Writing Tutor (Part-time) - The Writing Center

• →Provide one-to-one writing instruction to undergraduate and graduate students, following currently accepted writing center pedagogical practices. Departmental pedagogy does not simply emphasize writing skills or error-correction; instead, consultants emphasize the larger ideas in the paper, helping the writer discover what they want to say and to say it clearly and persuasively. Consultants ask questions to get the writers thinking, to help them generate ideas or come up with a rhetorical strategy that will work for a given topic, audience or occasion. They help writers of all skill levels think more deeply about their writing, which helps those writers produce stronger, more nuanced, more effective work. Consultants emphasize the writing process; in other words, their goal is not to fix the paper, but rather to educate the writer so they can become a stronger writer and reviser in the future. Consultants do not edit papers; instead, they look for patterns of error and teach writers how to revise their own work.
• →Develop and teach workshops and classes for WUSTL undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff and non-WUSTL students (ranging from grade school to college age). Other WUSTL departments and centers, as well as non-WUSTL educational organizations often request workshops. Consultants must be able to custom design an array of writing workshops, adapt them to a wide range of audiences and deliver them in an engaging and effective manner. This is essential to the effectiveness of a workshop, to the representation of the university and to the promotion of the department.
• →Assist in training, mentoring and supervising undergraduate peer tutors and graduate fellows working in the department. During evening and weekend hours, consultants take the lead in supervising all student tutors.
• →Record keeping, answering the telephone, handling walk-in traffic, making appointments, calling people on the waiting list.
• →Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment.

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or table.

Equipment

• Office equipment.

• Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts in English, Writing, or a related field.
• Experience teaching or tutoring non-native English speakers.
• Experience with curriculum and/or course design.

• At least five years of experience teaching or tutoring writing at the college level.
• Extensive experience teaching or tutoring non-native English speakers.
• Experience working with non-traditional college students.
• Expertise in grant writing, graduate/professional school personal statements and related genres.
• Knowledge of writing center pedagogy, which is process-based, student-centered and collaborative.
• Knowledge of the pedagogy of composition and rhetoric.
• Ability to quickly and effectively assess student writing and develop strategies to help the writer.
• Ability to adapt tutorial and strategies to meet the needs of individual writers, while remaining within the realm of writing center pedagogy.
• A commitment to facilitating an inclusive college community.

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