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survey results on writing in the workplace/ on-the-job writing

a discussion on how to encourage tutors to go beyond the minimum requirements of the job

a discussion of titles for non-tutoring staff members see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19169137

job descriptions/policies governing grad students as assistant directors

Website for the Canadian Writing Centers Association/L'Association Cadadienne des Centres de Redaction. Includes information about jobs, conferences, archives, etc.

The SWCA website offers information about  SWCA's mission statement, conferences, institutional members, calendar of events, board, past conferences, president's blog, awards, scholarships, journal, wc resources, news, jobs, cfp's, and elections.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.  This is a very widely used site for open access materials on writing. Includes materials on research and citation, teacher and tutor resources, subject-specific writing, job search writing, ESL, MLA and APA guides, etc. 

Praxis Editorial BoardThe University of Texas at Austin Part of who we are as writing center practitioners is defined for us by the job titles that we're given. While the most common titles-coach, consultant, and tutor-carry their own advantages, none of them is entirely free of negative connotations.

From Praxis: "University of Northern Colorado Writing Center Director Julie Garbus reflects on her transition from consultant to professor and administrator. My experience at the Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC) at the University of Texas at Austin definitely got me my job, a tenure-track position as assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Center at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC)."

responding to tutor concerns regarding faculty competence

see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=16762125 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19338340 continues here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19339339

Includes resources on: Writing groups Writing literature reviews Presenting research The job search Discipline-specific resources