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discussing strategies for training tutors to better support writers with LDs

responding to tutor concerns regarding faculty competence

crowdsourcing a list of possible texts for a course on peer tutoring see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19344332 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24436340

a discussion of limits on shift length for tutors see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24556463

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to tutoring ESL students a discussion that focuses on grammar resources: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=16081123 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24436378

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to tutoring 5th-6th graders

From Praxis: "The warm glow of a computer screen can never replace face-to-face training courses, workshops, or advice from colleagues. But electronic training resources can be engaging supplements; they give us perspectives from outside the walls of our own centers, and they let us move at our own pace through training activities."

Beth L Hewett from Georgetown University writes about her first day as a tutor.

a report from an academic skills center that offers tutoring in developmental reading and writing and English intro courses; article on using the center to train potential English teachers; mailing list

"Using Regionally Oriented Materials in a Writing Center" (on dialect); "A Five-Minute Diagnostic for Writing Labs" (predicting student performance via error-finding exercise); reports from labs; "Handbook for Tutors" (description of an in-house training manual)

policies and procedures for walk-in hours, and a question about whether tutors need different training for walk-ins

crowdsourcing a list of "tricky" tutoring situations for use in a training workshop

a discussion on how to train tutors who have been previously taught that essays don't require thesis statements

a handout on organization; extending writing lab offerings beyond the English Department; training tutors to create handouts; an account of a center's founding; mailing list

From Praxis: "The notion that writing is a constantly negotiated activity with no clear-cut right or wrong answers may be a cliché among writing center professionals, but among undergraduate tutors, especially newly hired ones, it can be an earthshaking realization."

"Writing Across Borders" is a video resulting from a 3-year research project, the purpose of which is "to help faculty writing assistants, and other professionals work more productively with international students in writing environments." The video can be used for tutor training and costs $14.95, plua $6 shipping, and can be ordered from the Oregon State University bookstore. 

a list of resources on topics including: history; administration, program development, and professional concerns; graduate student administration; theory; practice; peer tutoring training and issues; online writing centers; and K-12 Writing Centers