Blog 6 WC Philosophy

During the last class, we talked over North and the belief system on which writing centers should be based....Here is what I think:

Writing centers are "Welcome Centers." These are not only for the students, but also for the teachers, professors and the staff.

Why not have a writing center where people can enter for all kinds of help? This allows development on all levels. Involvement can be on an assignment level, or for more complex writings.

It is a place of comfort, but it also a place which we expect to elicit positive results. Therefore it is for the use of everyone; for the benefit of everyone.

In the spirit of collaborative learning, I would say the writing center work with all levels of staff and students. That would mean the WC staff and teaching staff would work together, without undermining any one person's expertise.

With this comes a hierarchy of control. It begins with the Director, Assistant Director and staff. People must have a certain amount of training in specific areas in order to accomplish this task. Of course we will have peer tutors for the students, but available, must be at least 1 member of the staff who is proficient in the more challenging writing tasks.