staff meetings

Fellows attend both Staff Meetings.

Thursday, March 6

3:00-5:00 p.m.
6191 H. C. White Hall
Fellowing in a New Field

Are you interested in venturing outside your area of expertise and Fellowing for a different class? If you’ve already done this, what adjustments did you have to make in your Fellowing approach? Co-led by Fellows and Writing Center T.A.s, this staff meeting will focus on expanding your Fellowing repertoire. Not only will you get the run-down on writing in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business, you’ll also learn about how to comment effectively in these fields.

Friday, April 18

3:30-5:30 p.m.
6191 H.C. White Hall
WC/WF Joint Staff Meeting: Writing and Difference

At this meeting with the Writing Center, we will discuss the important ways that race, gender, and other social identities affect how we approach and respond to our tutoring. This meeting will feature several small group discussions, co-led by Fellows and Writing Center instructors, on subjects and scenarios important to all writing tutors.

ongoing education sessions

Fellows attend TWO sessions.

Tuesday, February 5

5:00-6:00 p.m.
7101 H.C. White Hall
Self-Assessment

Are you curious about how you’re doing as a Fellow? Have you ever wondered how to take the next step toward improving your tutoring? If so, you’ll want to take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on your tutoring with the help of a camera! Videotaping conferences has proven to be such an effective means of self-assessment that the Writing Center now requires all instructors to complete a taping as part of their professional development.  In our meeting, one of the Lead T.A.s in the Writing Center, Mitch Nakaue, will come and talk to us about the process of videotaping and self-assessment. Then, later in semester, you’ll put what you learned into practice by videotaping one of your conferences and doing a self-assessment.

Monday, February 25

6:00-7:30 p.m.
6176 H.C. White Hall
Training New Fellows to Work with Faculty

If you’re interested in helping out with the training and teaching curriculum of the program, you won’t want to miss this OGE! This session follows up on one of last semester’s OGEs, "Working with Professors" (led by former Fellows Kyle Oliver and Mary Groves), but you certainly don’t need to have attended the first session to participate in this one.  We’ll start working on a training module that prepares new Writing Fellows to work with faculty. With the assistance of a former Tech Fellow in the English Department, we’ll begin to implement some of the ideas generated in the first session about the script, organization, and design of the module.

Thursday, March 27

4:00-5:30 p.m.
6191 H. C. White Hall
Awesome and Awful Conferences: Everything You Wanted to Know About Holding Good Conferences (and Avoiding Bad Ones)

In this session, we’ll be working through the ins and outs of that aspect of the Fellowing process that’s often the trickiest: holding successful conferences.  With the help of a few of your fellow Fellows, we’ll discuss the common denominators for successful and unsuccessful conferences, share thoughts on innovative conferencing techniques and styles, and devise strategies for rescuing difficult conferences.

Wednesday, April 30

6:00-7:30 p.m.
6191 H. C. White Hall
Taking It With You: Conveying Your Fellows Experience in Applications, Interviews, and Beyond

The work we do as writing tutors is highly marketable—but most of us find it challenging to describe the complex work of we do in a sharp, concise, and savvy way. Learn how to use your Fellowing experience to your advantage when presenting yourself to graduate programs and on the job market.