COLLEGE READING AND LEARNING ASSOCIATION
TOM PASTERNACK OUTSTANDING TUTOR AWARD
NOMINATION PROCEDURES
 

by Olga Thurman, Assistant Coordinator of Certified Programs     

    

The Tom Pasternack Outstanding Tutor Award was established by the College Reading and Learning Association International Tutor Program Certification committee to honor the late CRLA Newsletter editor, Tom Pasternack, and to reward an outstanding tutor.  The first award of $250 and a plaque were given in 1995 at the Tempe Conference.  The Tom Pasternack Outstanding Tutor Award is presented at the national CRLA conference each fall.  We encourage nominations for the award to be granted on Friday, October 24, 2008, at the Cleveland, Ohio conference.  This is your opportunity to honor a very special tutor on your staff.                       

NOMINATION APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

1.  The nominated tutor must be an undergraduate and certified through a CRLA ITPC-certified tutor program who has reached the highest level offered by his/her program as documented by copies of CRLA certificates indicating at which level(s) the nominee is certified.  In addition, the nominee must provide a current official transcript demonstrating a 3.0 minimum GPA and a letter of recommendation by a faculty member of the institution.

2.  The nominee’s supervisor must submit the following information on one single-spaced typed page: (A) Nominee’s name; (B) Tutorial program and college or university; (C) Level of tutor certification attained by nominee and levels of certification offered at said institution; (D) A brief response to the following: 1) Summarize the results of tutor’s evaluations from one or more of the following sources: students, supervisors, and/or peers; 2) Discuss the tutor’s ability to help students improve their academic and study skills; 3) Discuss the tutor’s ability to help students improve self-esteem.  Be sure to include information about his/her promotion of healthy student interaction, i.e. active learning, emphasis on student responsibility and ethical behaviors; 4) Discuss the tutor’s ability to manage responsibilities at school, work, home, etc; 5) Discuss the tutor’s involvement in special projects, such as serving as a trainer or evaluator for other tutors, developing material for other tutors or students, or any other special activities.

3.  The nominee must submit an original essay of at least 250 words and not exceeding 500 words addressing the topic, “The Role of Tutoring in the Learning Process.”  This original essay must be typed, double-spaced and in standard point and font.  Essays should show insight into the tutoring process while addressing the topic.                                                                                                                               

4.  Send only completed application packets to Olga Thurman, CRLA Assistant Coordinator of Certified Programs, Tutorial Support Services, El Paso Community College, PO Box 20500, El Paso, Texas 79925-0500.  for more information call (915) 831-2740 or email Othurman@epcc.edu.                                                                                                   

5.  All completed applications must be received by April 29, 2008.  Partial or incomplete applications will not be considered.  Applicants will be notified by mail of receipt of their application packets.

6.  Applications will be reviewed and the winner chosen by a selected panel made up of members from the College Reading and Learning Association ITPC committee.  Applicants will be notified by mail of the results.  Application materials cannot be returned.

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Last updated April 14, 2008.