Re: Need Feedback:NWCA

["Dave Healy" <healy001@maroon.tc.umn.edu>]

A few questions regarding the NCTE writing center:

1. Will those who staff the writing center be "tutors," "consultants," or 
"coaches"?

2. When will training be offered?  Who will teach the training course and 
oversee the practicum?  

3. Will the center be drop-in only, or may prospective clients make 
appointments?  If appointments are offered, will they be 30, 45, or 60 minute 
sessions?

4. What will the physical layout of the center look like?  Carrels?  Open space?

5. Will this center, simply by virtue of its sponsorship, be granted NWCA 
accreditation, or will an NWCA site visit be necessary?

6. Will staff members be generalists, or will they offer discipline-specific 
consulting?

7. Will the center do proofreading? 

8. What kind of records will the center keep?  Who will have access to those 
records?

9. Will this be exclusively a writing center, or will clients be able to get 
help with other subjects?

10. Who will direct the center?  What qualifications will this person have?  Who
will s/he report to?

Let's not rush into this.


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Dave Healy                                 General College
Director, Writing Center                   University of Minnesota   
Editor, The Writing Center Journal         128 Pleasant St. SE
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