Mentoring Tutors-in-Training: A Peer-Educator’s Role in Shaping Writing Center Practice
Mentoring Tutors-in-Training: A Peer-Educator’s Role in Shaping Writing Center Practice
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Cara Morgan
Cara Morgan
I noticed that most tutors felt the transition from the tutor training course to working in the Writing Center was rocky; they felt thrown into the deep end.
I noticed that most tutors felt the transition from the tutor training course to working in the Writing Center was rocky; they felt thrown into the deep end.
I wondered what I could do alongside our Director, Paige Mitchell. How could I work with a new cohort of tutors to make their transition more comfortable? We know that peer-to-peer strategies work in tutorials, so why wouldn’t they work when training new tutors?
I wondered what I could do alongside our Director, Paige Mitchell. How could I work with a new cohort of tutors to make their transition more comfortable? We know that peer-to-peer strategies work in tutorials, so why wouldn’t they work when training new tutors?
This is where my journey as a peer-educator began.
This is where my journey as a peer-educator began.
Peer Educator
Peer Educator
A supplemental instructor that creates social space in the tutor training classroom for emotional involvement with students
A supplemental instructor that creates social space in the tutor training classroom for emotional involvement with students
Peer-educators dismantle the student-instructor power dynamic in the classroom. This creates a more comfortable environment for students and allows more opportunity for collaborative learning.
Peer-educators dismantle the student-instructor power dynamic in the classroom. This creates a more comfortable environment for students and allows more opportunity for collaborative learning.
A word cloud with student evaluations of my role as a peer-educator
On this website, you can see my progress as I collected data, got IRB approval to study human subjects, and presented my findings at the 2019 Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA) Conference in Danbury, CT.
On this website, you can see my progress as I collected data, got IRB approval to study human subjects, and presented my findings at the 2019 Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA) Conference in Danbury, CT.
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