Table
of Contents:
Starting a Learning Assistance Center: Conversations
with CRLA members who have been there and done that.
Preface
by Mike O'hear
Question
#1: What is a learning assistance center? A
conversation with Gwyn Enright
Question
#2: How can I develop my professionality in learning assistance?
A conversation with Karen Smith
Question
#3: How do I answer faculty members or administrators when
they ask why we have an LAC on our campus? A Conversation
with Elaine Burns
Question
#4: Who are the significant individuals, units, and departments
that may support a campus Learning Assistance Center? A
Conversation with Frank Torres
Question
#5: How do I support different expectations of administration,
departments, faculty, students, and special units? A
Conversation with Sylvia Mioduski
Question
#6: What is the role of the LAC with special populations?
A Conversation with Sylvia Mioduski
Question
#7: What Is the Role of Faculty in the Development and Operation
of LAC Programs and Services? A conversation
with Michael F. O'Hear
Question
#8: What management tools may be useful for the success
of LAC programs and services?
A
conversation with David Gerkin
Question
#9: How can technology enhance the programs and services
of the Learning Assistance Center? A conversation
with Rick Sheets
Question
#10: How do I assess what programs and services are needed
for our students?
A
conversation with Gene Kerstiens
Question
#11: What kinds of programs and services do LAC's Offer?
A
Conversation with Martha Maxwell
Question
#12: How do I choose and use appropriate instructional resources
for students? A Conversation with Frank Christ
Question
#13: How do I Assess the Needs of Individual Students? A
Conversation with Reed Mencke
Question
#14: How are Learning Assistance Centers staffed and managed?
A
conversation with Rick Sheets
Question
#15: How will the LAC fit into the institution's organizational
structure?
A
conversation with Gwyn Enright
Question
#16: Where are LAC programs and services located?
A
conversation with Gwyn Enright
Question
#17: What are some space, furnishings, and equipment considerations
in the design of a LAC? A conversation with Karen
Smith
Question
#18: How can LAC programs and services be evaluated?
A
conversation with David Gerkin
Question
#19: How do I develop a favorable image for the LAC and
how do I publicize the programs and services of the LAC?
A conversation with Frank L. Christ
QUESTION
20: Are there standards for learning assistance programs
and services? A conversation with Georgine Materniak
Typical
scenarios of a Learning Assistance Center administrator.
Scenarios by Karen G. Smith & Rick A. Sheets
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