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Here's the new HSWC Website!

OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION! FOUNDED JANUARY 2018!

IST's Literacy Lab - a great example of a "sustainable, student-staffed and managed learning center."

Though primarily written for post-secondary writing center personnel, the article may help secondary educators.

A collection of resources for those interested in creating a student-staffed writing center in schools and colleges.

A wonderful article by three wonderful writing center women.

An article by Principal Dave Goldfarb supporting high school writing centers.

The Ashford Middle School writing center, developed with ideas from the Connecticut Writing Project at Storrs, provides middle s

Peggy Silva writes about her experience in 2004.

How Being a Middle School Writing Tutor Impacted our High School Experiences

A review by former president of the Northeastern Writing Centers Association (pp 67 - 69)

An article highlighting the tutorials at Hartford Public High School.

Reviewed by Stephen Gordon of the Boston Writing Project.

Another informative newspaper article about the new the Minnetonka High School Writing Center.

A Praxis article by Alaina Feltenberger focusing on making high school writing centers a reality

An interview with Dr. Rich Kent by Edutopia's David Cutler.

Listen in to this hour-long discussion on high school writing centers. EXCELLENT!

Fabulous article about the impact of CAPTA.

A straightforward piece by Professor Patricia Roberts-Miller on why we don't copyedit papers in the writing center .

A conversational book with many 21st century WCenter resources.

A must-read for teachers and administrators thinking about or running WCenters.

A wonderful book by two writing center stars. Formerly titled the Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring.

Free open access copy online

A fine collection of articles by writing center professionals.

2002 IWCA Book Award!

edited by Carol Peterson Haviland, Maria Notarangelo, Lene Whitley-Putz, & Thia Wolf

edited by Eric Hobson

edited by Robert W. Barnett & Jacob S. Blummer

Need to study more about writing? NWP authors provide critical resources.

An important book ... a 1989 classic…available for free!

A doctoral dissertation study of the transitions high school students made as students and as tutors in a writing center.

“They're All Writers” will help teachers explore the power of writing centers in elementary school classrooms...

Here's a busy high school writing center… and check out the languages Studio C tutors work in.

A terrific video from Minnetonka HS describing WCenter services.

A new high school writing center in Corvallis, Oregon

You'll love the videos throughout this website. Welcome, SHS WCenter!

A fabulous high school writing center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

prepared by Dr. Beth Burmester, Georgia State University, a terrific resource....

Foundational read from NCTE's College English

A well-crafted proposal for district-wide WCenters

Developed by Amber Jensen, Advanced Composition is a course syllabus for writing center tutors at Edison High School (VA)

Written by Jeffrey Austin, this chapter is from the Skyline Writing Center Tutor's Manual.

Here's a draft of 826 Boston's training manual.

A model PowerPoint presentation for a conference presentation

A forum for exchanging ideas and information about writing centers in high schools, colleges, and universities.

An international newsletter by and for peer tutors in writing

WAC, CAC, and Writing Centers in Secondary Education

A wide range of topics discussed...

A Portaportal with many links to various writing websites.

INCREDIBLE RESOURCE!

A very useful statement for those in the process of creating a WCenter.

A great resource for high school students as they think about university-level writing. A good resource for high school faculty.

Nince students from the University of Aukland discussing reference issues.

Nokomis HS Writing Center YouTube Ad

For the Saint Michael's College Writing Center...

A brilliant collection of articles on a wide range of writing topics.

This wiki has a wide variety of post-secondary WCenter handouts--secondary folks will find the resources informational.

Developed by Harvey Kail, Paul Gillespie, and Bradley Hughes.

UNC writing center's handout page includes a wide variety of resources you may find helpful for your high school center.

How does tutoring in university WCenters influence the tutors? AN INCREDIBLE RESEARCH PROJECT!

Video Ad Highlighting WCenter Services.

The story of working online for 20+ years at Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A 6-minute instructional video from MIT.

Here's a growing list from "The Write Attitude": The Official Blog of the SJSU Writing Center

Middle school & high school tutors, let's hear from you!

Western Illinois University Writing Center's entertaining look at WCenter myths.

Virginia Tech Writing Center's comical look at a student on a deadline....

Virginia Tech Writing Center's Dashiell wants to be MADE into a better writer!

This wiki is a collaborative website that serves as central place for us to post notices and share resources.

