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Tutor Training NVCC
Super Tutors: Cross Training for Economy and Student Success Laura SymonsCoordinator of the Learning CenterPiedmont Virginia Community College
Purpose Defines Perception
Thanks for showing up. What am I doing here? Why am I doing it? Why am I doing it?2Why Perspective Matters in Effecting ChangeGetting Stuck on an Escalator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0OverviewPart IOrganizational Models: So Many Ways to Be Super
Part IITraining: The Essentials
Part IIIThe Super Toolbox: Coaching
4Program OrganizationOversight:
Academic Administrator
Student Services
DepartmentalProgram OrganizationConfiguration:
Separate Centers or Labs
Separate Student Populations
Integrated ServicesWhat Kinds of Tutors Are There?Peer/Professional Tutors
Peer-Lead Team Learning Leaders
Supplemental Instruction Leaders http://www.umkc.edu/cad/si/
Embedded Tutors.
7What Kinds of Tutors Are There?Peer Mentors
Academic Coaches
Others?
8Super TutorsAll the above, plus!
9Show tutor/subject doc hereEssentials of TrainingMetacognitive Foundation
Understanding Yourself and Your Tutees as Learners
Essentials of TrainingThe Educational Timeline
This is one of many ways to make this point to tutorsalso used as a tool with students11Essentials of TrainingThe Natural Human Learning Process
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/RSmilkstein/
Becoming Aware: Wanting or Needing
Gathering Information
Essentials of TrainingThe Natural Human Learning Process
Trying It: Making Mistakes
Using mistakes to Inform the Next Step
Practice, Practice, Practice
Essentials of Training: NHLPDENDRITES GROW!
ExperienceConnectionTakes timeTakes PracticeUse or Atrophy
Essentials of TrainingPitfalls of the NHLP
Stereotyping:
When Your Dendrite Base Becomes a Rats Nest
Essentials of TrainingPitfalls of the NHLP
The Katrina Effect:
Really Losing Everything and Saber-toothed Tigers
Essentials of Training Learning in School Mindsets
Boring, Irrelevant, Difficult, Frustrating
The Mating Call of the Brain
Magical Thinking
The more you know about the process the better you can operate ittutors and students alike17Essentials of TrainingCycle of Tutoring
2. Goal Setting3. Investigation
4. Exploration: See if you can figure this out.5. Summary /Assessment6. Plan1. Greeting, Introduction Roles Tutors PlayFacilitator
Model
Resource Point Person
Liaison
Roles tutors can play in Training19Roles Tutors Dont PlayParent
Co-Conspirator
Hero
Judge
20Growing Super TutorsPreparing the Ground:
Glacial Change in Medieval Institutions
Ah Ha! Moments for Faculty and Administrators
Teaching and Modeling Flexibility: Planting the Seeds for Positive Change
Growing Super TutorsIdentify Super Leaders Among Your Tutors
Play to Strengths
Tutors Who Are Not Super But Still Great
The Coaching AdvantageWhy Academic Coaches?
Elements of CoachingTutors facilitate a process in a subject.
Academic Coaches tutor learning itself. Elements of CoachingTutors facilitate a process in a subject.
Academic Coaches tutor learning itself. Show Contract Mention Skip25Blooms Taxonomy
Academic Coaching for TutorsHelping students without becoming their counselor:
http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/
Victim/Creator
The Wise Choice Process
Reference Skip Downing and OnCOurse27Academic Coaching for TutorsStudy and Test-Taking Skills
Time Management
Academic Coaching for TutorsStudy and Test-Taking Skills
Time Management
Keeping the Balance
Questions
What Can You Do Now?What are you inspired to do?
What do you need to do it?
What step can you take in the next 24 hours?
Laura Symons