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January 2010Volume XXXIV, Issue 1
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College Reading & Learning Association
NewsNotes
In This Issue
President’s Corner 1
CRLA Recognizes 2
On to SLC 4
2010 Conference Theme Unveiled 5
In MemoriamKathy Carpenter 6
CAS StandardsUpdate 7
CLADEA Creates PAC 7
SIG Spotlight 8
Site Chairs Wanted! 9
President’s CornerBy Karon Mathews, Texas A&M University
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Winter greetings from Aggieland! I hope you enjoyed a break from your daily schedules and found time to relax with family and friends over the holidays.
It was nice to see many of you in Richmond at the 42nd annual CRLA conference. I would like to acknowledge the exemplary work of conference site chairs, Jenny Bruce and Jack Trammell, both of Randolph-Macon College. I enjoyed their support throughout the planning stages of the conference and during the event. Jack and Jenny are dear friends and made my work more enjoyable.
A tremendous THANK YOU is due to all the presenters and facilitators who were the true successes of the conference. The fact that our presenters and facilitators volunteered their time, developed meaningful presentations, and made these significant contributions in a tough economy when our institutional budgets prohibited many conference regulars from attending is certainly noteworthy. Thank you all.
One of the conference highlights for me was the presentation of the CRLA lifetime membership award to Vicki Papineau who has provided over ten years of dedicated and loyal service to our professional organization. I cannot begin to imagine the extent of all Vicki has done for CRLA over the years, but as membership coordinator, I know she has worked with numerous Board members to insure that records are accurately maintained, has provided storage for a variety of CRLA-related items such as the JCRL, and has provided trusted insight and knowledge on a variety of matters. Vicki has a keen memory, and that alone makes her Number 1 in my book! I admire Vicki very much and look forward to working with her.
One of my interests as president is to help CRLA members make connections with each other and the amazing talents, knowledge, and skills you possess. As the CRLA technology coordinator, Rick Sheets, along with Melissa Burgess, Dorothy Chase, and Lucy McDonald of the Technology and Distance Learning SIG, will be looking at various ways to make these connections easier, more cost efficient, and more timely. If you have ideas or thoughts on technology-related ways CRLA members can connect with each other, please e-mail me, and I will be happy to share your ideas with Rick and company.
In closing, I want to encourage you to check the CRLA website for announcements, information on leadership positions, and details that will be forthcoming during the year as we plan for the 43rd annual conference in Salt Lake City. Conference chair and president-elect, Ann Wolf, is working with Salt Lake City site chair, Leslie Giles-Smith, to provide another memorable event next November 3-6.
Best wishes for a productive and rewarding semester,
Karon Mathews
Page 2 CRLA NewsNotesThe CRLA President and Board of Directors wishes to
extend its heartfelt congratulations to those recognized at the 2009 conference in Richmond, Virginia.
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2009 Scholarship
Winners
(Top Left) Richmond Conference Site Chairs: Jenny Bruce & Jack Trammell; (Top Right) Outstanding Service to ITPC Honoree: Gladys Shaw; (Right Center)
Robert Griffin Award for Long & Outstanding Service: Diane Van Blerkom
(with CLRA President Jane McGrath at right); (Right) Professional Development
Scholarship Winners (clockwise from right): Julie Wechsler, Melissa Burgess,
Jane McGrath, Arden Hamer, & Lori Robinson; (Above) Tom Pasternack
Outstanding Tutor Award Winner: Nick Moellman.
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(Above) Recognition of Service for Past President: Rick Sheets; (Top Right) Robert Griffin Award for Long & Outstanding Service:
Malcolm Van Blerkom (with CRLA President Jane McGrath at right); (Right) Distinguished Teaching
Award: Rick Stepp-Bolling.
Congratulations Honorees!
Description of awards, award criteria, and a list of past award
winners is available at www.crla.net/scholarships&awards.
