Proposing, planning, and designing a high school writing center / by Lindsay Hartman.

Writing instruction in many high schools, particularly in Eastern York High School, is dominated by a focus on preparing for standardized tests and lacks the emphasis on habits and skills like flexibility, creativity, and knowledge of rhetorical situations that will allow students to be successful writers in the varied situations they will encounter after high school, whether in college, careers, or their civic engagement. This thesis proposes, plans, and designs a peer tutoring writing center for Eastern York High School that aims to create a culture of writing that will equip students with the skills and habits they need in order to be successful writers in a variety of contexts, not just on standardized tests. In doing so, this proposal also aims to create a program that will foster a more collaborative and inclusive school community.