Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Annual Tutoring Conferences: Where One Might Meet His or Her Long-Lost Younger Twin


















Even though all of our tutors are CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) certified, we believe in continual tutor training and take our staff meetings VERY seriously. Every year since our beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, we have also corralled as many staff as possible and herded them to the annual tutor conference, hosted by the Southern California Writing Center Association. At each conference, a group of our Mt. SAC Writing Center tutors have presented a panel or hosted a session. Not to mention, we've been able to visit a new college each time and check out their own writing centers. Through our participation at the annual tutor conferences, we have gained many insights about tutoring. For example, we've learned new strategies for helping ESL students, we've had the opportunity to share about our new computer lab tutoring, and we've even heard a Vietnam vet/writer speak about responding appropriately to personal narratives. Each year's conference has proven to add more nuts and bolts to our tutoring tool kit. And who knows? One might even meet one's long-lost younger twin, like Dr. Dave at our first conference!

~Posted by Nicole Blean

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