Re: the 'logic' of training tutors thru' EN

[mkreuzbe@umiami.ir.miami.edu]

At the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, it's ENG 395, Language
Principles of Tutoring in English Composition

Maggie Kreuzberger
Assoc. Director, UM Writing Center


On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, VIRGINIA JOHNSON-7372 wrote:

> Hello and please help if you can.
> 
>    My instition's educational policy committee has brought a 
> recommendation before the faculty senate which proposes 
> (among other things) that our tutor training course be 
> removed from the English curriculum and be given a new prefix.  
>     For many reasons, that may ultimately be a 
> good thing for our Center (which is both writing and 
> reading/learning center), but EPC's rationale states that "there
> is no logical reason for designating [Tutor Training] as part 
> of the English curriculum."
>     I have clear ideas about the logic of having two courses that 
> focus primarily on writing theory and pedagogy be part of the English 
> curriculum, but what I need are examples of places where Writing 
> Center peer tutors are trained in courses that have English 
> department designations.  
>      If you would just e-mail me the name of course and department 
> designation and institution, it would help me address this notion.  
> Unfortunately the Senate meeting is tomorrow and I just uncovered a 
> copy of the recommendation yesterday, so time is short.
>      Thank you.
>      Virginia Johnson
>      Director Reading/Writing Center
>      Augustana College
>      Rock Island IL   61201
>      rwjohnson@augustana.edu
>      
> 
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