Orlando (11/21/2010)- UWC Tutors Karen Mejia and Jennifer Cerdeiras presented with Dr. Kevin Dvorak at the 2010 National Council of Teachers of English Convention in Orlando on November 19. Their presentation, 'Working, Writing, and Teaching Together: Notes on Building a Sustainable University-High School Writing Center Collaboration" was a part of an International Writing Centers Association-sponsored session entitled, "Using Writing Centers to Support Literacy: Starting a Center."
During their presentation, which was attended by approximately 40 participants, Mejia discussed how to determine a "best fit" scenario when starting such a collaboration; Cerdeiras talked about creating a sustainable tutor rotation between the partners; and Dvorak discussed how increase visibility of the program to students, faculty, administrators, and the public.
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