The Writing Program Administrators Graduate Student Organization (WPA-GO) and the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) are pleased to announce seven travel grants for current graduate students presenting at the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication, to be held March 21-24 in St. Louis, MO. Presentations must be related to writing program administration (e.g., [...]

PeerCentered is looking to form an editorial board of peer writing tutors for a special print publication. PeerCentered[Unplugged] Call for Editorial Board Members PeerCentered is looking for motivated peer tutors to comprise an editorial board for a special publication project to be completed by fall 2013. The publication, tentatively titled PeerCentered[Unplugged] will be a collection [...]

Registration for the IWCA Collaborative @ CCCC Writing Center Activism: From Ideals to Strategies Wednesday, March 21, 2012 The Crowne Plaza Hotel 200 N. Fourth Street St. Louis, MO 63102 New! Register for the conference here. Registration FAQs What is the IWCA Collaborative @ CCCC? The Collaborative @ CCCC is an independent, annual IWCA event [...]

Position #181260 The restructured Chattanooga State Writing Center seeks to fill the 12-month, professional staff position of Director with a 2/2 course load in composition and developmental writing. Duties include teaching, tutoring, supervision and training of professional tutors, and the administration of Writing Center resources.  The Director will work closely with other writing program supervisors. [...]

Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Writing Center Director, the Writing Center Specialist for Graduate and Adult Degree Evening Programs will help address the writing needs of California Lutheran University’s Masters, Doctoral, and Adult Degree Evening Program (ADEP) students. The position will involve both administrative duties and hands-on writing center work with a linguistically [...]

March 21, 2012 – Crowne Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO Register for the Collaborative here. Writing Center Activism: From Ideals to Strategies In Facing the Center (Utah State UP, 2010), Harry Denny explores the ways in which identity politics impact writing center work. He observes that identifying such politics within the center marks only the [...]

It’s Time to Make Your Plans to Attend the IWCA Writing Center Summer Institute Imagine five days of stimulating discussions with writing center colleagues from the U.S. and abroad, changing hearts and minds about matters of teaching and learning, sharing insights and practices about technology and assessment, and discovering new approaches to help your tutors [...]

View the FAQ for registration here. To register for the 2012 Collaborative@CCCC, complete both Step 1 and Step 2 below. Step 1 provides the conference organizers with your registration information (name, institution, etc.). Step 2 allows you to pay by credit card (Visa or Mastercard only). Be sure to complete Step 1 and click the [...]

PhD in English as a Second Language, Applied Linguistics, or related field required. Duties will include teaching 2-2, overseeing curricular and placement processes for non-native speakers of English, and providing pedagogical workshops and support for faculty and graduate assistants. Appointment to begin in AY 2012-13. Rank: Instructor. Electronic applications preferred (consisting of a letter of [...]

The Sweetland Center for Writing at the University of Michigan seeks applicants with a Ph.D. for an open 100% LEO Lecturer III position to begin September 1, 2012. This is a renewable non-tenure track position which we expect to offer for four years. Full-time load is three courses per semester or the equivalent in other [...]

IWCA Past President Roberta Kjesrud has prepared these two presentations as a way of reviewing the IWCA Board’s accomplishments during the past year. Prezi: http://prezi.com/jazpsrf9kxd6/present/?auth_key=2ty7gyc&follow=w97tomsahxwb#0 Screencast: http://screencast.com/t/q9SI2bwaWy

Job Title: Director of the Writing Center Job ID: 100749 Full/Part Time: Full-Time Join our team at Towson! Towson University is accepting applications for a Director of the Writing Center to report to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. This position holds overall administrative authority for Writing Support Services; supervises professional staff, graduate [...]

February 6-10, 2012 Important Links: Find the conference program and links to join the sessions here. Find directions on how to join sessions using Collaborate here. Overview: Two-year college writing centers are distinct for many reasons: institutional missions, student bodies, administrative expectations, faculty involvement, and funding priorities. This live, interactive, on-line conference will amplify our [...]

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY University System of Georgia Chair and Associate Professor or Professor—Search #65340 Department of Writing and Linguistics College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences The Department of Writing and Linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) invites nominations and applications for the position of Chair of the Department of [...]

By January 18, please nominate articles for the 2011 IWCA Outstanding Article Award. The award will be given at the IWCA Collaborative @ Cs in St Louis, on March 21, 2012. Please note the policies, criteria, and nominating process below. The following policies should be noted: *Nominated publications must be dated within the calendar year [...]

Job Description ESL Specialist – West Lafayette – English (Job Number: 1101906) Description This position will support initiatives to assist international students in the Writing Lab. The specialist will train tutors, develop ESL resources and materials, and work with faculty and staff across campus. Qualifications Required: Master’s degree in ESL, ESOL, Linguistics, or English. Minimum [...]

Praxis Spring 2012 Call For Papers: Multiliteracy and the Writing Center The New London Group (1996) uses the term multiliteracies to describe “two important arguments we might have with the emerging cultural, institutional, and global order: the multiplicity of communication channels and media, and the increasing saliency of cultural and linguistic diversity.” Additionally, the authors [...]

Writing Center Coordinator, Pace University (https://www.pace.edu/human-resources/careers-pace ) The Coordinator of the Writing Center on the Pleasantville campus,  working under the direction of the Writing Center Director, has various duties.  These include but are not limited to the following: oversee the day-to-day activities of the Writing Center; hire, train, supervise, and evaluate professional and peer tutors [...]

Table of contents: • “Tutoring Survey and Interview Questions: A Tangible Lesson in Audience,” by Jennifer Jefferson • “Dialogic for ‘Their Own Ends’:  Increasing the Pedagogical Independence of Peer Tutors,” by Rita Malenczyk and Lauren Rosenberg • “Caught Between a Teacher and a Tutor,” by Eric Sentell • Tutor’s Column: “Music and Words; How Band [...]

Director, Hume Writing Center The Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) at Stanford University, a program within Stanford Introductory Studies (SIS) in the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE), seeks a senior staff member to manage and direct the Hume Writing Center (HWC) and serve as Associate Director of Stanford Introductory Studies. [...]