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Institutes are available at an additional cost of $50 each, Each attendee can choose to attend one morning, one afternoon and one post conference. Take your pick and learn more, while using your professional development funds extra wisely.
10/1/08 Wed 8:30–11:30 Pre-Conference Institutes A – C A) New Directors: Back by popular demand, NCLCA’s
Alan Craig B: NCLCA Mentor Helping You; See below for information and pricing.
C) Learning Center 2.0 Enhancing Student Learning With
Technology offered by Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein Wikis, iPods, blogs, texting… Our students are using technology in ways that make our heads spin. The purpose of this institute is to get a handle on these technological innovations to help students learn better as they engage with learning centers. Lisa and Craig will focus on current theories and best practices in enhancing student learning through technology, attendees will learn about new advances, engage in activities, and plan how to implement technology to enhance learning assistance on their campuses. This institute is appropriate for those who develop curriculum, workshops, and other resources for students. Lisa is past President of NCLCA. Lisa and Craig teach at SUNY Empire College.
8:30 AM Wednesday Institute “NCLCA Mentors Helping You!”With a little luck & persuasion we were able to get 4 Past-Presidents to offer NCLCA Mentors Helping You! This interactive session uses the NCLCA Institute structure in minimal format to allow you access to experienced NCLCA leaders for specific topics. When you register a group of 2-4 individuals your group, along with 4 other groups, will have 3 hours to work with the leader to develop your project. Special pricing will allow small groups from a college to bring home a project ready for implementation. Remember too that the goal is for you to come with information specific to what you currently do and leave with an organized plan of action to implement. Once you register for your session, your group will receive information on what to do in preparation for the institute, so register early and leave yourself time to prepare. Two individuals attending this Institute will cost $95, three attending is $130, and four is $160. Additional Institute deal prices (afternoon or post) for three or four attendees are available, please contact David Reedy. The topic areas are as follows with specific descriptions below:
Jonnie will guide you through the process of researching past practices along with conducting your own studies to determine what is needed. Participants attending this session will go home prepared to present a project and get it running. ~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie will help you organize the plan so that you return home prepared for implementation. Attend this workshop so that you can assist those at your college to help themselves and others. ~~~~~~~~~~
In this workshop, participants will develop strategies for their center which will include plans for communicating effectively with students, peer tutors, faculty, administrators, and others. Your needs—additional clients, more peer tutors, better faculty relations, more resources from administrators, whatever—will be the topics of discussion in this interactive workshop. ~~~~~~~~~~
Wendy will (1) provide an overview of the strategic planning process, (2) lead participants through a mock SWOT analysis, and (3) discuss the next steps for turning the analysis into a strategic plan for a learning center. In her words I think participants will learn the process so that when they go back to campus, they will be able to conduct the process with their key stakeholders. If a campus team is able to participate, I can conduct this similar to an onsite SWOT to help create a strategic plan for the future. Wed 1:30–4:30 Pre-Conference Institutes E – G E)
The 21st century is a time of
standards and best practices for programs and services in higher education. Such
standards and best practices assist learning center administrators to review
their learning centers programs and practices and make appropriate changes to
strengthen them. In this workshop, participants are asked to participate in a
review of standards and best practices most of which are based on qualitative
and quantitative research.
F)
Tutoring Support through Learning Centers:”The Learning Center: At the
Heart of Student Success and Retention.” Jack Truschel,
G)
Planning your submission to the Journal! Join in the
Fascinating Rhythm of Publishing with TLAR editors Christine Reichert Learn some tips that will demystify that task. We will provide hands-on activities that will help develop research topics for manuscript submission. Included are techniques for determining what “type” of article format to follow, some brainstorming on ideas and setting up a plan-of-attack to successfully complete the submission process. Participants need only be interested in starting. This institute will focus more in depth on developing topics. Workshop activities may include converting what you handle in your everyday job into a publishable idea. Participants should “roll-up their sleeves” and come ready to work. 10/4/08 Sat 8:30–11:30 Post-Conference Institute held at UM FedEx Center
H) Through a TIDE sampler, learn how to use a blog (i.e., an online discussion forum), a wiki (i.e., a dynamic web page you and others create and change), and virtual worlds (e.g., Second Life which provides an online space for learning). Explore the potential of each of these Web 2.0 applications for developmental education, for sharing ideas online, and for providing social constructivist opportunities for learning concepts. For this Institute you will need to supply your own laptop. If you need to rent one on site, contact David Reedy prior to registration for more information.
   
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will
conduct his institute “Help! I’m a New Learning Center Director: What Do I
Do Now?” Learn how to gain traction in your new environment and develop
the basis for an action plan for the next year. Alan will focus on where to find
sources of useful information on learning centers, how to conduct an informal
review of the learning center using the NADE Self-Evaluation Guide; how
to identify key initiatives and develop a strategic plan and much more! If
you’re new to the field of learning assistance, this institute is for you!
Alan is NCLCA Recording Secretary.
& Craig
Lamb. 
Johanna
Dvorak, 
Jacqueline
Harris 
Mark May
Wendy Wilson
Current
Practices in Learning Assistance:
from
The Association for the Tutoring Profession (ATP) will lead the institute.
Jack will focus on the transition from high school to college. In general, the
high school graduate believes that he or she has achieved a significant
milestone and can successfully navigate the remaining academic career. However,
scheduling for class and taking/failing the first exam can cause challenges. In
general, the student is unfamiliar with the rigors of college and initial
anxiety transitions into poor self-esteem and self-defeat. 
and Susan
Shelangoskie, 
who will
bring you into the research syncopation through the Rhythm and Blues of Research
and Practice.
Instructional
Applications of Blogs, Wikis, and Second Life offered by David
Caverly