General Journal Response Guidelines

• Please respond via e-mail to the tutor, and copy your response to Diana (or your supervisor if Diana is on leave).
• Please respond to tutors no later than the Thursday following the Friday the journal is due.
• In your responses,
• Bracket < > specific parts of the journal , then respond in ALL CAPS or, better yet, in bold or another color in the middle of the text. (This substitutes for the writing that would be in the margin or a printed page.)
• Then write a general paragraph at the end of the journal Sign your name.
• Spend about ten minutes on each entry (unless you feel particularly inspired!)
Don't correct grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Just be sure you understand the ideas the tutor is trying to express.
• Give suggestions from your own experience and the tutor training materials. ("Did you try to set the agenda?" "When I had a student like that, I made him promise that he would come prepared next time" "Try some of the tricks in the Team Building Techniques handout" "Try to be patient and relax")
• Encourage them to apply techniques from the class handouts.
• Be positive and empathetic, always, and especially when a tutor expresses insecurity ("You're off to a good start!" "Wow! sounds tough." "Sounds like you did a great job!" "Good going!" "That part is always hard.")