(Not pictured) CRLA also wishes to acknowledge Elisabeth Moreno, recipient of the Karen G. Smith Special Recognition Award, as well as Diana F. Steele, Amy K. Levin, Richard Blecksmith, & Jill Shahverdian, 2009 recipients of the
Outstanding JCRL Award!
Thanks once again to all conference award winners, presenters, facilitators, and attendees for making the 42nd Annual CRLA Conference a wonderful success!
- President Karon Mathews, and the CRLA Board of Directors
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Buzz on Over to Salt Lake City!
Expect to see the “This is the Place Monument,” a tribute to the Mormon pioneers who settled the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. When Mormon pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley, their leader Brigham Young declared, “This is the place.” Utah has a rich pioneer heritage of hard work and resourcefulness.
Hopefully your stay will include a trip to nearby Park City, where you will experience the hustle and bustle of great restaurants and night spots, the same ones that Hollywood’s elite frequent when in town for the Sundance Independent Film Festival.
As you visit historic Temple Square, expect to hear the rich harmonies of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. CRLA visitors are invited to attend a rehearsal for the choir’s weekly broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word.”
Be prepared to enjoy one of Salt Lake City’s newest sights: high rise buildings surrounded by scaffolding, at least a dozen cranes, re-routed traffic, and hundreds of construction workers. Yes, for the next year, downtown Salt Lake City will be a construction zone!
For years now, leaders of business, industry, government, the arts, education, and social programs have acknowledged that downtown Salt Lake City has a lot to offer but could use a make-over. That make-over was the beginning of the “Downtown Rising” project, a project involving as many stake holders as possible and in the beginnings of implementation. In other words, city leaders are focusing their mission and guiding principles into practice. The result promises to be a bustling and dynamic place to visit, with green space, shops and restaurants, urban living, efficient public transportation, arts and entertainment, and much more.
Just like Salt Lake City, CRLA is also involved in reconstruction. The CRLA board members recently reviewed and revised its mission, vision, and guiding principles, and developed a strategic plan. However, it is up to us to begin the work of implementation. In other words, we must focus our mission and guiding principles into practice.
Construction is not necessarily a bad thing, bringing with it an energy and excitement that comes from seeing the big picture come into focus. CRLA members who attend the 2010 conference will feel first hand that energy and excitement as they help to bring the CRLA big picture into focus.
2010 Conference Site Committee Members (Front l to r) Prasanna Reddy, Leslie Giles-Smith, Lynnae Dopp; (Back l to r) Amanda Hadlock & Ann Wolf.
What can you expect in Salt Lake City? Despite the construction, over 100 restaurant choices are within walking distance of our hotel, shopping is available in the Gateway District just west of the Downtown Marriott, and historic Temple Square with its Family History Library and the Tabernacle Choir are nearby. Salt Lake’s light rail system, TRAX, operates just one block from our hotel, and all of downtown is within the free fare zone. All of this is less than 10 minutes from Salt Lake International Airport
Don’t let the sight of a few hard hats discourage you from making Salt Lake City your CRLA destination next November!
By Leslie Giles-Smith, University of Utah
Whether you are a frequent visitor to the Beehive State, or this will be your first trip, there are certain sights and sounds you can expect to see and hear as you arrive in Utah.
As you fly into Salt Lake International Airport, expect to view breathtaking, snow capped mountain peaks. Utah’s majestic Wasatch Mountains are home to numerous winter sports venues. Salt Lake City was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics and boasts the “Greatest Snow on Earth.”
