JPTSS Issue 1.2

Fall 2021: Volume 1, Issue 2

JPTSS Editorial Board and SSWCA Board Members

Editorial Introduction

Innovation, Resilience, and Persistence: SSWCs Thrive and Adapt in a Time of Change
Amber Jensen, JPTSS Editor, Brigham Young University (UT)


Research Article

The How, What, and Why of Tutor-Run, Director-Supported Secondary School Writing Centers
Elizabeth Giles, Academy of Choice (TX)


Practitioner Strand

I’m Okay . . . Are You? The Emotionally Complex Labor of the Secondary Writing Center Director
Kelly Crespo, Downey High School (CA)

The High School Writing Center as a Center for Social-Emotional Learning
Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)


Tutor to Tutor

Building Diverse Tutoring Centers with Affinity Spaces
Christeopher Haswell, Emily Collins, Morgan Busbee, Lauren Giesler, Ryan Lofland, Etowah High School (GA)

Developing a Public Community Writing Center During Covid-19
Jessica Hoffman, University of North Carolina (NC)


Learning from the Past

Editorial Introduction: Learning from the Past
Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

Principals Panel, Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association (CAPTA) Connects Conference, October 2015
Panelists: Pamela Ellison Brumfield, Edison High School (VA), Martin Grimm, Hayfield Secondary School (VA), William Bates, Herndon High School (VA), Amy Hale, Rustburg High School, Martha Rodeheaver, Oakton High School (VA)


Book Review

The Revitalized Tutoring Center: A Guide to Transforming School Culture
Stacey Hahn, SSWCA Vice President


Profiles of Secondary School Writing Centers

Albemarle High School Peer Tutoring Center (VA)
Algonquin Writing Center (MA)

Peters Township Middle School Writing Lab (PA)
Vistamar Writing Center (CA)


Call for Submissions: The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools