Hello!
We are two undergraduate writing consultants and a writing center
director at Carleton, a liberal-arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, and we
are reaching out to ask for your help. We’re conducting a brief survey of
undergraduate writing consultants and tutors on their initial
preparation/training for the job.
Our goal is to learn which readings, topics, and activities
undergraduate consultants--specifically, those who have at least a term,
quarter, trimester, or semester of experience under their belts--have found
most useful and illuminating as they have prepared for and conducted meeting
with writers.
We will present the survey results at the 2017 International Writing
Centers Association conference in Chicago this November. The findings will
likely be of interest to both current writing consultants and those who train
and supervise them. The survey link is: http://baseline.campuslabs.com/cc/2017teifl
We hope to answer the following questions: Are undergraduate
consultants learning what their supervisors believe they’re learning? What can
we discern about how tutors understand their work from this information? We
appreciate your input and look forward to analyzing the responses we receive.
The survey takes 10 minutes or less to complete, and we would be
grateful if you, your co-workers, and/or your consultants--any undergraduate
writing consultant with at least one term, trimester, semester, or quarter
of experience--would complete it before October 16. Including
one's name and email address is optional; we will not include that information
in the presentation or any subsequent dissemination. We will, however, share
our findings with anyone who provides an email address.
Thank you very much for your assistance!
Sincerely,
Brynne Diggins ‘19, Kathy Evertz, and Avery Naughton ‘18
Carleton College Writing Center
Gould
Library 420C
One
North College St. / Northfield, MN 55057