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What Are the Theme and Logo for the 2010 Conference?By Ann A. Wolf, Lynn University, President Elect of CRLA
When elected as President Elect, the first thing I was told after finding out that I won the election is that I needed to come up with a theme and logo for the conference for which I will act as conference chair. For some of you creative persons out there in our vast CRLA membership, this might not seem to be a difficult task, but for me it was. I started by looking at the themes of the previous CRLA conference (did you know that they are archived on the conference page of the website?), and I thought this shouldn’t be too hard because I could start to borrow from the former conference chairs’ themes. Then I realized that my theme would not fit at the bottom of the brochure if I tried to use everyone’s great ideas. I began to think about what I have learned while I have been a member of CRLA and served in a variety of positions, and I realized our membership has a mission and guiding principles that we all believe in. This mission, “To provide college reading and learning professionals with an open forum to discover and exchange the leading tools and techniques to enhance student academic success,” became the beginning of my theme. But I also realized that a member cannot live according to the mission unless he or she also understands the guiding principles that support it. With that thought in mind, I felt that I had to go beyond the words that are located on the College Reading and Learning Association webpage and tie the theme into what our members do daily in their professional lives. Each and every member puts these ideas, beliefs, and words into practice every day. Out of all of this thinking emerged the theme for our 2010 Conference: “Focusing Our Mission and Guiding Principles into Practice.” I believe that this theme draws us back to the work that the CRLA Board members, chairpersons, volunteers and members do to keep our organization healthy and growing as we look to the future. It is important to reflect on what we are involved in as members of CRLA, and it is my hope that everyone who sees the logo will go back to the website and read our mission statement and guiding principles and think about how to put them into practice in their own professional lives.
CRLA Executive Board
PresidentKaron Mathews
President ElectAnn Wolf
TreasurerJoe Barnhill
SecretaryLinda Russell
Executive AssistantGretchen Starks-Martin
Membership CoordinatorVicki Papineau
[email protected]@cccneb.edu
NewsNotes EditorLindley Workman Alyea
Once the theme was chosen, I then wondered how it could be enhanced with a visual component. What now looks like two lenses focusing on some point started out as a Venn Diagram. With the help of an expert graphic design artist, the theme and logo became one, and if you attended the conference in Richmond, you saw it on the banner at the 2010 conference booth. For the rest of you, I add it below.
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In Memoriam: CRLA Remembers Kathy CarpenterBy Jo-Ann Mullen, University of Northern Colorado
Kathy Carpenter, a Fellow of the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA, formerly ACDEA) since 2001, passed away November 7, 2009, of cancer. Kathy was the longtime learning center director and tutoring program coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Mentor and friend to many in the field, she continued her work even after retirement from UNK. Articles to which she contributed appeared recently in CRLA and NADE publications.
Kathy Carpenter lived well. She worked hard, and she played hard.
Kathy left a positive impression on all who were lucky enough to be close to her. Former students talk of her ability to connect, how they learned to succeed in school because of her teaching, and how Kathy got them to believe in themselves and their future potential.
Colleagues remember Kathy as a professional and career mentor, one who inspired her peers to greater professional involvement—chiefly in CRLA—and to being positive spokespersons for tutor program certification and learning assistance. We also smile and remember the Mardi Gras strut at the CRLA Pearls of Wisdom conference (1997 in Sacramento) that Kathy chaired, as well as the time as treasurer she told a general assembly of the CRLA membership when announcing a rare dues increase that “when you have to swallow a frog, it’s better not to stare at it for too long first.”
We remember Kathy as one who enjoyed life. She loved the Big Red and out of love for the Huskers introduced some of us to red beer, often with a Reuben. She was also an avid golfer and, after retirement, she joined the LOWs—Loners on Wheels—with whom she took (and led) caravan trips throughout the country and to Deming, NM, where group get-togethers were held. I visited Kathy during a summer she spent in Yuma, AZ, in her RV and left thinking about the great world she’d created there: friends, reading time, golf, and excursions to Mexico for lunch and other nearby attractions.
Mostly we remember Kathy for her hearty laugh, her passion for people and for helping others. We also remember all she did for CRLA. You didn’t say no to Kathy when she asked you to do a job or run for office. Her presidential address (1998 in Salt Lake City) was an impassioned plea for members to get involved in CRLA leadership, and many responded. In the Heartland Chapter of CRLA, when one is being so nicely yet effectively persuasive, he or she is said to be “doing a Kathy.”
