The Paired Instructor and Writing Partner will meet at the beginning of the semester to discuss the syllabus and schedule for the two writing assignments.
 

After each writing assignment is introduced in the ILA section, the Writing Partner will post times that he/she is available to meet with the ILA students.
 

Writing Partners will take the role of “interested reader” during the tutoring sessions, using the assignment guidelines and ILA objectives as the foundation for the discussion.
 

In addition to meeting with the Paired Instructors, Writing Partners will meet twice during the semester with Steve Price, the Writing Center Director, for ongoing staff development and to address any questions the Writing Partners might have.
 

To improve the effectiveness of the tutoring session and the overall Writing Partners program, a series of brief assessment tools will be used during the semester.

The Writing Partner can “test drive” each writing assignment, offering the Paired Instructor feedback and helping to identify questions the ILA students might have.
 

The Paired Instructors ultimately maintain more control over the writing assignments: pedagogical aims and writing objectives are reiterated to students by the Writing Partners; variables are minimized, since the Paired Instructors have more direct contact with the Writing Partners than they would with a traditional writing center tutor; and the Paired Instructors learn more about their students’ struggles and successes with the assignment, from feedback from the Writing Partners.
 

Participation in the Writing Partners program accentuates the writing, speaking, and critical thinking goals of ILA.
 

The tutoring sessions help to model strategies used by effective writers.
 

The tutoring sessions provide students with an outside reader and thus a broader audience for their writing.
 

The tutoring sessions promote active student involvement. 

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