Past Conferences

Prior to COVID-19, the NCTLA met twice a year - Fall and Spring. Some of the topics that were discussed at past conferences and workshops were:

  • Discussions to form a new organization

  • Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topics:
    NCCCS and CRLA program certification

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topics:
    Online tutoring, FTE for tutoring, Starting a lab, Supplemental instruction, and Grant writing

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topics:
    Study skill strategies, Faculty connections, and Communication

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topics:
    Tutor training, Best practices, FTE compliance, and Tutor certification

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topic:
    Included distance tutoring

    Location:
    Central Piedmont CC NC, Charlotte, NC

  • Topic:
    Math tutoring, and Certification through CRLA, NADE, and NTA

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topic:
    Math tutoring, and Certification through CRLA, NADE, and NTA

    Location:
    Wake Tech, Raleigh, NC

  • Topic:
    Students with disabilities, Learning center spaces, Tracking systems, and NADE certification guidelines

    Location:
    Wake Tech, Raleigh, NC

  • Topic:
    Marketing your lab, Burnout, Barriers with special populations, and NCLive in tutoring

    Location:
    Pitt CC, Greenville, NC

  • Topic:
    Neurodiverse students, Online marketing, Running a center, and New timekeeping systems

    Location:
    Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Topic:
    System-wide changes and initiatives, SACS as a catalyst, and The role of our centers in completion

    Location:
    Forsyth Tech, Kernersville, NC

  • Topic:
    Tutoring and technology, Tutor training, TutorTrac program, Improvement of DRE performance, Learning disabilities, and LibGuides

    Location:
    Cape Fear CC, Wilmington, NC

  • Topic:
    Data overview of NCTLA, Students with disabilities, Mnemonic strategies in tutoring, and The appreciative tutor

    Location:
    Central Carolina CC, Sanford, NC

  • Topic: CRLA certification, Mentoring, Completion and transfer persistence, and Online tutoring

    Location: Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Online Tutoring (In-house and Out Sourced)
  • Grant Writing
  • Forming Faculty Connections to Enhance Students Success and Retention 
  • Meeting Faculty Expectations of the Learning Center
  • FTE Funding and Reporting
  • Tutor Training
  • Supplemental Instruction
  • Developing and Establishing a Writing Center

  • Topic:
    Space for centers, using technology in centers, digital space

    Location:
    Johnston CC, Smithfield, NC

  • Topic: Peer vs. professional tutoring, tutoring nightmares, faculty connections, student success initiatives, and multiple measures

    Location: Gaston CC, Dallas, NC

  • Topic: Avoiding copyright violations in a digital age, ways of knowing, the new MLA, the Irlen Method, student support in a large scale college improvement plan

    Location: Davidson CC, Lexington, NC

  • Topic: mindfulness, mindfulness in language, outthinking the stigma of tutoring, goal setting, constructive honesty, staff motivation, FTE reporting, new center directors

    Location: Asheville-Buncombe TCC, Asheville, NC

  • Location: North Carolina Community College System Office in Wake Tecg, Raleigh NC

  • Location: Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, NC

  • Location: Guilford Tech, Jamestown, NC

  • Topics: auditing, diversity, using social media to attract students

    Location: Guilford Tech, Jamestown, NC

  • Topics: Neurodiversity and learning, centrality of learning centers to the colleges, etc.

    Location: Central Carolina CC, Sanford, NC

  • Topics: Online tutoring, and administrative and tutoring tracks

  • Topics: tutor self-care

  • Topics: neurodiversity

  • Topics: Beyond COVID-19, cross-departmental collaboration, engaging students, collecting meaningful data, shame and learning, mindfulness

  • With our rapidly changing landscape, academic learning centers must remain resilient in finding new and innovative ways to support students and help them succeed in the face of uncertainty and change. This conference will provide a place for attendees to share the latest state-wide trends and to engage in meaningful conversations about how to reshape academic learning centers for the future. Attendees can access conference proceedings here.