Are Writing Center tutors paid an hourly rate?
No. Although we would like to compensate some of our more experienced undergraduate tutors, no one in the Center is paid an hourly rate. Instead, undergraduate students tutor as part of their educational experience, and graduate tutors work in the Center as an alternative to classroom teaching. Why do tutors work in the Writing Center? Tutors work in the Center to gain one-to-one teaching experience, to burnish their communicative skills and academic credentials, and because they like to help other writers. Undergraduate tutors receive academic credit for the tutor-training course (WRT 353: Issues and Methods in Writing Consultancy) and for a practicum supervised by the Center’s Director (WRT 383: Field Experience in Writing Consultancy). Graduate tutors sometimes prefer an assignment in the Writing Center to traditional classroom instruction. How many hours per week do tutors work in the Writing Center? No more than 10, and no fewer than 3. Undergraduate tutors’ hours vary between 2 a