Webcast from CCCC of the Effective Writing Center's Online Services at University of Maryland University College

A rap advertising J. R. Tucker High School's Writing Center

Podcasts covering Writing in Practice, Theory and Research, and services offered by UW Madison Writing Center.

Four college-aged tutors discuss tutoring students with disabilities.

All you ever wanted to know about the conventions of writing.

Rockville, Maryland

Students teaching students in Granite Bay, California

The Blog of the Snowden-Calderwood Writing Center

Hampden Academy's writing center in Maine.

Berwick Area High School Writing Center began in 2011.

The LHS Writing Center Blog is the virtual space for anything and everything related to writing.

Here's the Herndon HS Writing Center Blog

Here are several entertaining videos from the Herndon WC

A middle school writing lab directed by one of Ben Rafoth's former students, Renee Brown. The students built the website!

An interview with Jennifer Wells.

A city partners with selected high schools: Building a Community of Writers...

Kalispell, Montana

A high school writing center in Alexandria, VA

A writing center in Liberty Center, Ohio!

The Lincoln Writing Center is a free academic-support center, designed to enhance the writing skills of every student in every s

A terrific high school writing center website… a very active writing center!

Video ad about high school writing center services.

Berkeley Preparatory School's Writing Center. Check out the blog on the bottom of the page.

LHS Writing Lab tutors visit the younger grades to help out grade schoolers.

A well-organized writing center in Massachusetts!

The Osborne Writing Center

A faculty-staffed writing center. Terrific Resources. New Canaan, CT

Gerd Braeuer has created a Portaportal for German secondary school teachers.

Overview of what's happening with writing centers within WriteBoston.

Writing Coaches in the schools...!

Check out the WCenter's videos! Wonderful!

El Paso--Gridley (IL) Middle School's student-staffed Writing Center

The Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center began in the spring of 2013 with a conversation about opportunities for teen writers in Cha

The Writing Center offers individual consultation on written work from any class, by appointment or on a drop-in basis.

The Writing Center at Robinson Secondary School is a member of the Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association....

Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY

The Amity Regional High School (CT) is a school of 1600 students and employs both students and teachers as tutors in its writing

White Bear Lake Area HS has 2500 students. Check out their introductory video.

The Skyline Writing Center is perhaps the most comprehensive high school writing center website in America!

RHS has both face-to-face sessions and online tutorials.

Windward peer tutors guide and support students through the writing process...

Mattawan High School Writing Center sponsors a day of writing for middle schoolers

Noble High is in southern Maine. The WC opened in 2008.

Abilene High School writing center (TX).

Here's Shaker Heights High School's brand new writing center! CONGRATS!

Founded in 2016, the Foxcroft Academy Writing center is in north-central Maine.

Here's a new writing center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Check out their Twitter account!

As a facet of the Learning Commons concept, the Writing Center is a student-centered point of service designed to aid students a

You may have to access this FB site through your own FB account and "like." A Facebook Group for all WCenter tutors.

National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing

Each year, high school students and staff members gather to share ideas. The conference is sponsored by the Maine Writing Projec

North Virginia Writing Tutors Lead the Way: The High School Writing Tutor Conference

COWLLC is a micro-regional organization for schools interested in promoting literacy through peer tutoring ...

Amber Jensen shared her course syllabus from Edison High School in VA

A terrific resource from IWCA online!

A wide array of useful posts for writing center personnel

Here's a 13-page tutor training guide that may offer you some suggestions for your own.

The task of tutoring is covered well in this thoughtful handbook for tutors.

Here's a draft of 826 Boston's training manual.

Here's the outline of a semester-long course for tutors.

Here's the syllabus for the new writing center at Algonquin Regional High School

Algonquin RHS Writing Center Syllabus II

Here's a 3-week tutor-training syllabus from Massachusetts.

A model site...

A wide range of very useful links...

What a resource for all writers!

Many great resources....

Great university site...

An amazing 21st Century approach to writing and English education. Such a program is what our secondary students will seek out!

Website...

Salt Lake City Community College has provided a brilliant model!

The first of the 826 Community Writing Centers--in San Francisco

826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18...

The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing program in Portland, Maine, dedicated to young writers and storytellers between the ages

AMAZING program at Rutgers University....

The Writers' Room is dedicated to supporting students at O’Bryant High School.