CRLA friends describe Kathy as witty, caring, passionate, enthusiastic, and thoughtful. She could make you laugh or cry in an instant. She was quick to empathize, too. She had wanted to be a counselor but couldn’t do it; she always broke down and wept with the student she was trying to help. Instead, she found her profession in showing students how to be successful, fighting for learning center space on campus, meeting with students on landings and setting up tables in basement rooms. She was a treasured colleague and friend. It is fitting that Kathy grew up in Valentine, Nebraska, because this small woman, a founding member of the Heartland CRLA Chapter, had an enormous heart. She will be missed greatly but will live on in CRLA.
Whenever I attended CRLA, I, like many people, sought [Kathy] out, no longer for professional mentoring but for her sense of humor and her tales of her adventures in retirement and throughout her life. I adored and admired her. She was truly one of a kind. –Shevawn Eaton, Northern Illinois University
Kathy gave me more than advice. Through her wonderful smile, quick wit, raspy voice, and self-assured words, she gave me the courage to dream. –Russ Hodges, Texas State University-San Marcos
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The new Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) standards for learning assistance programs (LAPs) are now available to all CRLA members by means of a link on the members’ only section of the CRLA website. CRLA encourages use of the CAS standards to prepare for accreditation visits, conduct self-studies, and justify the effectiveness and efficiency of our programs.
There are a lot of welcome changes in the LAP standards, but best of all is the new list of sensible learning outcomes (see section 2: Program). Unlike the old standards, in which we needed to demonstrate what we were doing to meet every possible student learning and development need, the new standard is to choose the domains and dimensions we think appropriate for our program’s mission. Note that the classic features of CAS assessment remain in place: there are both standards (expressed as “must” statements in the document) and guidelines (written as “should” statements). This is a process of self-assessment by nationally accepted standards, not certification by outsiders who do not know our institutions and programs.
To access the LAP standards, go to the membership page on the CRLA website (crla.net/membership/) and click on the tiny keys near the top of the page. These keys open the CRLA Members' Only area.
You or your program can purchase the LAP Self-Assessment Guide (SAG) and other useful assessment materials from CAS at www.cas.edu. Version 4.0 of the CD containing all 40 Self-Assessment Guides (SAGs) was released August 1, 2009. The CD also contains a self-assessment PowerPoint and an e-learning course for assessing student learning and development outcomes.
CAS Standards for Learning Assistance Programs Now Better Than Ever!
By Karen Agee, University of Northern Iowa, and Becky Johnen, Educational Consulting Services, Inc., CRLA Representatives to CAS
CRLA Seeks Representative to Political Advocacy CommitteeNewsNotes is published three
times a year: January 15, May 15, and September 15.
Editorial Board:Dorothy Bonser
Maggi MillerLinda Russell
Diane Van Blerkom
See Publication Guidelines for submission information and dates or email Lindley Alyea
The Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA) has created a Political Advocacy Committee (PAC) charged with working with other national organizations in higher education and / or their PACs to address issues vital to educators. CRLA joins with other organizations such as the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), the Association for the Tutoring Profession (ATP), and the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) in providing representatives to the committee, as well as hosting CLADEA meetings twice each year at conferences. If you are interested in representing CRLA as a member of the committee, please contact Karon Mathews at [email protected].
CRLA Myth BustersMyth: My program is certified, so I must be a member of CRLA!
Truth: CRLA membership is an individual and personal choice. Group and institution memberships are not available. CRLA's International Tutor and Mentor Certification Programs certify programs independent of
whether the contact person is a member of CRLA or not, and membership is NOT a pre-requisite for certification. Therefore, program certification does not equate to personal membership.
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SIG Spotlight: Graduate and Professional Student SuccessBy Laura Heidel, University of Houston, SIG Co-Leader
Hello! We were asked to give a brief description of our SIG in this edition of CRLA NewsNotes. The SIG is co-chaired by Laura Heidel (University of Houston) and Melissa Thomas (University of Texas-San Antonio). Melissa serves primarily graduate students at her position and about one-fifth of Laura’s caseload is graduate students.
