Becoming a Tutor

Tutor Training Overview

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The Writing Center works to provide high-quality, multifaceted training for students throughout their careers as peer consultants.

  • A summer team building and training session for all tutors.
  • A two-week tutoring “jumpstart” at the beginning of the year during Skytime that educates students on basic Writing Center values and fundamental tutoring processes.
  • Weekly Skytime training sessions centered around key issues of peer tutoring.
  • Tutors read and reflect on Writing Center practices throughout trimesters in which they are a consultant. Readings are assigned during Writing Center hours, and tutors reflect on and apply the lessons learned in their tutoring sessions. 
  • To ensure tutors are engaging in reflective practice, tutors maintain a tutoring journal, in order to assess their areas of strength and areas for improvement for each tutoring session.

Research-Based Pedagogical Foundations

Throughout their career as a Writing Center consultants, Skyline consultants are given a strong pedagogical foundation to help them grow as tutors and leaders. They are introduced to the writing center as a field of study and they make connections to other secondary and college-level writing centers as they learn how to tutor their peers. 

Our goal is to ensure that tutors are making informed decisions on how to best work with students who visit the Writing Center, as every student needs something different. The Writing Center’s tutors strive to provide individualized, differentiated support.

Skytime Training Sessions

Skytime, which functions similar to an advisory period, is an opportunity for weekly professional development for Writing Center consultants. Skytime training is generally oriented around a specific topic or theme. Readings, observations, discussions, simulations, and activities are connected to the selected focus, as consultants work together to ensure that they are improving personally and that our program is growing to meet the needs of our school and our community.

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