About Us

Mission Statement

The mission of the English Writing Readiness Lab is to support you as you gain new writing skills and encourage the work you do as you develop those skills

Purpose

The primary purpose of the English Writing Readiness Lab is to raise student writing levels to college standards. An average of 1,000 students enroll each quarter in our Lab.

All classes are designed as college-level writing workshops for an entire quarter. Each classroom set up consists of 8-10 students, one teaching associate, and an instructor. Students meet for one class period a week.

English Writing Readiness small-group lab classes provide students with extra practice, learning through trial and error, and support with their writing skills, sentence structure, and grammar. All students receive constant feedback and coaching from the teaching associates. The English Writing Readiness Program offers two pass/no pass half-unit classes: EWRT 150 and 160.

All enrolled students have access to the Instructional Computing Lab located downstairs in the Advanced Technology Center (ACT) Building in Rooms 102 and 103.

Staff

Jill Quigley is the Coordinator of our Lab.

Mary Browning is the Student Success Center (SSC) Supervisor and is responsible for all the logistics of the Readiness Labs.  She coordinates the Readiness Teaching Associate (RTA) schedules and answers staff and student questions as they arise.

The Readiness Labs are fortunate to have over two dozen RTAs to assist students each quarter.

Please visit or contact us to learn more about our program.