Turrentine & Team Tutor Program Certification: Getting it Done

22/W 1:00 PM Owens

Type_Presentation: 3-Hour Pre-conference Institute

PresentationTitle: Tutor Program Certification-Getting it done

ProgramStrand_Primary: Learning Assistant Center Management

ProgramStrand_Secondary: None

Presentation_description:

This institute is designed for those working with tutor training programs who are farther along in the certification process and would like guidance through the application process.

Session_summary:

This institute is designed for those working with tutor training programs who are farther along in the certification process and would like guidance through the application process. Participants can bring their applications, materials, documentation, etc., and actually meet with ITPC evaluators to get advice on what needs to be done to complete the application process. If the application is complete, the program can actually receive certification approval on the spot! Participants can also review copies of applications from currently certified programs. A great opportunity to get hands-on help with your Tutor Program Certification application!

Presenter Bio:

Penny Turrentine is Director of CRLA’s International Tutor Program Certification Program and Director of the West Campus Learning Center, Pima Community College and

Coordinator of Pima’s online tutoring program. Her current research interests include online tutoring, tutor training programs, professional development and credentialing

for learning center leadership. She has a PhD in Language, Reading, and Culture from the University of Arizona.

She may be contacted at the West Campus Learning Center, Pima Community College, 2202 West Anklam Rd., Tucson, AZ 85709,

(520) 206-6796, or by email at penny.turrentine@pima.edu.

Presenter Bio:

Tina Barnes is the Director of the Learning Resources Center and Disability Services at Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College). She has been active in CRLA and ITPC since 2000. Tina received her B.A. in Teaching Special Education in 1974 at George Peabody College for teachers (now the College of Education of Vanderbilt University) and her M.A. in Teaching Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in 1975. She taught students with learning disabilities for 25 years before moving to the post-secondary level in 2000. At Randolph College there are subject matter tutors for ever subject in the college and tutors for all areas of study skills. Their tutoring programs are certified at Levels I, II, and III.

Presenter Bio:

Olga Thurman is the Manager of Academic Resources for the El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas, and has been in the position for the past 14 years. In addition to managing full- and part-time Math, Writing and GED tutors, Olga is adjunct English faculty. She is also Assistant Coordinator for the International Tutor Program Certification and oversees the annual Tom Pasternack Award.

Presenter_Bio:

Terri Massie-Burrell is the Director of Towson University’s multi-service Academic Achievement Center (AAC), which is in the Division of Academic Affairs. Terri is a part-time faculty member in the College of Education on the campus. Towson University is the second largest institution in the University of Maryland system located in suburban Baltimore County. The university has a total student body of nearly 19,000 students; of which 13,500 are undergraduates. Since fall 2002, Terri has served as director and led the center to earn CRLA’s level 3 tutor program certification and national college learning center website award two consecutive years.

The AAC primarily serves undergraduates with major emphases in peer tutoring, study skills, structured study sessions and individualized academic coaching for all students. . She also serves as co-chair of CRLA’s ‘Learning Assistance Center Management” SIG and is former Co-Leader of Peer Tutoring. The center was recognized two consecutive years by National College Learning Center Association & Learning Support Centers in Higher Education receiving third place for the website excellence competition.

Presenter_Bio:

Roberta Schotka holds an Ed.M in Instructional Media & Technology from Boston University and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Boston State College.

In 2004 she completed the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education management training program at Wellesley College.

Before coming to Wellesley College she was the department head of Northeastern University’s Snell Library Peer Tutoring Center and is credited with earning CRLA program certification at levels I & II, developing a hybrid tutor training program that included a web-based component and increasing the use of tutorial services by more than 500% in a six year period.