Reflecting on Tutoring Sessions:

To become an effective tutor, it is important that you observe tutors tutoring. It is also important that you experience being tutored.

You are required to submit four "Tutor Observations and Reflections" and one "Being Tutored Reflection."

Here are some questions to consider as you reflect on the sessions:

*How did the tutor make the writer feel welcome?

*What body language did she use? Did she smile? Make small talk as they got started?

*What questions did the tutor ask about the assignment or paper?

*Were there additional questions you'd have asked?

*How did the tutor use the space available to make the writer feel comfortable?

*Was the tutor a good listener? How could you tell?

*Who did most of the talking?

*Did the tutor seem to respect the writer's work? How did she communicate this?

*Did the tutor address the questions the writer came with?

*If the tutor had a different agenda from the writer, how did she negotiate that?

*Did the writer respond well to the tutor's style? Why do you think so? Or think not?

*What kinds of questions did the tutor ask about the project?

*How do you think the writer responded to those questions?

*How did the tutor make known the responsibilities of tutor and writer in the session? What did she say or do?

*How would you describe the role of the tutor: editor, coach, authority figure, peer?

---from "Observing in the Writing Center" in the Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring, Paula Gillespie and Neal Lerner, eds.