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Help with Writing

Academic Coaching: 
Help with effective
study strategies

Tutor Resources

Faculty Resources

Resources for Tutors

• How to apply to be a tutor
• Application to be a Writing Center tutor

Tutor training

• Ideas about Writing Centers
• Tutoring principles
• Tutoring international students
• For specialty tutors (by Sara Hasson, '01)
  • Tutoring French (by Sara Hasson, '01)
  • Tutoring Spanish (by Kaelyn South, '01, and Cori Verrill, '02)
  • Tutoring German (by Frédéric Cyr, '02)

Information for Tutors

• scheduled meetings 
• attendance 
• pink sheets 
• timesheets 
• W4 and I-9 forms, and Student Payroll Forms
• Working with other tutors

Other Writing Centers and related organizations 

• College Composition and Communication 
  the college division of NCTE, National Conference of Teachers of English
• The International Writing Centers Association
• National Tutoring Association
• Center for Supplemental Instruction
• College Reading and Learning Association 
  (includes information on tutor and mentor certification program)
• A well-known Writing Center
  • The Writing Center at Purdue: great handouts, an Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Writing Centers in the Capital District
  • The Writing Center at RPI
  • at Siena College
  • at SUNY, Albany
• Some other Writing Centers in upstate NY
  • at Clarkson University
  • at Colgate University
  • at Hamilton College
  • at Skidmore College
  • at St. Lawrence University
  • at Syracuse University
• College and University Home Pages