RE: Paying for tutors

["Hatton-Montoya, Sharon" <hatton@uscolo.edu>]

First of all, hi and welcome.  I'm the writing center coordinator at the 
University of Southern Colorado.  My tutors are paid in several different 
ways:  1. through work-study grants 2. Student hourly money from student 
fees  3. internships or independent study for upper division English credit 
 Most of my tutors are student peer tutors, but several of the English 
professors do volunteer an hour a week.  Operating expenses and my salary 
are shared between the English dept. and the learning center.
If I can help in any way, just let me know; after all, we are practically 
neighbors.
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From: wcenter
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Paying for tutors
Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 11:58AM

Hi,
Im the coordinator of a relatively new writing center at a community
college. We use mostly peer tutors, with some community members paid on
an hourly basis. The college has funded us for the first year, but is
now looking for alternatives. I would appreciate hearing about how
others fund their centers, especially if you have experience with
various grants that pay for tutors. We have grants for student support,
vocational, and certain science majors, but because were a drop-in
center (with consequent tutor idle time), much of the payroll comes from
the colleges general fund.
Thanks for any good ideas or other sources of information.

Phil Tate, writing center coordinator
Trinidad (Colorado)State Jr. College
pt@writing.tsjc.cccoes.edu