Abstract
The commitment to a student-staffed speech center is at least twofold: though critical space allocation decisions as well as equipment purchase and placement required for successful operation are necessary and necessarily draw attention, the same kind of concentrated and thorough reflection is needed in considerations of staff training. Peer consulting, to be effective, calls for training that is intensive and extensive, theoretical and applied, but it should also prepare student consultants to faithfully reflect the nature, scope and state of the rhetorical art. Speech center consultants are better prepared to meet a greater variety of requests for assistance if they comprehend the study of rhetoric as a scholarly discipline and the character of rhetoric that spans disciplines and extends beyond the discourse of the academy.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2014 Southeastern Writing Center Association. This article first appeared in Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation 19:1 (2014), 60-69.
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Recommended Citation
Hobgood, Linda B. "Training Speech Center Consultants: Moving Forward with a Backward Glance." Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation 19, no. 1 (2014): 60-69.