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example syllabi available in the message thread see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=1142725 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19339339 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19083164 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24549384

From Neal Lerner's July 2011 message to WCenter: Folks, the latest issue (July 2011) of the Journal of Writing Research includes a very impressive study by James Williams and Seiji Takaku of the relationship between college students' self-efficacy, help-seeking behaviors, writing center visits, and writing performance. Here's a link to a pdf of the study: http://www.jowr.org/articles/vol3_1/JoWR_2011_vol3_nr1_Williams_Takaku.pdf Here's a snippet to take to your dean: "The analysis showed that those students who frequently obtained writing center tutoring received higher grades in composition than those who did not, regardless of their ESL or native-English-speaker status. The frequency of writing center tutoring seemed to be especially valuable for the ESL students, who outperform their domestic cohorts, receiving significantly higher grades in composition."

Article in NCTE's Forum by Nicole Caswell, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, and Rebecca Jackson, "A Glimpse into the Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors." pp. A3-7. This issue of Forum focuses on "Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty." Vol. 18.1 (Fall 2014). Access on the NCTE site is limited to NCTE members, but readers may have access through institutional libraries with databases of online publications. Article focuses on who does the work of directing and what work do new directors perform.

discussion of 1:1 vs. group tutoring methods

Tutor training video that demonstrates best practices. Includes a mock tutorial session.

a discussion on how to advocate for writing-specific training in addition to general training for tutors

establishing a new synchronous online tutoring program see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=23749331

handing a situation where tutors aren't getting along

Cedar Crest College Writing Center blog, Entries written by writing center tutors.

Cedar Crest College Writing Center blog, Entries written by writing center tutors.

Cedar Crest college writing consultants' blog

Kyle Bell graduated from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh in the spring of 2014. He has embarked on an accelerated B.A./M.A. TESOL from Stony Brook University. In "Multiliteracy Memes," Bell uses memes and PowerPoint to challenge common misconceptions about The Claude J. Clark Learning Center and about tutoring.

Kyle Bell's "Multiliteracy Memes" was published in the Fall 2014 issue of the student journal Tutors.

E. Marin Smith is a graduate student in the Department of English at California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo. Her interest in Eastern religious philosophy began while she was teaching English in Kathmandu, Nepal where she studied Hinduism, and later while teaching in Japan and studying Zen Buddhism.

discussing how to train tutors when there is no money for a paid training hour

discussing whether to include a writing requirement in the interview process for peer tutors

discussion of how to assess tutors' abilities when making hiring decisions

responding to tutor concerns regarding faculty competence

discussing how to avoid requiring students to pay tuition to take a tutor training course

a discussion of the number of tutors on staff in relation to the overall student body