Carlos Munoz & Gail Forsgreen
Eastern Washington University
This presentation discusses strategies the EWU Writers’ Center uses to make writers feel welcome, safe, and brave to explore meaningful learning experiences and take risks in building collaborative relationships. Drawing from motivational scaffolding and politeness theories, the presenters will discuss integrating rapport building into consultant training, student surveys, policies, and programs. Additionally, the presenters will speak of how the success of their rapport-building efforts has led to the development of the Writing Fellows Program, Conversation Group, and first-year emerging writing sessions.
Multimedia presentation link: https://spark.adobe.com/page/NhpU0Y63tMgYg/
Thank you so much for sharing your research and some of the ways you've applied it in your center! Rapport is one of those things we talk about a lot in our center, but I'm always struck, in observing sessions, about how differently that plays out session to session. I love some of the ways you all took up these questions. Thank you!