Answered by Layne Porta on Mar 27, 2025
Last updated Apr 09, 2025
That's great! We really appreciate your trust in us and your willingness to embed our services into your course.
The earlier you can let us know that this will be a requirement for your class, the better. Our schedule tends to fill up quickly, particularly in the last four weeks of classes. (Please note: our schedule ends on the last day of regularly scheduled classes each semester. We are closed during the week of finals so that our tutors have time to conclude their own coursework.) The sooner we know that your students will be visiting, the more likely it is that we can make sure there is enough availability in the schedule for all of them to get appointments.
If you are requiring your students to meet with a writing consultant, please instruct them to let the consultant know that the session report needs to include the course number (that way you can distinguish the relevant TWC visit from others your student may have had).
We would also encourage you to take a couple of steps to help this required visit be as beneficial as possible for your students:
- Send Layne or Mistie any relevant assignment descriptions, guidelines, or particular goals you have for your students' visits. With this information, we can make sure our tutors are well-prepared to work with your students and that we understand how you want this visit to contribute to your students' learning.
- Share with your students why you are requiring them to visit the TWC. Required tutoring appointments can sometimes be seen by students as punitive. Offering your students some insight into how you anticipate their TWC visit will contribute meaningfully to their learning is one way to mitigate this perception. (You can also invite us to come talk with your students about this before their required visits!)