Blog # 22

Talisha Robinson
Eng 4090-01
Peer Tutoring and Writing
Writing center Philosophy

The purpose of the Writing Center is to provide assistance to all students who request help with their writing in all different subjects. A writing center should have reference books for students and the tutors to refer to filled with examples of how to cite the different kinds of papers. A writing center should have at least twenty computers for students to work on in case he or she does not have a laptop. A writing center should have tutors who write at different grade levels. For example, a writing center should be centralized and there should be a balance between talking between the student and the tutors. Therefore, a writing center should have guidelines for everything and a writer should address the following aspects of the student responsibilities, the tutor responsibilities, director responsibilities faculty responsibilities and the institutional responsibilities.
Student responsibilities
Students should come into the writing center with an open mind.
Students should have their assignment with them when he or she comes into the writing center. Students should not come into the writing center when an assignment is due on the same day except in extreme circumstances that may prevent the student from coming in earlier. Students should realize that we as tutors are students too.Students should not expect us to read through your paper and fix it. We will not correct your paper for you. We will make suggestions about style as we come to understand your meaning. In cases where we think sentence structure needs review, we will address specific rules with you. Tutors will not tell you what your idea is or how to read a particular piece of evidence. Tutors will prompt astudents to rethink and complicate your idea, and we will help you to develop ways to clarify, deepen, and refine your readings of evidence. Tutors will not assess the validity of a grade you have received.
Tutor responsibilities
Tutors are expected to create a productive environment. Tutors are expected to help students become independent learners. Tutors are expected to have a positive attitude.
Tutors are expected to adjust to the learner needs and wants.
Tutors are not allowed to write the paper for the student. Tutors are expected to be able to be flexible with every student that comes in for help.
Director responsibilities
· As a director of the writing center, the director should provide a space where the students and tutors can work together in an effective manner.
· The director should evaluate the tutor in a beginning when the tutor starts and than at the end of the term to see if there are any improvements in the session.
· Should have a supportive attuide towards students and tutors in the Writing Center
Institutional responsibilities
· Tutors should spend one hour in the writing center consulting with undergraduate and graduate students and sometimes faculty on the affects n their writing.
Faculty responsibilities
· Professors should provide a copy of the assignment of what they want their students to work on in the writing center. (If possible faculty should be able to provide a copy of the assignment with the tutor so the tutor can have an idea of what the student will be working on before he or she arrives.
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