Not currently filled
In addition to Writing Center Outreach events, the Writing Center hosts a range of in-house and community events, including internal staff professional development, DePaul community writing groups, and other writing center-specific events (high school writing center visits, Chicagoland Peer Tutors Day, etc.).
📜 Position Summary
Under the supervision of the Associate Director for The Writing Center Erin Herrmann, the Writing Center Event Planning Student Leader assists with coordinating professional development, writing group facilitation, and hosting other writing center events.
✨ Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Assist in planning & executing events for internal professional development (40%)
- Collaborate with Workshops Team Members to solicit & execute professional development workshops
- Create promotional and registration materials for each professional development workshop
- Approve registration and manage related schedule changes for attendees
- Support development of workshop content by providing feedback on topic development and practice sessions
- Coordinate logistical planning, organization, and advertising of events including Tutor Talk and other professional development events
Coordinate Writing Center writing groups for the university community (15%)
- Collaborate and check in with stakeholders to determine goals & plans for each writing group
- Hire and train new writing group facilitators as needed
- Schedule writing group facilitators in WCOnline
- Check-in with writing group facilitators quarterly
- Work with
Outreach Community Partnerships Student Leader DRAFT or corresponding party to design marketing materials to promote writing group events
Oversee development and publication of the Writing Center’s annual literary magazine The Orange Couch (10%)
- Requires more hours in Spring Quarter (some in WQ)
- Collaborate with writing groups SLs
- Complete additional tasks
Assist with other writing center events (20%)
- Identify & schedule tutors in WCOnline to staff events
- Coordinate logistics for event execution
- Serve on event planning committees as needed
Manage the Writing Center Calendar (10%)
- Post weekly in Slack to promote upcoming Writing Center events
- Maintain a sense of events each week and quarter to help teams and
Writing Center Tutors in identifying times for events if needed
Perform other leadership duties as assigned (5%)
🏆 Position Qualifications
- Independently driven, seeking support as needed
- Ability to effectively manage others
- Interest in group facilitation
- Detail-oriented to coordinate a high volume of logistics
🧑🏫 Principal Learning Objectives
- Learn best practices for professional development opportunities
- Understand the logistical side of event planning and execution
- Implement effective marketing and communication strategies
🧑⚖️ Direct Supervisor
Associate Director for The Writing Center, Erin Herrmann