Atlanta, Georgia * * * September 26-29, 2007

 

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Conference Program

Conference Schedule at a Glance

Concurrent Sessions at a Glance:

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NCLCA is the only professional organization devoted entirely to learning center administration.  Our conference offers learning center professionals the chance to receive valuable training, networking, and idea sharing.  Attendees also dialogue about important administrative concerns like resource allocation and tutor training, as well as national concerns and flashpoints that affect our student populations like learning gaps and economic and gender inequities. 

The NCLCA Conference is a Unique Experience:

Our conference is known for its hospitality.  Our smaller size allows attendees to meet each other over meals and at intimate receptions.  Year after year, attendees overwhelming report that the NCLCA conference is a welcoming environment—a good place for newcomers to get to know other professionals and for veteran administrators to share the benefits of their expertise while making new friends along the way.

This year’s theme, “Learning Centers by Design,” offers a wealth of possibilities for conference presentations.  We hope to inspire your creativity.  Taken broadly, “design” can encompass anything from creative publicity campaigns to innovative training programs to new ways of thinking about learning centers—see where inspiration takes you!  Here are some ideas:

• Creating physical space
  • designing learning center space to meet special needs
  • working with ADA requirements
  • incorporating universal design into tutoring sessions

   

• Creating program design
  • using technology (iPods? Clickers? Tablet PCs? Tutor Cams?  What else?) to bring innovations to tutoring and learning assistance
  • creative solutions for slim budgets
  • specialized services for 2-year institutions
  • unusual publicity campaigns
  • dialoguing with administration for win-win outcomes

   

• Creating training programs
  • training simulations
  • new activities for tutors, SI Leaders, and students
  • employing graduate students as tutors or program assistants
  • new approaches to tutor evaluations/observations
  • training retreats
  • ways to inspire students to become the best they can be!

   

• Creating so much more!

 

The NCLCA conference is a time to learn from each other.  Think about what makes your center unique.  Sessions can incorporate multi-media, hands-on activities, and visual aids of all sorts.