Dear Colleagues,
I’m reaching out to ask you to please encourage the strong writers, thinkers, and communicators in your courses to take ENGL 324 Peer Tutoring in Writing next semester (T/TH 1-2:15 pm). This course is the prerequisite students need to become Writing Fellows. It is also strongly advised that students take this course before becoming a tutor in the Writing Center. My best fellows/tutors usually come from recommendations from faculty members. Our fellows/tutors provide a great service for their peers as well as assist faculty across the disciplines in helping our students become excellent writers. I appreciate your help.
If you have advisees, students, or former students that you think are good candidates for this course and for becoming a tutor/fellow, please nominate them by emailing me their name. I will reach out to them.
Course Description for ENGL 324: This course serves as a prerequisite to employment as a Writing Fellow. Students will study composition pedagogy, with a particular focus on reflective practice and response techniques, and will also engage in a practicum sequence involving both observation of tutoring and guided practice. (Writing Intensive)
What is a Writing Fellow? Fellows are undergraduate students who successfully complete ENGL 324 and demonstrate exceptional promise as course-embedded peer writing tutors. Fellows will be assigned to writing-intensive courses across the disciplines and will work with participating faculty members to offer oral and written feedback on student writing in student-to-student conferences throughout the duration of each course.
Thank you,
Leigh Ann Dunning
Writing Center Director
Assistant Director of the Writing Program
Stetson University
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