JPTSS Issue 3.1

Fall 2023: Volume 3, Issue 1

JPTSS Editorial Board and SSWCA Board Members

Editorial Introduction

Ebbs and Flows: Riding the Waves of SSWC Research and Practice 
Amber Jensen, JPTSS Editor, Brigham Young University (UT)


Research Articles

Secondary School Writing Centers over Forty Years: A Review of the Literature, 1982–2023
Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)
Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)
Annie Hilton Haverlock, Orem High School (UT)
Lucy Leishman, Washington Irving Middle School (VA)

Can Peer Tutoring Dispositions Transfer to Leadership Skills?
Annie Meng, Albemarle High School (VA)

Taking Creative Risks in the High School Writing Center: Fostering Creative Agency
Elaina Antioch, Geraldine Public Schools (MT)


Practitioner Strand

Finding an Emotional Middle Ground: Activities for Fostering Empathy in Younger Tutors
Renee Brown and Carla McCue, Peters Township Middle School (PA)


Voices from the Center

Collaboration in the Writing Center: When the Pieces Fit Together
Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)


Conference Proceedings

Writing in the Center: SSWCA 2023 Conference in Review
Jenny Goransson, SSWCA Vice President and Conference Chair

SSWCA 2023 Conference Proceedings

Accompaniment in the Writing Center, SSWCA 2023 Keynote


Tutor Impact Scholarship Winners

2023 Tutor Impact Scholarship Winners
Hailey Salvatore, Central Bucks High School South (PA)
Mikalah Quillen, Cherokee High School (GA)


Profiles of Secondary School Writing Centers

Profile of 2023 Jensen-Hutton Grant Award Recipient School

Bishop Conaty, Our Lady of Loretto High School (CA)

Profiles of 2023 SSWCA Conference Travel Grant Recipient Schools

Provo High School Writing Center (UT)
Renaissance High School (ID)
Saline High School Writing Center (MI)


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

Call for Proposals for SSWCA & BWP 2024: Planting, Nurturing, Pruning, Thriving