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The Rocky Mountain Writing Center Secondary Education Directory was compiled to help local, regional (RMWCA), and (inter)national (IWCA) organizations and institutions identify secondary schools in the Rocky Mountain Writing Center Region (AZ, CO, MO, NV, NM, UT, WY) as a precursor to connecting, collaborating, and/or supporting fellow educators in the fields of writing and peer tutoring. While the directory was originally to house all middle, junior high, and high schools, the scope was later narrowed to cover the 1,313 high schools in this eight-state region. (Article by Lisa Bell who compiled this directory is in Vol. 37.9-10 of the Writing Lab Newsletter, in open access archives: < writinglabnewsletter.org>,

Resource page for high school writing centers, with a short description of what a h.s. writing center is, why a student-staffed center can work, and links to some high school writing center websites.

Collection of resources for middle and high school writing centers, including books and articles to read, journals, online resources, and websites for secondary school writing centers

"High School Writing Centers" is a website with links to the websites of many high school writing centers, plus  books, journals, and articles.

"College readiness has several dimensions, but of particular import is readiness to produce scholarly work that meets the expectations of college instructors. Differences from high school and college are well documented in the literature, and this study adds to that body of work by delineating the characteristics of first-year college assignments through a qualitative analysis of college faculty assignment instructions. Three themes emerge from the analysis: information literacy, especially initiating inquiry; academic writing, especially citing evidence in support of a thesis; learner dispositions, especially curiosity, open-mindedness, self-reliance, and perseverance. Findings have implications for high school library programs and high school teachers as well as librarians working with first-year college students."

This open-access book is a collection of twenty-two articles provides practical information on establishing a writing center and monitoring its daily operation. Born of the practical experiences and theoretical insights of editor Pam (Farrell) Childers, it addresses "problems and frustrations, shares successes and failures, and offers suggestions. In general, it addresses the issue of establishing and maintaining a successful high school writing lab/center. It also provides college and university writing lab/center directors with insight into what the high schools are doing." The Table of Contents is listed on this page, and the whole book is free to download through the WAC Clearninghouse link provided here.

home page for the D.C. area peer tutoring group for secondary school writing and learning centers. Lists events in the area and links to resources for secondary school writing centers

The website for the Graduate School Writing Center at the University of Maryland.Includes resources and information about supporting graduate student writing needs.

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to high school writing centers see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=21691333

Defines plagiarism, as defined by the School of Education, at Indiana University-Bloomington

A listing of high school writing centers in Virginia.

A listing of high school writing centers in Wisconsin.

Rocky Mountains Writing Centers Association, home page. Has directories of high school and higher education writing centers, the RMWCA governance documents, and multiple newsletters, plus a listserv.

Minnetonka HIgh School Writing Center's blog, "Writing It Out" Posts by tutors.

Writing It Out - Minnetonka High School in MN's writing center blog

Name: Marilyn E. Little Age: A perennial 39 Writing Center: College of Lake County Writing Center Grayslake, IL (A two-year college) School enrollment: 15,828 Year in school and area of study: I earned an Associate of Arts degree in Languages in 2003. I'm currently enrolled in an ESL for teachers certificate program.

"The Writing Instructor is a peer-reviewed journal publishing in print since 1981 and on the Internet since June, 2001. Its distinguished editorial board consists of over 150 scholars- teachers- writers representing over 75 universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools. For more information about acceptance rates, the anonymous peer-review process, guidelines for review committees, and the editorial board, please read our Editorial FAQs or contact us."

From Praxis: "Ilana Dvorin of Maine East High School steps into the spotlight."

discussing how to support high school students enrolled in college classes and a request for related research: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24553476

University of Washington's School of Law lists writing guides for legal writing