Associate Director of the Writing Center

• Assist with daily operations on-campus: tutor students; supervise and mentor tutors; schedule face-to-face tutor shifts; hire tutors and approve time-sheets.
• Act as a liaison for programs requiring student visits: schedule and oversee orientations for English 109 students; communicate with English 109 Studio Tutors about Writing Center services; maintain records of English 109 student visits to the Writing Center; maintain records of students from support programs such as McNair Scholars and the Vandal Gateway Program.
• Produce writing resources, workshops, and content for social media and other outreach.
• Maintain knowledge of current best practices in writing center studies and memberships in professional organizations such as the International Writing Centers Association or Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association.
• Teach one courses per semester. Teaching will include first-year composition and other courses at the discretion of the English Department.
• Attend faculty meetings and participate in committees at the department level and at the college or university level.

• Master’s degree or above in a relevant discipline such as Rhetoric and/or Composition Studies, English, Language and Literacy;
• Experience working in a college or university writing center, with experience assisting developmental writers;
• Experience with various forms of technology to support writing center operations, such as WCONLINE, the Microsoft Office suite, social media tools, and online conferencing software.
• Experience working with diverse language and cultural backgrounds, including students with unique learning needs.

• Experience as a college-level instructor of undergraduate writing courses;
• Knowledge of co-requisite teaching models

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