Who should join this SIG? Anyone who PROVIDES services to graduate/professional students on campus!
What is the purpose of our SIG? To share IDEAS about programming and marketing (If you don’t currently serve graduate/professional
students, but would like to, we can help you with that as well.) To give SUPPORT to each other in working with this often underserved population To EXAMINE best practices and current research in working with this population We have a twice-yearly newsletter to address these issues and a meeting at CRLA each year
What are the needs of graduate and professional students, and how do they differ from undergraduate needs? Balancing school and life issues Understanding how to be more self-motivated than they were as undergrads Learning how to study in (perhaps) a new discipline and learning the corresponding cognitive schemas
that go along with that discipline Learning how to manage a sometimes overwhelming amount of material Understanding he or she may not be the “top dog” anymore Learning how to deal with professors on a collegial level as opposed to putting them on a pedestal as
they may have done previously Dealing with career issues such as postponing earning an income for several years and learning how to
market themselves effectively
If you already serve these students (and also post-baccalaureate students), please consider joining our SIG! If you have graduate/professional students on your campus but don’t offer services for them, we can give you some ideas of how to begin. For any questions about our SIG, Laura Heidel can be reached at [email protected], and Melissa Thomas can be reached at [email protected].
Tips for Student SuccessWe all make mistakes when we write. In order to become a better proofreader, read your paper out loud.
This will force you to slow down, and you will easily recognize your mistakes. - Kiri Dunlap, University of South Carolina-Aiken, November 2009
I think it is important for students to realize that there is always assistance available to them, and they should not be afraid to ask for it. Whether it’s a college employee or a friend, it’s never a bad thing to accept
a helping hand. - Cadet Nathaniel Zand, Virginia Military Institute, November 2009
Interested in sharing the best for student success? Submit your tips for student success on the topic of your choice to Lindley Workman Alyea, Editor of NewsNotes at [email protected].
Applications Sought for 2012 Conference On-Site Chair
By Gretchen Starks-Martin, St. Cloud State University
Applications are requested for those interested in joining CRLA Leadership as a 2012 Conference On-Site Chair. The Conference On-Site Chair will assist the President-Elect with the local arrangements for the 2012 annual conference. This may be a position held by a single person or one that is shared by two people working together with the President-Elect. A full job description is available on the CRLA Website at http://www.crla.net/leadership/opportunities.htm.
To apply for the position, submit a letter of application to Dr. Karon Mathews, CRLA President, at [email protected]. The letter should address your willingness and ability to meet the requirements of the position as stated in the full job description. A letter of institutional support is also required at the time of application to assure support at your college or university. A sample letter of support is available with the leadership opportunity announcement on the CRLA Website: http://www.crla.net/leadership/opportunities.htm
If you have questions, please contact CRLA President, Karon Mathews at [email protected] or CRLA Executive Assistant, Gretchen Starks-Martin at [email protected].
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Tips for Student SuccessFaculty/staff from other learning labs may feel threatened by the emergence of a new tutoring center. Meet
them on their own turf to put the ball in their court. Scheduling a meeting is for collaboration and relationship building, but if faculty/staff members have a hidden agenda due to competition, we should do our part to request
their suggestions and participation, ask them what concerns they have, and agree on how to address those issues together. This sort of collaboration will hopefully resolve any and all fears for the benefit of the
students. The key is getting them to the table.- Eliseo Herrera, Tutor Coordinator, Del Mar College, December 2009
Make sure your short term activities (how you spend your time) are matching your long term goals (career plans after you graduate)
- Laura S. Heidel, Ph.D., Learning Strategies Counselor, U of Houston, December 2009
Students should consider the importance of collaboration in studying. Identifying peers in their classes with whom they can work towards similar academic goals will help with their college success. This is not a substitute for individual study, but a supplemental method for practicing concepts, formulating and answering questions,
and staying on / keeping on task.- Mark E. Walvoord, Assessment and Learning Center, University of Oklahoma, January 2010
I always tell students to "perfect the art of self love." If students love themselves enough, they will love themselves enough to want to learn and do well in school. It's the student who does not love or believe in him-
or herself that settles for lower grades and lower achievement!- Yolanda Clarke, Academic Enrichment Services, Ithaca College, January 2010
Interested in sharing the best for student success? Submit your tips for student success on the topic of your choice to Lindley Workman Alyea, Editor of NewsNotes at [email protected].
