Welcome to the National Tutoring Association!

The oldest and largest professional association dedicated exclusively to tutoring and academic coaching.

First Annual Virtual NTA Conference!

Imagine a conference where you don’t have to book airfare or hotel nights! Imagine a conference where you don’t have to negotiate travel dollars from your budget! Best of all, imagine a conference where you can literally take your entire staff of tutors or academic coaches for a reasonable registration fee! The NTA 2020 conference is the answer to your best imagined conference. "Step Inside the T.A.R.D.I.S.: Transforming Academic Roles with Deliberate Intention for Success" will take place March 2 - 4, 2020 and will be 100% virtual. That’s right, no leaving your campus, no asking for travel budget, and extremely reasonable registration fees that will allow you to bring your entire staff. 

As the leader in tutoring, academic coaching and mentoring, the NTA is stepping into the latest technology by offering a completely virtual experience in order to eliminate the ever-increasing hotel and food costs, as well as the airfare wars. The NTA 2020 conference will include concurrent sessions, an incredible keynote speaker, and additional pre-recorded sessions for viewing at your convenience during the month of the conference - that's right, we said month! All registrants will have access to all of the sessions (except the live keynote) for thirty days after the conference. So what happens if you miss a session? No problem. All sessions will be recorded so that you can catch up at any time during the conference month. Only the keynote will be live and cannot be recorded due to copyright protection.

In addition, conference registrants will have the opportunity to purchase NTA Training webinars at a fantastic discount which can be viewed at any time up to 30 days from purchase with one 30 day extension if requested. What more can you ask for? 

​The conference presentation proposal form is located here, and the conference registration form is located here. 

New Closed-Captioned Webinars Now Available

Basic Level Tutor Training
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Dr. Lucy Lapekas
$69.95 / Member Rate: $55.99 
Advanced Level Tutor Training
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Kim Ahlgrim
$69.95 / Member Rate:
​$55.99
Holistic Dialogue
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Dr. Lucy Lapekas
$69.95 / Member Rate:
​$55.99
Intermediate  Level Tutor Training
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Kim Ahlgrim
$69.95 / Member Rate: $55.99 ​
Basic Level Mentor Training
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Kim Ahlgrim
$69.95 / Member Rate: $55.99 ​
Advanced Level Mentor Training
Closed-Captioned!
Facilitator: Kim Ahlgrim
$69.95 / Member Rate: $55.99 

​New NTA Member Benefit!!

​Member Discounts on NTA Training Webinars!

The NTA board of directors is proud to announce a new benefit for our members. Beginning August 1st, NTA and NTF members are eligible to receive 10-20% off all NTA Training Webinars. Contact the Executive Director for membership verification and personalized invoicing. 

New Webinars Now Available!

​Train and Certify Through the NTA​

The National Tutoring Association is the oldest and largest association dedicated solely to the advancement of tutors. The NTA is the only association in the United States equipped to provide tutor training face-to-face, and through live and recorded webinars. We also offer training at our professional development conferences as well as at regional events. NTA trained and certified tutors take away a certification that is something of their own, a certificate that holds real meaning for them and future employers. The NTA trains and certifies more tutors and trainers than any other association. Experience the difference. Train and certify through the NTA!

​Our Mission is to foster the advancement of professional and peer tutoring, mentoring, academic coaching, and support research into the best practices and standards for all tutors, support tutor training, advocate for tutor certification, and uphold the NTA Code of Ethics. As such, we are not a private tutorial agency and we do not accept students for tutorial study. The NTA is not a sanctioning or arbitration agency.

We welcome you to join our growing membership of peer, paraprofessional, professional, volunteer, and private practice tutors, mentors, trainers, and academic coaches.

NTA Certification is designed to be earned at the individual or program level. Members represent colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, school districts, literacy programs, community programs, faith-based programs, grant supported programs, and NCLB/SES providers.

Tutor Strategy of the Week

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This icon that you see in the upper righthand corner of our home page is a link to an important NTA resource. We continuously ask our tutors, tutor trainers, academic coaches, and board members to share their most successful strategies in tutoring. Some may be tried and true strategies, and utilized since the days of Socrates. Other strategies may have evolved over time, especially with our ever-changing world of technology and communication. Still, other strategies may just be what one tutor did in order to make that connection with his or her tutee. You don't need to be a member of the NTA to enjoy these strategies; they are there for all tutors to utilize. Our strategy of the week is updated, usually, on Monday mornings. That's a great time to drop on by the NTA website and check out what's going on, get a fresh tutoring strategy, and perhaps even take a webinar course. A recent strategy of the week - below - was sent in by NTA Board Member Stephanie Dunaiff, who also presents a wonderful webinar on Private Practitioner Certification. We hope you enjoy her strategy. Find more at our Past Tutor Strategies page.
Connections, Connections, Connections: Make sure that you are able to connect the content to the student’s life.
Inform the student of when and why he or she will use the content.

Stephanie Dunaieff
Margot Enterprises

Ordering NTA Training Series Workbooks.

Certified NTA Trainers may order NTA Training Series Workbooks. The workbooks are intended to be consumable, used by one tutor or academic coach. The materials are copyright protected and may not be copied or used by more than one trainee. Workbooks must be prepaid before shipping. Once payment is received, workbooks usually ship  within 5 days via USPS 2nd day. All workbook orders will be invoiced via e-mail through PayPal. The NTA no longer accepts purchase orders. To order workbooks, please contact Dr. Lucy Lapekas at ntatutor@aol.com. Please note that only NTA Certified Trainers may purchase NTA Training Series Workbooks.

Available Titles:
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$12.95 (1-10 copies) • $10.95 (11 or more)
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$12.95 (1-10 copies) • $10.95 (11 or more)
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$12.95 (1-10 copies) • $10.95 (11 or more)
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$14.95 (1-10 copies) • $12.95 (11 or more)
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$12.95 (1-10 copies) • $10.95 (11 or more)
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$14.95 (1-10 copies) • $12.95 (11 or more)
The National Tutoring Association (NTA) is proud to be a fully compliant  501(c)3, non-for-profit education association. All of our Board Members and Officers volunteer their time to serving the NTA mission and members. The NTA derives no financial benefit from any  corporate partnership. 


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