Seminar Schedule

Fall 2019

Seminars are held each Friday from 2:00 - 4:00 PM and are mandatory. Weeks highlighted in ​blue​ are
online modules which must be completed by the following Saturday at 11:59 PM. Responses to other
consultants will be due the following Sunday at 11:59 PM.

Week Topic Reading Purpose

1 Studio Pedagogy “Studio Pedagogy: A To ground consultants’

Model for Collaboration, practice in writing center
Innovation, and Space pedagogy, to explore the
Design” by Carpenter, function of the Noel Studio,
Valley, Napier, and and to analyze the role of
Apostel the consultant

2 Expressivist Consulting “Three Mysteries at the To learn methods of

Heart of Writing” by Elbow working with disengaged
students, getting students to
express freely, and creating
comfortable and
collaborative consulting
environments

3 Higher Order Concerns and “The Writing and Tutoring To prioritize concerns in
Lower Order Concerns Processes” by McAndrew consultations and to teach
and Reigstad overarching writing skills

4 Critical Reading for ENG 101 “The Reading To learn critical reading
Apprenticeship strategies to use in
Framework” consultations

5 RoCs “Summing Up the To analyze the rhetorical

Session: A Study of functions of RoCs and to
Student, Faculty, and learn how best to use RoCs
Tutor Attitudes Toward to reach various audiences
Tutor Notes” by Bugdal,
Reardon, and Deans

6 ESL/ASL “Transcending To gain confidence in

‘Conversing’: A Deaf working with special
Student in the Writing populations and to meet
Center” by Weaver their needs more effectively

7 Multimodal Projects “Dealing with Multimodal To encourage multimodality

Assignments in Writing in student writing and to
Centers” by Arlene Archer consider ways in which
consulting can be
multimodal
8 Research as Exploration "Sparking Curiosity: To demystify research for
Librarians' Role in students of all levels and to
Encouraging Exploration" explore the process of
Deitmering & effective research practices
Gaschol-Rempel

9 Engaging Students "10 Ways to Promote To make consultations more

Student Engagement" and effective and efficient by
browse the NSSE website drawing students in and to
decenter consultations

10 Consultant Roundtable - To express consulting

concerns and to receive
guidance from peers

11 Code-Meshing for an Inclusive Studio “Should Students Use To employ code-meshing in

They Own English?” by consultations to make
Young students with different
dialects feel more
comfortable and welcome in
the Noel Studio

12 Oral Communication “Everything I Learned To work with students on

About Presentations, I effective oral
Learned in Theatre communication skills
School” by Darren
Barefoot
& Strada’s Handy Guide

13 Thanksgiving - NO SEMINAR - -

14 Professional Writing Bedford Guide,​ pp. 80-87 To better help students with
their professional
documents and to revise
consultants’ own
professional documents
using transferable skills
gained through consulting

15 Consultant Philosophy Workshop - To peer review and revise

consultant philosophies

16 Self-Assessment or Consultant Philosophy - -

DUE