Re: peer tutor training

[Robert W Barnett <rbarnett@spruce.flint.umich.edu>]

Kate,

I just finished the policy sheet and syllabus for my tutor training 
seminar for this semester.  Ours is now a 3-credit course. I'd be 
happy to share it with you. Send me your fax # off list, and I'll get it 
to you by the weekend.

Bob Barnett
Writing Center Director
U. of Michigan-Flint


On Thu, 9 Jan 1997 marsters_k@knight.gannon.edu wrote:

> Folks,
> 	I'm a raw recruit; this is my first year running our
> Writing Center, and I've only recently signed on to this discussion
> group.  I'm glad to see a few references to tutor training--a topic
> I hope you can help me with.
> 	i'm putting together a proposal for a 1-credit training course
> for undergraduate peer tutors.  This way the tutors will get something
> official in exchange for the training time we can't afford to pay them
> for--and they'll be better prepared too.  So, any ideas or references
> for what might, should, or simply must be included in training?  
> 		Thank you in advance for your help.
> Kate Marsters
> Writing Center & English Department
> Gannon University
> Erie PA
> 
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