SALEM 275 - Writing Center Internship

1-4 Hour(s)

Through course readings, tutor training videos, and mock tutoring sessions, students learn and practice writing center theory, pedagogy, and administration under the guidance of the center’s director. As part of the writing center staff, peer tutors assist students, across various disciplines, as they better their writing skills. All tutors attend staff meetings, training sessions, and work with students in one-on-one tutoring sessions, group sessions, and online (synchronous and asynchronous) sessions. Peer tutors are required to keep a journal documenting their experience in the center, along with ways in which they applied learned concepts. For the administrative piece, tutors are asked to complete one project that will enhance the center such as: assessment of visitors, marketing, workshop development, and /or a new project that will benefit the center and its visitors. A student may register for this course only with the permission of the Director of the Writing Center. A minimum of three semester hours of internship work is required to fulfill the Salem Impact requirement for graduation; however, students may meet this requirement with partial-credit internships taken in multiple semesters. A student must work a minimum of 40 hours in her internship for every semester hour of credit awarded.