Center Moves: A Peer-Reviewed Archive of Tutor Training Materials Vision StatementCenter Moves: A Peer-Reviewed Archive of Tutor Training Materials seeks to support and facilitate communication and community among writing and learning center administrators and tutors by developing a peer-reviewed archive of materials, updated biannually, that new and continuing administrators can draw upon and contribute to as their tutor education and training programs develop and evolve. Goals and PurposeAs writing and learning center administrators, we recognize the value of providing high-quality training to our tutors to ensure they have the necessary skills and knowledge to support all writers effectively. We also know that we rarely have opportunities to learn how other administrators conduct training; because of this, administrators, at all stages of our careers, often do not have significant support or models for the “moves” of tutor training and education. The purpose of Center Moves is to serve as an archive of peer-reviewed lesson plans and materials, grounded in scholarship, theory, or praxis, that administrators and tutors can use and modify to train new tutors and to support ongoing professional development for existing tutors. This archive will allow writing center administrators and tutors to share and access lesson plans that offer a variety of new topics, tools, methods, materials, activities, and resources for training tutors with varied ranges of experience to work with writers at all levels. most Recent issueArchived issues can be found under the Center Moves menu button at the top of the page. Call for Proposals for upcoming issueThe Center Moves editors invite Jennifer Marciniak and Becky Bruning of Texas Tech University as co-editors of our sixth issue, our first special issue titled "Training Tutors to Work with Graduate Students and Post-Docs." The idea for this special issue came from a group of directors discussing the need for more training materials for graduate and undergraduate tutors who work with graduate student and post-doc writers. These writers can struggle with writing long-term projects, such as theses and dissertations; job market documents; and balancing low-order concerns alongside all others in these high-stakes writing tasks. These writers' challenges can often be compounded by the expectations their faculty set for them or those they set for themselves. Since writing centers are an excellent resource for these writers to feel supported, meaningful tutor training to work with these writers can be supremely beneficial. The special issue co-editors seek submissions on three topics:
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Proposal Submission Deadline and FormAll submissions for our fifth issue must be received by March 8, 2026 To submit your proposal, please complete our Proposal Form. You can access a PDF of the Center Moves proposal questions to help you draft and our Center Moves Keyword Glossary for more information about the keywords in the form. About Center MovesCenter Moves is published and housed by the Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association (RMWCA), a regional affiliate of the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA). Editorial Board
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