RE: tutoring practicum course

[Lynnell Edwards <LEdwards@cu-portland.edu>]

Hi Rebecca.

I direct the Center at Concordia University in Portland, which is also a
small liberal arts college.  I had no trouble asking for a one-credit course
----- when it came as part of my weightload already for the writing center.
This might seem like a little bit of a compromise, and perhaps less than you
would hope for from your students in terms of their committment, but it
serves its purpose and seems to be as much as I can demand from what is
surely a demand-side problem. That is, the really isn't a big enough
critical mass of able and interested writing consultants --- particularly
since the pay is the same as all work study positions --- and trying to ask
too much might scare off the already over-busy staff I have.  The one-credit
course allows me to put some substance behind meetings and make a few
requirements that ask them to be intentional about their practice.

Lynnell Edwards

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Bliss [mailto:rbliss@stlawu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:02 AM
To: wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
Subject: tutoring practicum course



Hi,

Currently at St. Lawrence Unversity, a small, private liberal arts
college, there is no semester long tutoring practicum course for tutors
in the Writing Center.  I feel that such a course would greatly
strengthen the tutors and the Center, and I'd like to make a case to the
administration for such a course.  I would appreciate any advice you
might have on constructing such a case for an administrative audience.
Thanks!


Dr. Rebecca Bliss
Director of the Writing Center
St. Lawrence University
(315) 229-5720
rbliss@mail.stlawu.edu