You are encouraged to utilize these resources to continue your training, and you can count time you spend reading or viewing as training time for CRLA certification. Also don’t forget we have a discussion forum up on the Blackboard site.

These are some places you can go on the web to find more information about being an effective writing tutor.

Professional Resources:

• Dangling Modifier: A national newsletter by and for peer tutors in writing
• National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing
• International Writing Centers Association

Tutoring Resources:

• Training for Tough Tutorials
• Colorado State University Writing Center Consultant’s Handbook
• University of South Carolina at Aiken’s Writing Room Consultant Manual
• On-Line Tutoring
• Articles dealing with effective tutoring available on-line
• Handouts for Writing Centers (use these as models):
  Purdue University OWL (On-Line Writing Center): the most comprehensive selection
  University of North Carolina’s Writing Center Handouts: very thorough discussions
  IWCA List of Writing Center Handouts
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

Grammar Help

• Exercise Central
• English Grammar 101

The following resources are available in the Writing Center.

Books:

• The Allyn & Bacon Guide for Peer Tutoring
• The St. Martin’s Sourcebook for Writing Tutors
• Working with Second Language Learners: Answers to Teacher’s Top Ten Questions
• The Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoring
• When Tutor Meets Student 2nd. Ed.
• A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Students One to One
• The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors 2nd. Ed.
• The Tutor’s Guide: Instructor’s Manual
• The Practical Tutor
• Becoming an Effective Tutor
• Pocket Guide to Multiple Intelligences
• College Reading and Learning Association’s Tutor Training Handbook

Videos:

• Tutor Training Workshop
• Characteristics and Instructional Strategies for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• A Tutor’s Workshop: Students with Learning Disabilities
• The Tutor’s Guide: Lessons 1-4
• The Tutor’s Guide: Lessons 9-12
• The Tutor’s Guide: Lesson 13 The Writing Process
• The Tutor’s Guide: Lesson 14 Tutoring ESL
• A Guide to Peer Reviewing
• Writing Workshop: Editing Conference