Commitment Statement
The College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) is the professional development resource of choice for college professionals dedicated to enhancing student academic success. As such, CRLA both represents and serves a diverse group of professionals and, by extension, the students we serve. CRLA is committed to creating a community of professionals focused on honoring diversity, ensuring equity, and practicing inclusivity. As an organization, CRLA thus commits to respectful, meaningful support of its community members; decision-making driven by a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens; and an unwavering emphasis on justice within the context of higher education.
Dismantling Systemic Racism in Learning Support
A message from CRLA Member and CLADEA Fellow Saundra Yancy McGuire:
I vividly remember the first time I ever sought academic assistance, in the midst of my undergraduate career at Southern University and at the tail end of the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1968-69 academic year I was attending
UC Berkeley on a Crown Zellerbach Scholarship that had been established because the company had been found guilty of environmental racism – massively polluting Alsen, Louisiana, the small Black community just north of Baton Rouge
in which Crown Zellerbach was operating a huge plant. CLICK HERE
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CRLA Membership Includes:
- CRLA NewsNotes — 10 electronic issues
- Journal of College Reading and Learning (JCRL) — 4 issues
- College Teaching – 4 issues
- Community College Journal for Research and Practice – 12 issues
- Scholarships and awards
- Join unlimited Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- Discounted rate for the annual conference registration
- Professional Mentoring
- Networking and leadership opportunities
- Opportunities to contribute to White Paper
CRLA Membership Moments
We’re excited to bring you another edition of Membership Moments, where CRLA members share their journeys, insights, and the value they’ve found in being part of our incredible community!
Rene LeBlanc
She is the
Writing Services Coordinator for Pre-Law Advising at Texas State University, longtime student support advocate, active CRLA Texas State Chapter member—and now, proud doctorate holder!
She’s sharing her passion for student success and how CRLA has helped her grow personally and professionally.
Where:
San Francisco, CA
International TUTOR Training Program Certification (ITTPC)
Since 1989, over 1,000 college tutor training programs around the globe have received ITTPC at one or more Levels. These programs have recognized thousands as Certified Tutors, Certified Advanced Tutors, or Certified Master Tutors.
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International PEER EDUCATOR Training Program Certification (IPTPC)
Established in 1998, IMTPC and what is now referred to as IPTPC, offers colleges and universities the resources necessary to develop new and to improve existing peer educator training programs.
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