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I once saw a cartoon in which the audience is leaving in droves. The person at the microphone is saying, “I see our next presenter needs no introduction....” All of us who present at conferences want to do the best job possible, and we hope that unlike the hapless presenter in the cartoon, we leave colleagues wanting to hear us again.
If you’ve never presented before, I encourage you to try it. In presenting countless conference sessions, institutes, faculty training sessions, and keynote addresses over the years, I’ve found certain techniques and strategies helpful. Although I’m a reading specialist and textbook writer, I have a deep interest in “brain-friendly” instruction. I often make presentations on aspects of brain-friendly instruction and, of course, incorporate many of those techniques in my presentations. You’ll see that emphasis reflected in the several of the suggestions below: what works in the classroom works in presentations! I hope these tips help make your experience as a presenter a resounding success.
Before your presentation:
Start work on your presentation well ahead of time. It’s been said that three most important factors in real estate are “location, location, location.” In presenting, it’s “preparation, preparation, preparation.” Plan to open your presentation with an attention-getter, perhaps a provocative question, relevant joke or anecdote, or an engaging activity. State the purpose or goal of your presentation. Explain its value: the brain is always wondering “What’s in it for me?” The brain also likes to see the Big Picture, so include a quick overview of where you’re going and how you intend to get there. Plan and sequence your points or activities carefully. Include a brief closing that sums up or recaps your main points.
If you use presentation software, remember that you’re the presenter—not the slides. Verbiage-laden slides are coma inducing. Instead, opt for simple visuals that illustrate or reinforce your message. In lieu of cartoonish clip art, choose quality photographs. Create an interesting template, or at the very least, modify one that comes with PowerPoint. (For pointers on effective presentation slides, see http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-6117178.html and http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/how-to-make-effective-presentation.)
Incorporate relevant analogies, vivid metaphors, and examples in your presentation. They’re brain-friendly because they enhance understanding.
Build in a change of pace every 15-20 minutes. The brain can only sustain attention that long before it begins to lose focus. A two-minute pair share, relevant joke or cartoon, hands-on activity, or even just a minute to stand up and stretch helps your audience refocus and stay engaged.
After you complete a draft of your presentation, do a practice run. Say it out loud. Use your media. Time it, and if necessary, trim your content to fit your time frame. (It’s better to undershoot rather than overshoot.) Factor in a realistic amount of time for any audience participation activities (they typically take more time than you think), as well as time for Q&A. Clarify. Simplify. Smooth out transitions and any places where you stumble.
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. After you’ve tweaked your presentation, continue to practice delivering it. Then invite a few colleagues or friends to a dress rehearsal. Ask for their feedback: Is your presentation clear? Are there speech mannerisms you need to eliminate? Distracting gestures you’re unaware of? Continue to refine your presentation with each rehearsal. If you are co-presenting, how will the time be divided? How will transitions between speakers be handled?
Speaking of Speaking…
By Janet Elder, Richland College
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Plan for the unexpected. Don’t assume anything. Things can—and do—go wrong: missing or malfunctioning equipment; a room setup that won’t work with what you have planned; handouts that have gone astray. Take extra handouts, a flash drive with your presentation on it, and other things you might need in order to deal with contingencies.
Once you arrive on site:
Check out the room you’ll be presenting in; recheck your equipment the night before. Do you have everything? Does any equipment need to be recharged? At the recent CRLA conference, I discovered the room for my session had an AV cart, but no lectern. Placing my laptop on the cart would have positioned it too low for me to see the presentation notes on my slides. Because I checked out the room early, I had time to arrange for a lectern.
