JPTSS Archives & Directory


Directory of JPTSS Articles by Subject

What is a Secondary School Writing Center?

1.1: Growing Our Scholarship through The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)
Renee Brown, Peters Township Middle School (PA)

3.1: 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)
Andrea Hilton Haverlock, Orem High School (UT)
Lucy Leishman, Washington Irving Middle School (VA)

Benefits and Impact of SSWCs

1.2: Principals Panel, Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association (CAPTA) Connects Conference, October 2015

Pamela Ellison Brumfield, Edison High School (VA)
Martin Grimm, Hayfield Secondary School (VA)
William Bates, Herndon High School (VA)
Amy Hale, Rustburg High School (VA)
Martha Rodeheaver, Oakton High School (VA)

1.2: The High School Writing Center as a Center for Social-Emotional Learning

Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)

1.1: The Power of Peer Tutoring to Transform Learning in a School

John Banbury, Oakton High School (VA) Principal 

2.1: “What Is Invisible Is Essential to the Eye”: Beliefs, Behaviors, and the High School Writing Center (SSWCA Conference Keynote 2016) 

Jennifer Wells, New College of Florida (FL)

4.1: Writing Center R/Evolutions

Amber Jensen, JPTSS Editor, Brigham Young University (UT)

2.2: Writing Center Work in Troubled Times: People, Passion, and Purpose

Jeffrey Austin, Skyline Writing Center (MI)
Christine Modey, University of Michigan (MI)

Director Role

3.1: Ebbs and Flows: Riding the Waves of Secondary School Writing Center Research and Practice (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

1.1: From the Director’s Chair

Matthew Kasper, St. Paul’s School Writing Center (MD) Director
Janice Jewell, Herndon High School (VA) Director

2.2: How Kindergarten Tactics Can Help with Tutoring Dual Enrollment Students

Megan Hoffman, Fresno City College (CA)

1.2: I’m Okay . . . Are You? The Emotionally Complex Labor of the Secondary Writing Center Director

Kelly Crespo, Downey High School (CA)

2.1: Innovation, Resilience, and Persistence: SSWCs Thrive and Adapt in a Time of Change (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

 

Diversity and Inclusion in the Center

1.2: Building Diverse Tutoring Centers with Affinity Spaces

Christopher Haswell, Emily Collins, Morgan Busbee, Lauren Giesler, Ryan Lofland, Etowah High School (GA)

2.1: Inclusivity in the Writing Center

Isabela Snow and Julia Srnec, Minnetonka High School (MN

2.2: Our Center Is A Safe Space

Dayla Lessem Elnecave, Lane Tech College Prep High School (IL)

1.1 Secondary School Writing Centers are Sites of Social Justice Work: A Preamble to SSWCA’s Inclusivity Statement and 

Kate Hutton, Herndon High School (VA)

1.1 SSWCA Inclusivity, Equity, and Accessibility Statement for Secondary School Writing and Peer Tutoring Centers

SSWCA Board

Partnering beyond the School

1.2: Developing a Public Community Writing Center During Covid-19

Jessica Hoffman, University of North Carolina (NC)

2.2: Making Possibility Reality through a Revolutionary Partnership

Alexandra Kirby, Salem High School (MA)
Albert C. DeCiccio, Salem State University (MA)
Bill Coyle, Salem State University (MA)

Partnering within Schools 

3.1: Collaboration in the Writing Center: When the Pieces Fit Together

Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)

2.2: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas Across SSWC Networks (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

4.1: Wash, Rinse, and Revise: Restyling the Writing Center

Anushka Saha, Central Bucks South High School (PA)

2.1: When a Writing Center Becomes a Learning Center: An Activity Theory Analysis 

Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)

Tutor Leadership 

3.1: 2023 Tutor Impact Scholarship Winner Essays

Hailey Salvatore, Central Bucks High School South (PA)
Mikalah Quillen, Cherokee High School (GA)

3.1: Can Peer-Tutoring Dispositions Transfer to Leadership Skills?

