Undergraduate Writing Center Consultant (Student)

Summary:

The Writing Center offers free, writing assistance to all American University students. In 45-minute consultations, Writing Center Tutors meet with students to discuss their writing and give feedback as well as give advice on ways to improve. Writing Consultants serve as consultants at the Writing Center. They are primarily responsible for providing individual support for a wide variety of students’ writing in classes across the curriculum. A tutoring session consists of assessing a students’ needs for the assignment, establishing and managing achievable goals for the session, and setting a plan that strategically addresses needs after the session ends. 

Writing Center Consultants are part of the Academic Support team at American University where our mission is to provide student-centered academic and scholarly support across all disciplines while developing skills, providing assistance, and cultivating growth to ensure lifelong learning.The Writing Center is an intellectual home for all American University students. Our consultations are structured to maintain to provide agency and access to all students. Following the National Council of Teachers of English, we believe that “language is powerful, empowering individuals to explore and change themselves and their worlds.” We “stand strongly for the use of fact-based reasoning, writing, and communication to build a better, more ethical, more engaged nation,” and AU.

Responsibilities:

• Engage students in conversations to help develop their ideas. 

• Be professional and friendly.

• Work with student writers and their texts to help them become familiar with the techniques that successful writers use to plan, draft, revise, and edit written documents.

• Assess attitudes about writing and set goals for consultations. 

• Work with both scheduled students and drop-ins. 

• Consistently and properly document student contact in the Writing Center’s online scheduling system.

• Follow policies and procedures for at-work behavior, shift coverage, etc. as detailed in the staff handbook. 

• Participate in staff meetings and training workshops. 

• Conduct classroom visits to publicize writing center services. 

Position Type/Expected Hours Of Work:

• Part-Time.

• 15 hours per week.

Salary Range:

• $17.50 per hour.

Additional Information:

• Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a writing sample which showcases your academic writing abilities and 1-2 letters of recommendation from a faculty member who can speak to your academic writing abilities.