Re: Tutor Qualifications

[chansen@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU]

D'Ann--
	I forgot the part of your message about portfolios of writing and 
how one screens for interpersonal communication skills.

Our consultants write a literacy autobiography at the beginning of the 
semester.  Out of this comes proposals for conferences, newsletter items, 
and annual reports.  They also write mid-semester and end 'o semester 
reports.  I like the idea of journals, but we haven't tried this.

We screen for interperssonal skills in the appllication and interview 
process. The application askes students to respond to a series of 
scenarios that deal variously with angry writers, shy writers, and 
overconfident writers.  If we like what they say in the app, the 
interview gives us a chance to see how they handle a scenario.  One of 
the interviewers plays a "student" who has to write a difficult 
assignment she/he doesn't understand.  She/he is frustrated, but has a 
draft.  The inteviewee plays the consultant, and the scenario is acted 
out for about 10-15 minutes.  The applicant is then asked to reflect on 
how things went.

Hope I haven't overloaded you,

Chere