Information for the Faculty

Information for Faculty

The UVM Writing Center is a place where anyone from the UVM community can meet with an undergraduate peer tutor at any point in the writing process. There are several ways in which this service can support a faculty member's work with students on their writing. To arrange for any of the services below (or just to talk about working with students on their writing), call Sue Dinitz at 656-7963, or e-mail her.

WE CAN:

work with individual students from your classes on their writing;
work with an entire class, either individually or in groups;
consult with faculty about designing assignments, responding to student papers, or working with individual students;
design new projects to meet your needs.

WHAT THE TUTORS DO:

Tutors are trained to help students develop as writers. Tutors will not write or edit papers for students. In many cases, the tutor and student may not be able to address all of the ways in which a paper could be improved in a one-hour session. Don't be surprised if papers of students who have been to the Writing Center still have problems and contain errors.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT ON SOME ASPECT OF WITING:

Many handouts on topics such as genres of writing, types of assignments, the writing process, documentation, and style and usage are available on the Web. Go back to the Writing Center Homepage and follow the link to "Resources Available on the Web."

WAYS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE THE WRITING CENTER:

Include information about the Writing Center in your syllabus.

Arrange for a tutor to come to your class to talk about the Writing Center .
Arrange for your class to visit us for an introduction to the Writing Center .
Remind students about the Writing Center before papers are due.
When you write comments on students' papers, suggest that they visit the Writing Center to work on revising.

Last modified September 15 2005 02:10 PM