SSWCA hosts digital roundtables on various topics of interest to secondary school writing and peer tutoring center directors and tutors throughout the year.
All meetings are held on Zoom and last approximately one hour. As always, our member schools participate in these sessions for free; join or renew your membership here. For the 2025-26 school year, Digital Roundtables are free for all registrants, whether they are SSWCA members or not.
All individuals who want to participate must register ahead of time for each digital roundtable of interest. Space is limited to allow participants to engage in small-group, collaborative discussions. Registered participants are emailed a Zoom link and guiding questions a prior to the digital roundtable. For security reasons, we cannot admit individuals who are not pre-registered, so please ensure the name on your Zoom account matches the name you used to register.
Questions and suggestions for future roundtable discussion topics can be emailed to admin@sswca.org.
UPCOMING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
JPTSS Book Club: Risk Taking and Agency
Tuesday, February 24, 7:00pm EST
To prepare for this book club style meeting, please read “Taking Creative Risks in the High School Writing Center: Fostering Creative Agency” by Elaina Antonich, from The Journal for Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools, Volume 3, Issue 1. Be willing to share your own observations concerning risk-taking, and let’s explore how we can take Antonich’s research into our own Writing Centers.
Hosted by Tarra Stevenson, Westridge School for Girls
The Peer Tutor Pipeline:
Strategies for Recruitment and Selection
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 – 7:00 pm EST
Assembling a strong team of student tutors is where effective peer tutoring and writing centers begin! Some may think that expert-level content knowledge is needed to be an impactful peer tutor, but experience shows that communication and character are perhaps more essential. Join us for a discussion to talk about how to identify students who have the potential to become exceptional tutors, which traits and skills you seek for your center, and selection systems that can help build your dream team!
Hosted by Katie Sutcliffe, Academic Resource Center Director at The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge in Louisiana.
Eventbrite Registration Link
PAST ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
From Policing to Pedagogy: Writing Centers as Leaders in the AI Conversation
Neurodivergence in the Writing Center
Everyone’s a Writer! How Writing Centers Can Support Writing across the Curriculum
You’re Not Home Alone: The Excitement–and Craziness–of Being a New Director!
Tutor Shop Talk: Conference Proposal Prep
AI in the Writing Center
SSWCA 101 for Tutors
Director Tips & Tricks for Conference Travel
Workshop for Directors: Writing an Article for JPTSS
Open Forum
New Director
Determining Areas of Growth
The Elective Course
Talk with The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools Editors
Director Speed Dating: Making Professional Connections
Tutor Recruitment
All-subject Learning Centers
Goal Setting and Prep for Next Year
Tutor-led open forum discussion
Converting your conference presentation into a JPTSS article
Beyond the English Department (Writing Across the Curriculum initiatives, etc.)
Managing goals/expectations and setting boundaries
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