Portland Writing Center seeks new consultants
The Portland Writing Center at the Portland Center is seeking one new writing consultant beginning spring 2016 and one new consultant beginning summer 2016. Candidates are those who are enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and adult degree students understand the components of effective writing.
Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students in face-to-face or online sessions at the Portland Writing Center. Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:
- Thinking through ideas for a writing assignment
- Considering writing choices with regard to audience, focus, purpose, cohesion and organization
- Developing ideas with specific evidence
- Improving research strategies
- Applying proper documentation and formatting, and
- Understanding basic grammar and mechanics
Click here for a consultant job description, and click here for a consultant application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.