Sweetland Writing Center’s Peer Tutor Program accepting applications for Fall 2009

The Peer Tutor Program trains undergraduate students to help their peers improve their writing.  It is a great way to develop academic and professional skills that will follow you into the job market or on to graduate school.  If you have an interest in writing and enjoy working with others, then we hope you will decide to apply!

The program is a two-semester commitment. In the first term, selected candidates enroll in a three-credit, writing-intensive course, SWC 300: Seminar in Peer Tutoring, which fulfills the Upper-Level Writing Requirement. In the second term, students enroll in SWC 301: Directed Peer Tutoring. SWC 301 students tutor onsite for up to four hours per week. They also meet as a group with an instructor for an hour each week to share tutoring experiences and discuss the application of the concepts they learned in SWC 300. After successfully completing SWC 300 and SWC 301, students may be selected to be paid tutors.

In order to enroll in SWC 300, you must have completed 52 credit hours. If you are interested in becoming a Peer Tutor, but cannot or are not eligible to apply for Fall 2009, please contact the Program Coordinator to add your name to a notification list.

To apply to the Peer Tutor Program, download an application form from our website (see link below), or pick one up at the Sweetland Writing Center, 1139 Angell Hall, or any Peer Tutoring location.  Complete applications include a sample of academic writing from a UM course (writing from any discipline except creative writing is fine), and a letter of recommendation from a University of Michigan Instructor.

The application deadline for enrollment in the Fall 2009 term is Wednesday, April 1.
Applicants will be notified of our decisions by Friday, April 10.

Feel free to explore the Peer Tutor Program website using the links listed below.. Students may also visit the Peer Tutoring Center when it is open, Sundays-Thursdays, 7-11pm, and Mondays-Fridays, 12-3pm, to talk with current Peer Tutors about the program.  If you have questions about the program or the application process, please contact:

Carrie Luke
Peer Tutor Program Coordinator
Sweetland Writing Center
1127 Angell Hall, 1003
734.936.3140, clluke@umich.edu.

For more information: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/undergrads/tutorprogram/

Posted on 03 Mar 09 by Matt Hampel