Be flexible. Because of an equipment problem, I once had to transfer my keynote address from my flash drive to the PC of some kind stranger moments before I was supposed to begin. On another occasion I realized an hour before my session that my travel speakers had died—a particular problem since my topic was the brain-friendly use of music in the classroom! I made the world’s fastest roundtrip to a Radio Shack and bought the one set of travel speakers they had. In both instances, I was able to start on time, and the audience never knew there was a problem.
Speak a little more slowly and more loudly than you normally do.
Enjoy yourself. If you’re a little nervous, you’re normal! But if you follow the above strategies, your presentation should go smoothly. Dale Carnegie said, “There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: the one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.” The good news is that each presentation offers you an opportunity to grow professionally, contribute to others’ professional growth, and hone your presentation skills.
Speaking of Speaking, continued
Calling All Scholars! CRLA Offers Professional Development Scholarships!!
Are you currently pursuing graduate work or a research project? Interested in attending an intensive workshop such as TIDE or the Kellogg Institute? CRLA offers five $1,000 professional development
scholarships to its members. For more information, visit www.crla.net/scholarships&awards!
Congratulations to the Townsend Travel Award Winners!
Marla Barbee, South Plains CollegeBetty Black, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (retired)
Elaine Richardson, Clemson UniversityDave Saunders, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Edna Whittier, Virginia Western
Job Postings
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NewsNotes would like to assist you in publicizing your openings! Please send your posting to Lindley Workman Alyea at [email protected].
The University of Northern Iowa has an excellent position available for a Reading and Learning Coordinator. If you have a degree in reading and want to collaborate with the Writing Center Coordinator, Math Center Coordinator, and other colleagues in the Academic Learning Center to inspire, challenge, and empower students—from freshmen to graduate students—please consider applying for this position before January 15. Information is available at http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/hrs/employ/ps/jobs/read_learn_coord.pdf.
CRLA has voted to adopt the following anti-discrimination
statement: “The College Reading and Learning Association does not
tolerate discrimination of any kind on the
grounds of age, disability, marital
status, national origin, race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, or military
Upcoming Events
February 6: Southeast Symposium in Kennesaw, GA.
February 14: Last day of 45-day grace period for 2009 member benefits.
March: S/R/C Newsletters published
March 10-13: National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) Conference, Columbus, OH
March 19: PA / NJ Chapter Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
March 21-24: Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS) Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March 24-27: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference, Boston, MA
March 28-31: The Association for the Tutoring Profession (ATP) Conference, New Orleans, LA
March 31: Tom Pasternack Outstanding Tutor Award Nomination Deadline
April: Spring issue of the JCRL mailed.
April 8-9: Heartland Chapter Conference, Tahlequah, OK
April 11-13: New York College Learning Skills Association (NYCLSA) Conference, Fairport, NY
April 25-28: International Reading Association (IRA) Conference, Chicago, IL
April 15: Copy deadline for May 2010 NewsNotes
Western State College of Colorado announces an opening for Disability Services Coordinator. This position serves students, faculty, and staff by providing support for students with documented disabilities and reports to the Director of the Academic Resource Center. Preferred start date is February 23rd. Additional information is available at http://www.western.edu/administration/hr/Applicants/job-listings.html#exempt-jobs .
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CRLA wishes to gratefully acknowledge its 2009 conference door prize sponsors!
Modumath graciously donated an arithmetic series of videos valued at $970.
Engineerica provided data tracking software valued at $500.
GradesFirst donated two IPOD Shuffles.
Cengage donated Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History, 13th edition.
Townsend Press once again donated $500 toward its Travel Award Scholarships.
Join conference attendees & the 2009-2010 Board of Directors in Salt Lake City
for more learning and networking opportunities!
CRLA Board of Directors: (Front l to r) Linda Russell, Karon Mathews, Gretchen Starks-Martin, Jane McGrath, Lindley
Workman Alyea;(Back l to r) Rick Sheets, Joe Barnhill, Ann Wolf, & Vicki Papineau
