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

lsymons@pvcc.edu434-9615320