Something that flies a little under the radar here at the Writing Center is reception as a tool for learning about tutoring. As peer tutors at DePaul,…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
It was an unseasonably warm March night, at about 12 am, and I was frantically searching the campus job board under the dim light of my computer…
This is Part Two of a post appeared on UCWbLing on 04/25/2022 Something I really struggled with when I first started working as a peer tutor was…
When I first started working as a peer tutor at the DePaul University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), I found one of my biggest challenges to be…
I’m a Music Performance major. When I tell people that I work at the DePaul’s Writing Center as a peer tutor, I’m often met with reactions of…
As you may already know, Professional Development workshops have been part of working as a Writing Center tutor since forever. Topics are always timely, relevant, and useful.…
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As peer writing tutors, we’re often taught how to best help our authors with growing into their skills and cultivating their truest vision for a draft or…
During undergrad I took a copyediting course as part of my degree requirements. I was first drawn to the class because of the word “editing;” although I…
This interview was recorded via Zoom on Monday, February 14th, between DePaul University’s writing tutor Ishika B. and Wheaton College’s writing consultant Eunice R. The current blog editor…
I’m not usually the type of person who anticipates the new year, but for the first time in a while, 2022 felt like a fresh start… at…