Program Highlights

For Tutor and Mentor Trainers

CRLA is introducing a new Summer Institute to train the trainers in mentor and tutor training programs. Our goal is to provide attendees with the training and tools for developing programs for mentors and tutors that meet professional standards and best practices.

Attendance at this new training is limited to provide attendees with the opportunity work in small groups and benefit from in-depth, personalized interaction with the instructors. Attendees will leave the Institute with

Learning Objectives:

  • Investigate core concepts for developing and enhancing mentor and tutor training programs
  • Design mentor and tutor training programs using best practices and standards
  • Develop and demonstrate outstanding training, presentation, and facilitation skills
  • Investigate and appraise best practices for hiring, supervising, and evaluating tutors and mentors

Attendees will leave this training with a copy of the Handbook for Training Peer Tutors and Mentors, a bibliography of resources, program assessment models, a SWOT analysis, foundations of knowledge about student development, practical, interactive activities for training and more.

Accommodations

The Summer Institute will be held at:
Ritz-Carlton St. Louis
100 Carondelet Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: 314-863-6300
www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/StLouis
Rates are $159/night single or double

Reserve a room online by clicking here and entering the group rate code SMNSMNA or call 800-960-7056 and say that you are part of the CRLA Summer Institute group.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Experienced higher education professionals seeking new techniques for training
  • Higher education professionals who are new to the field or new to a position
  • Administrators who are newly charged with running a tutor or mentor training program
  • Program administrators or supervisors interested in implementing best practices and certification


  • Tutor program coordinators who train/supervise all types of college/university tutors
  • Mentor program coordinators who train/supervise college/university mentoring programs, such as peer academic coaches, peer mentors, classroom leaders, FYE student facilitators, etc.

WHAT IS CRLA?

CRLA is a group of student-oriented professionals active in the fields of reading, learning assistance, developmental education, tutoring, and mentoring at the college/adult level. CRLA is inherently diverse in membership. CRLA’s most vital function and overall purpose is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas, methods, and information to improve student learning and to facilitate the professional growth of its members.