1. The UCWbL
2. About the UCWbL
3. Our Core Values, Beliefs, & Practices

Our Core Values, Beliefs, & Practices

Working as a peer writing tutor is largely about one-on-one appointments with writers, whether they be in real-time or by providing written feedback on a draft document. A such, peer writing tutors are asked to make decisions during appointments with writers about what will best help that writer succeed without direct instruction or supervision.

To support our peer writing tutor and so that all of us at the UCWbL have clear and transparent guidelines for our work, UCWbL administrators—in collaboration with a wide range of student staff members over the years—have articulated certain Core Beliefs, Core Values, & Core Practices that we use to inform our work with writers and with one another.

Our Core Values

Our Core Beliefs

Based on scholarship from writing studies researchers and theorists, six Core Beliefs about writers, writing, and learning inform our work across the UCWbL—from Writing Center appointments, to supporting instructors in the Writing Fellows Program and Workshops, to helping writers for whom English is an Additional Language, to our Outreach efforts.

Our Core Practices

Ten Core Practices guide us when collaborating with writers & one another.