (appeals, grievances)
When an Instructor Accompanies a Student to the Center - 0 views
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discussing what to do when a faculty member "escorts" a student to the WC
Last minute appointments - 0 views
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discussing how to effectively manage students who ask for help a few hours before a paper is due
student requests for specific gender peer tutor - 0 views
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discussing appropriateness of accommodating requests for same-sex tutors discussion continues: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19034204