The Facilitating Tutor - ATP - February 2017
The President’s
Corner
Inside This Issue
President’s Corner
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Call for Proposals
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Conference Keynote
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Upcoming ATP Webinars
6
Time to Publish
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Guest Article
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Points of Interest
• ATP Volunteer
Opportunities
• ATP 2017 Conference
Proposal Deadline
EXTENDED to
November 15, 2017
• ATP Webinar Schedule
• Publication Opportunities
• Article for Writing Tutors
Kansas City, Here
We Come!
March 26-29, 2017
ATP members, colleagues, and
friends,
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank you for being a part of
ATP. This year we have been busy exploring future
conference venues, getting ready for our current
conference in Kansas City, and conducting the business
of running a fully volunteer run organization.
I would like to remind you to please keep an eye on
registration deadlines for the conference in Kansas City,
Mo in March 26-29, 2017. Regular registration is
currently underway until February 28th, 2017. We have
an interesting conference planned for you full of fun, as
always. Having our members contribute to our
conference and organization keeps us motivated to
make ATP an organization you can be proud of.
If you indicated an intent to join a committee when you
registered for the conference, be on the lookout for a
personal invitation from us to meet us in Kansas City to
hear more about ATP committees and meet committee
chairs. We would love for ATP members to get
connected and become involved in the organization.
Yours in service,
Pinder Naidu
ATP President 2016-2017
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Don’t Miss the
Action!
The Association for the Tutoring Profession
13​th​ Annual Conference March 26 – 29, 2017
Tutoring: Crossroads and
Connections
Kansas City, MO
Marriott Country Club Plaza
Register for the ATP 2017
Conference!
REGISTER at https://www.myatp.org/conference-registration/
Highlights include:
● A reception on Sunday March 26 with a choice of pasta, and a choice of
salad and a choice of fajitas—a meal to remember.
● Pre-conference Institutes: Coaching—Your Dream Job; ​Number
Crunching for Beginners; Crises in Consciousness (Part 1): The Impact of
Technology on Learning​.​ See the descriptions at:
https://www.myatp.org/atp-descriptions-2017/
● Post-Conference Institutes: Coaching—Your Dream Job;​ ​Crises in
Consciousness (Part 2): Overcoming the Myths of Technology--finding a
way to critical and creative thought. ​See the descriptions at:
https://www.myatp.org/atp-descriptions-2017/
● Keynote Speaker Janet Zadina:​ a noted researcher and educator whose
focus on how the brain learns has informed educators across the
country.
● A trip to the BLUE ROOM (the Kansas City Jazz museum) for an evening
of great, live jazz music. ​
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● A tour of the Rockhurst University Learning Center
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EXCITING KEYNOTE!
at last…
An educational neuroscientist who sees her
research through the eyes of a teacher!
Dr. Z’s lively presentations, peppered with humor, music, and audience
participation, engage and empower educators by providing them with a
basic understanding of learning processes in the brain. Through Power
Point illustrations, a simulation, and interactions, this exciting new
information is presented in an understandable and entertaining style.
Attendees will look inside the brain, acquire a new understanding of
the nature of learning, discover principles for instruction based on brain
research, and acquire strategies for addressing learning differences in
the classroom. Participants leave Dr. Z’s sessions energized and excited
about trying these new approaches!
“YOU ARE A FIRST! I have been reading the evaluations and
everyone had great things to say—there were no negatives.”
College Administrator
audiences say they feel…
“…fired up to start a new year with new ideas”
“…inspired to put more excitement into my
teaching”
“…empowered as an educator as well as a
human being”
“…enlightened, energized”
“…aware of students’ needs”
“…excited about being part of the educational
process”
“…compassionate toward my ELL learners”
“…inspired, as if I had a revelation”
“…supercharged”
teachers leave ready to…
“…incorporate more strategies that foster
student success”
“…use more activities to stimulate the brains
of my students”
“…bring more diversity to my teaching
methodology”
Janet N. Zadina, Ph.D.
is an experienced high school and
community college instructor and
reading specialist now engaged in
neuroscience research. She received
her doctorate in the College of
Education at the University of New
Orleans, conducting her awardwinning dissertation research on
the neuroanatomy of dyslexia
through collaboration with Tulane
University School of Medicine. She
continued her postdoctoral education
with a Fellowship in Cognitive
Neuroscience in the Department of
Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane
University School of Medicine where
she researched neuroanatomical
risk factors for developmental
language disorders through MRI
brain scans. She is currently an
Assistant Professor in Cognitive
Neuroscience in the Department of
Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane
and in Psychology at the University
of South Florida engaged in
neuroscience research. Dr. Zadina is
co-author of Writing Now, a college
developmental composition textbook.
She has presented keynotes and
workshops on brain research and
instruction internationally.
“…reach all my students”
“…motivate more”
“…change some things about my delivery and
practice”
“…take my students’ differences into account
more often and encourage various learning
styles”
Contact BR&IN at [email protected]
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Fun in Kansas City!
ATP’S
TEAM
TRIVIA
WHEN
March 26, 2017
6pm—7:30pm
WHERE
ALL AGES
TEAM TRIVIA
WITH FOOD
ADMISSION
FREE
With your conference
registration
available on site
AT THE DOOR
Register your Team Name
- no more than 4 people
for a fun night of Team
Trivia
With Food!
Plaza Terrace
Marriott Country Club Plaza—Kansas City, MO
FEATURING • The Funky Chickens • In the Dog House •
Record Breakers • ATP Boarders • Punk Band • Rock
Group • Polka Players • The Crazy Ukuleles
WWW.MYATP.ORG
SPONSORS
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BENEFITING
ALL
CONFERENCE
Conference Event Giveaways!
Promote your tutoring program
or college/university
by donating a raffle prize!
Nothing is too small (or too big)!
Rockhurst University’s
Aylward-Dunn Learning
Center
Join in the fun at ATP!
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Remember to share your knowledge, scholarship & events!
Synergy
The peer-reviewed online journal of the Association for the Tutoring Profession is accepting
manuscripts for the Fall/Winter volume. The primary mission of the journal is to provide an
avenue for scholarship and discussion, which furthers the knowledge of learning processes,
tutoring practice, and the administration of tutoring services.
Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts
Submit your research manuscript now! Manuscripts Submissions must conform to the
guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (APA) 6th
edition. The mission of the journal is to publish work which is of interest to readers and contain
links between theory, research, policy and/or practice, and recognized and accepted
scholarship.
Editorials
The following considerations will be made for editorials: timeliness, substance, accuracy, and integrity.
Use this link below to submit your work http://www.myatp.org/synergy-submission-criteria/ or email
editor Jill Oliver at [email protected].
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What’s going on in your tutoring program? Do you have an article to
share with your colleagues? Send your stories, pictures and articles to
newsletter editor
Jill Strand at [email protected], and share your news with us in ATP!
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