Re: Request for feedback

["Clinton R. Gardner" <cgardner@englab.slcc.edu>]

[big snip]
> >I've received the first request that's really made me angry, and I'd like some
> >advice on how to handle it.
> >
> >Monday afternoon I met with the director of one of the dorms. This quarter
> >they're starting what they call a RResidential LifeS program. They're providing
> >classes and services in the dorms for a cohort of 400 entering freshman. Then
> >they'll track how these students do. 
> >

A simple, or is it overly simple, question I have is how far away are 
the dorms from the regular Writing Center?  It seems like moving 
tutors to diverse situations on a campus is a waste of funds...you 
have to hire twice as many tutors to cover the same hours.  I have 
faced a similar problem here at Salt Lake Community College.  
Initially there was some amount of tension between the Writing Center 
and the Learning Center...since they seemed to want to have writing tutors at 
their location....after one quarter the Learning Center director was 
conviced by the waste of funds this had and the Writing Center took 
in all the tutors.  The problem, however, persists because our CC
is "multi-campused."  We have 2 large "main campuses" and several 
small satellite campuses seperated by several miles of traffic ladden 
roads.  While we do support tutors at the second "main campus" and a 
the largest satelite campus, we only have one Writing Center...and it 
is at the largest main campus.  (Does any of this make sense?)  
Because of problems with the "satellite" tutors, for fall quarter I'm 
going to implement a rotation schedule in which all tutors go to the 
various sites....and all tutors come into the Writing Center every 
week.  I realize that this will put some travel strain on tutors, but 
because of the problems we have had in the past, it seems like a 
viable solution.  My preference, of course, would be to extend 
tutoring only via technology....but there are logistical and 
technological problems with that solution....

--clint gardner
SLCC Writing Center Instructional Support Coordinator.
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Clinton Gardner (cgardner@englab.slcc.edu)
Writing Center Instructional Support Coordinator
Salt Lake Community College

http://www.slcc.edu/wc/
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