Guidelines for Committees

Starting your second quarter as a tutor, you’ll become involved in committees as a member, then later as a chair. Committees are responsible for certain areas within the Center and will complete projects related to that committee. You’ll meet regularly in order to plan and execute your projects.

Committee duties

Online presence

Help to design, develop, and maintain our website. This is our virtual front door to the world, so it is crucial that it is engaging, informative, and accurate. This committee also maintains our social media presence (i.e. Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.) and creates videos for our YouTube channel.

Physical presence

Coordinate ways to keep the writing center space multicultural, tidy, efficient, and welcoming to all. Help create policy for our space.

Workshops

Play a key role in shaping and conducting the workshops, including preparing/revising materials. Schedule in-house and in-class workshops.

Handouts

Research, find, write and/or revise handouts to support the tutoring sessions and writing center workshops. Help in keeping the handouts organized and fully stocked.

Multilingual

Create, plan, and develop workshops for “Multilingual Mondays.” Create and execute projects focused on promoting the Writing Center as a diverse language community.

Program outreach

Work with writing groups (in class) and writing associates (in the center).

Campus outreach and promotions

Plan and schedule class visits at the beginning of the quarter. Find ways to connect the Writing Center to the larger campus community. Work closely with the workshop committee to advertise upcoming workshops.

General Guidelines for Committees

• Meet regularly. You may use on-the-clock/placeholder time once per week (preferably no more than half an hour) to meet when necessary, unless we are extremely busy. Use Basecamp to coordinate tasks.
• Stay accountable. No one gets to drop the ball. Make sure you are performing your duties and that others are as well. Check in with each other and Shon regularly with progress. Don’t wait for Shon to come after you asking for updates.
• Work together. It’s fine to assign individual tasks; this is the nature of committee work. However, the effort overall should be collaborative, and your committee’s overall production needs to be a result of group contributions. This doesn’t mean that each group member needs to get involved in every project, but you should use each other as resources.
• Stay engaged with your duties and show initiative. Don’t wait for your supervisors to tell you what to do or suggest ideas. Look for ways to improve our practices and our space.