Alison

Join us for a series of self-paced professional development opportunities! All Washtenaw Literacy volunteers will automatically be included. If you are outside Washtenaw Literacy and would like to be included, please RSVP.

Join Program Director Alison Austin and explore what makes a good tutor and what makes a bad tutor.  We’ll include practical strategies for how you can improve your tutoring practice. This session is virtual. We will send the link to registered participants beforehand.

Spend time with Program Director Alison Austin and other tutors discussing the Tips of the week (published on website each Monday).  We’ll spend 5-10 mins on each or all of our time on one depending on what the participants want.  Gain perspective, get specific examples, share what did or didn’t work, all in a supporting […]

Dr. Ann Blakeslee, an English Professor from EMU leads this interactive workshop, we'll consider different contexts for using generative AI, along with several scenarios and examples of gen AI-generated text and information. We will individually and collaboratively consider what does and does not (or may and may not) constitute ethical uses of gen AI. We'll […]

Spend time with Program Director Alison Austin and other tutors discussing the Tips of the week (published on website each Monday).  We’ll spend 5-10 mins on each or all of our time on one depending on what the participants want.  Gain perspective, get specific examples, share what did or didn’t work, all in a supporting […]

Presented by Dr. Luciana Nemtanu, Director of Student Experience at UM, Working across differences is a core part of tutoring and educational support. This interactive workshop invites tutors to reflect on how identity, communication styles, educational experiences, culture, language, and assumptions can shape tutoring interactions in both visible and invisible ways. Through discussion, reflection activities, […]

Dr. Kindred, Professor of Communications at EMU shares how tutors can build trust and increase a sense of safety and community through non violent communication techniques.  Apply these in tutoring and in daily life. This session is virtual. We will send the link to registered participants beforehand.

Spend time with Program Director Alison Austin and other tutors discussing the Tips of the week (published on website each Monday).  We’ll spend 5-10 mins on each or all of our time on one depending on what the participants want.  Gain perspective, get specific examples, share what did or didn’t work, all in a supporting […]