Writing Center Employment
Working in the Writing Center isn't simply a job -- it's an experience. Being employed at the Writing Center gives you excellent opportunities to develop skills such as communication, marketing, volunteer outreach and, of course, writing. As a tutor, you improve people's own relationships with their writing, and also broaden your own understanding of the subject.
As a desk receptionist, your work involves ensuring that every student who enters the Writing Center has a pleasant and professional encounter with us. Receptionists often serve as the first contact people have with the Writing Center.
We hope you'll consider joining our family.
For further information on our positions, please refer to the content below.
Desk Receptionists (Work Study Students Only)
Publicity Coordinator - Position Closed
Writing Tutors - Positions Closed
Desk Receptionists
This position accepts work-study students only.
The Center for Active Student Learning at The Evergreen State College, which is comprised of The Writing Center and The Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center, continually seeks to hire dynamic individuals to be receptionists. Receptionists ideally should be interested in becoming Writing Center or Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center tutors. Capable and reliable receptionists are vital to the Centers' success.
Applicants should be polite and friendly, responsible, creative, organized, and community-minded. They should take pride in their work and the work of the Writing Center and the Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center communities, be unafraid to ask questions, and possess good time-management skills. The ideal receptionist will be working with people, on the telephone, and on computers, so being comfortable with both Macs and PCs is preferable. Receptionists should be able both to prioritize their own tasks and to delegate other duties to the Centers' tutors.
Qualifications
The receptionists' duties will include taking information from students and entering it into a database, scheduling appointments both in person and on the phone, and helping keep the Tutoring Center in good, general working order. Receptionists also will be able to answer questions about student-scheduling and the tutors' specific areas of strength. They also will attend weekly staff meetings with the Centers' Directors, their Learning Resource Specialist, and the tutors. The receptionists will also be members of a Project Team which has specific Writing Center- and Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center-related duties.
To apply for a desk position, contact Michael Radelich in Library 2304A or at 867-6557. Applicants can apply for up to 19 hours/week with this position.
Summer Applicants: This position pays $9.00/hour with anywhere between 30 and 40 hours/week of work. Summer work study awards are required.
A printable application (Word) is also available. Please submit to Michael Radelich in Library 2304A.
YOU MUST HAVE WORK STUDY TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.
Publicity Coordinator
This position is currently closed.
Are you friendly, responsible, creative, and a community-oriented media wizard? Are you familiar with graphic design, glowing with ingenuity, and looking to use your energy for publicity and promotion?
Then The Evergreen State College's Writing Center wants you to develop and sustain publicity efforts surrounding our work and culture. The distinct, creative spirit of both the Center and our tutors lends itself to a promotable environment. Someone who helps us take advantage of this spirit is the piece that completes our puzzle.
We require innovative and captivating publicity that spreads the word about our work and the events we coordinate. We seek someone who takes pride in his/her work and the work of the Writing Center, and who is inquisitive, reliable, and capable of coordinating multiple projects from start to finish within a deadline. Working with our tutors and the surrounding community, our publicity coordinator independently coordinates much of our outreach.
Working in this position allows for the construction or expansion of a portfolio while gaining interpersonal skills, becoming well-connected within the Evergreen community, and working with a dynamic group of individuals committed to promoting the act of writing at Evergreen. This position is ideal for those seeking future work in media, public relations, marketing, writing, and communications.
Obligations and Qualifications
- You have work study.
- You can commit to a 12-19 hour/week position (your schedule is flexible).
- You can become comfortable with both the Macintosh and PC platforms.
- You can prioritize tasks and delegate or request assistance as necessary.
- You can create unique, professional publicity that gets the Writing Center noticed.
- You can attend weekly staff meetings with the Center's Director, Learning Resource Specialist, and tutors.
Applying
Submit samples of your publicity-related work or projects that you've created along with a cover sheet (Word) and letter of application to the Writing Center's front desk in Library 2304. Cover sheets are available on our web site.
Questions about this position may be directed to Sandra Yannone at 867-6382 or Michael Radelich at 867-6557.
YOU MUST HAVE WORK STUDY TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.
Writing Tutor Positions
This position is currently closed.
People interested in becoming a tutor with the Writing Center are required to take a two-credit course, The Practice of Professional Tutoring, offered every Spring. Please refer to the Evening and Weekend Studies catalog for the current academic year for more information.
The Practice of Professional Tutoring combines a seminar with a practicum to prepare students to become peer tutors in either the Quantitative Reasoning or the Writing Centers. In seminar, students explore tutoring theories, examine the role of a peer tutor and develop effective tutoring practices. In the practicum, students will observe peer tutoring and graduate to supervised tutoring. The course also will address working with unique populations of learners. Students considering graduate school in related fields will benefit from this training.
Obtaining a Faculty Signature
To obtain a faculty signature, you must submit a portfolio of your writing, along with the names of two faculty or staff members that are familiar with your work. In order for an override to be placed on Evergreen's Gateway, you must also include your student identification number (A number) with your submission. We also ask that you indicate whether you have work study.
Portfolio submissions should be addressed to the Director of the Writing Center, Sandra Yannone, but submitted to Michael Radelich. This may either be done via e-mail to radelicm@evergreen.edu or by leaving the materials in Michael's mailbox in Library 2304.
We gladly accept applications from both institutional and work-study students for writing tutor positions.
Tutor Hiring Policies
Taking The Practice of Professional Tutoring does not assure you of a position with the Writing Center. During evaluation week of Spring Quarter, Writing Center staff will interview candidates who have successfully completed the course. Candidates hired for the position will begin in Fall quarter of the following academic year.
Pay Rate/Hours
Each new tutor begins at $8.50/hour, with a 25-cent raise for each successive year worked. New tutors start at 12 hours/week for the first year of employment and can work up to 19 hours/week in subsequent years.
Questions?
Call the Writing Center front desk at 867-6420.
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