Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6–12, Revised Edition

Richard Kent, Ph.D., is Professor of Literacy and Director Emeritus of the Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine. A former secondary school writing center director and English teacher, Kent is the author of many books, including Writing on the Bus and Teaching the Neglected ‘R’. He was Maine Teacher of the Year in 1993 and a National Educator Award recipient in 1994.

“«A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers: Grades 6–12, Revised Edition» is meant to invite, instruct, prepare, and inspire teachers to develop writing centers in today’s secondary schools, and it does these essential tasks with a winning combination of hands-on experience, contemporary scholarship, and professional chutzpah. Richard Kent knows what he is talking about from years of teaching writing, from starting and directing his own high school writing center, and from his broad-ranging and thorough research into writing instruction and writing centers. The background information, the practical advice and good models, the rationales and arguments, and the welcoming tone all make for a compelling book. He distills both his knowledge and experience about creating student-staffed writing centers into a highly readable, comprehensive, yet slender volume that systematically provides teachers with everything they need to get started on their school’s own writing center.”—Harvey Kail, Professor of English, former Writing Center Director, University of Maine; Recipient, International Writing Center Association’s Maxwell Leadership Award

• Amber Jensen/Andrew Jeter: Foreword – Acknowledgments – Preface – Introduction – Planning and Organizing – Staffing and Training – Operating a Writing Center – Working Drafts: Writing Centers in Action – Resources and Activities – Conclusion – Appendices – Bibliography – Index.