The UW–Madison Tutor Development Conference is held each semester by the Learning Support Committee as a free professional development event open to tutors and mentors from across campus. The conference provides training on topics relating to tutoring, student support and well-being, and creating inclusive educational environments.
Stay tuned for dates for the Fall Tutor Development Conference!
Please contact info.learningsupport@wisc.edu with any accessibility questions or accommodation requests.
Spring 2025 Conference Schedule
11:15 to 11:45 am: Lunch – Symphony
11:45 am to 12:00 pm: Welcome – Symphony
12:00 to 12:50 pm: Keynote with Dr. Julie Hunt Johnson – Symphony
Dr. Julie Hunt Johnson is a Program Manager for the Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring at UW-Madison. In this role, she leads professional development programming for campus educators, including the Teaching at UW and Teaching Circle initiatives. With a master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the Ohio State University and a PhD in Educational Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Johnson brings a deep understanding of both student and faculty development to her work.
12:50 to 1:00 pm: Break
1:00 to 1:45 pm: Choose a Session
- Tutoring Chemistry 103 – Symphony
- Attend this session if you’re tutoring Chemistry 103 this spring. Tracey Reitz, Director of the Chemistry Learning Center, will share information and strategies for approaching the curriulum, anticipating challenges from students, and effectively leading small group and drop in sessions. NOTE: Handouts will be available for those tutoring Chemistry 104 this spring, but this session is just for Chemistry 103.
- Identities and Bias in Tutoring – Overture
- Join Lo Klink, Associate Director for Special Awards and Student Engagement, to explore a deeper understanding of your own identities, consider how biases impact tutoring interactions, and determine how to incorporate this knowledge in your tutoring practice.
- Psychology of Learning – Concerto
- Join Stephanie Scholze, Psychology Career Advisor, to discuss how stress and wellbeing impact learning and ways that tutor interactions can influence a student’s attitude toward learning. Additionally, this session will review 6 connected components of significant learning and provide space for you to consider areas where you would like to grow/develop.
1:45 to 1:55 pm: Break
1:55 to 2:40 pm: Choose a Session
- Multilingual Tutoring Considerations– Symphony
- Join Andrea Poulos (Teaching Faculty) and Stella Isenbuegel (Senior Lecturer) in the English as a Second Language Department to consider how mutilingual students and tutors experience tutoring sessions. This session will examine best practices for providing instruction to multilingual students and ways that multilingual students may process information in and out of the classroom.
- How to Talk about Yourself: Networking and Interviewing – Overture
- In this session, participants will discuss the often uncomfortable situation of how to talk about yourself in professional settings, like interviews and networking. The presenter will offer some tips for interviewing and strategies to engage in meaningful networking, especially for introverts. Participants will role play conversations with one another to practice this important skill in career development. Presented by Hannah Hatlan-Atwell, Career Advisor in the School of Human Ecology (and previous long-time professional tutor).
- Study Skills Coaching – Concerto
- Join Noah Gill, Access Consultant with the McBurney Disability Resource Center, for an overview of campus partners that support students and exploration of popular study skills strategies that include: 7 Day Exam Countdown, Pomodoro Method for time management, Incremental Rehersal Technique for memorization, and the Eisenhower Matrix to help with prioritization.
2:40 to 3:30 pm: Individual Learning Center Time
- ACTS – Overture
- Housing – Symphony
- ULC – Concerto