Annie Meng, Albemarle High School (VA)

1.1: How Tutoring Has Influenced My Transition into College

André Sanabia, University of Virginia (VA) Student
Justine Burke, George Mason University (VA) Student

1.1: How Tutoring Has Transformed Me as a Learner and a Leader

Susana Zelaya, Edison High School Writing Center (VA) Tutor

Tutor Training

3.1: Accompaniment in the Writing Center: SSWCA Conference Keynote 2023

Lisa Zimmerelli, Loyola University of Maryland (MD)

3.1: Finding an Emotional Middle Ground: Activities for Fostering Empathy in Younger Tutors

Renee Brown, Peters Township Middle School (PA)
Carla McCue, Peters Township Middle School (PA)

4.1: Learning Beyond the Center: A Case Study on Leveraging Data about Informal Learning to Create an Inclusive and Accessible Center

Benjamin Klieger and Keshav Narang, Stanford Online High School (CA)

2.1: Reimagining the Elective Course: Scrum Master Leadership Meets Peer Tutoring 

Heather Barton, Etowah High School (GA)

1.1: Reviving Student Research: Strategies for Tutoring Student Research Papers

Alexandra Wong, Johns Hopkins University (MD)

3.1: Taking Creative Risks in the High School Writing Center: Fostering Creative Agency

Elaina Antonich, Geraldine Public Schools (MT)

1.1: The Dread of Judgment: How Friendship Impacts Tutoring

Chloe Truong, Algonquin Regional High School (MA)

1.2: The How, What, and Why of Tutor-Run, Director-Supported Secondary School Writing Centers

Elizabeth Daley, Academy of Choice (TX)

4.1: The Mindful Tutor in You: Secondary School Writing Centers Association (SSWCA) Conference Keynote, March 2021

Alexandria Peary, Salem State University (MA)

2.1: The Self-Assessed Course: A Revolutionary Approach to Grading in Peer Tutoring

Hannah Baran, Albemarle High School (VA)

2.2: Think Tank Sessions: An Alternative Training Method to Mock Tutorials

Valentin Melo, Lane Tech College Prep High School (IL)

Virtual/Online Tutoring

2.1: A Shift in Perspective: A High Schooler’s Experience Leading and Tutoring during COVID Transitions

Duke Jenkins, Kennesaw State University (GA)

2.1: Decentering and Recentering: Finding Connection in Times of Change

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

4.1: Learning Beyond the Center: A Case Study on Leveraging Data about Informal Learning to Create an Inclusive and Accessible Center

Benjamin Klieger and Keshav Narang, Stanford Online High School (CA)

2.1: Virtual Writing Lab: An Idea That Has a Lasting Effect on Tutors 

Alaina Abbatto, Peters Township High School (PA)

 


Book Reviews

1.1: The Rowman and Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors

Melissa Morgan, West Springfield High School (VA)

1.2: The Revitalized Tutoring Center: A Guide to Transforming School Culture

Stacey Hahn, SSWCA Vice President

2.2: Student Writing Tutors in their Own Words: Global Voices on Writing Centers and Beyond

Jessie Wiggins, George Mason University (VA)

2.2: The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom

Jamie Davis, North Salem High School (OR)

4.1: Talk About Writing: The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors, 2nd Edition

Vivian Blair, Episcopal Collegiate School (AR)


SSWCA Conference Proceedings

2.1: Revolutionary Partnerships: SSWCA 2022 Conference in Review

Stacey Hahn, Amsterdam High School (NY)

3.1: Writing at the Center: SSWCA 2023 Conference in Review

Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)

3.1: Writing at the Center: SSWCA & NVWP 2023 Conference Proceedings


Profiles of SSWCs

1.1: Meridian High School (ID)

1.1: St. Anne’s Belfield School (VA)

1.1: Skyline High School (MI)

1.1: Episcopal School of Baton Rouge (LA)

1.2: Albemarle High School Peer Tutoring Center (VA)

1.2: Algonquin Writing Center (MA)

1.2: Peters Township Middle School Writing Lab (PA)

1.2: Vistamar Writing Center (CA) 

2.1: Birch Wathen Lenox (NY)

2.1: Hisar School (Istanbul, Turkey)

2.1: Quincy High School (WA)

2.2: Hockaday School (TX)

2.2: Minnetonka High School (MN)

2.2: Stephen Decatur High School (MD)

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

3.1: Provo High School (UT)

3.1: Renaissance High School (ID)

3.1: Saline High School (MI)

4.1: HERO High School (NY)

4.1: The Ethel Walker School (CT)

4.1: Longmeadow High School (MA)