New Faculty OrientationFall 2014

Overview

Brief History of the Tutorial Center Impact of Services Overview of Services Publications Student/Instructor

Outreach Campus Partnerships Help Us Help You!

Brief History

Three branches of tutoring: Counseling 2 – started at Clovis

Center Writing Center (aka Extended

Learning Center or ELC) – started under Cooperative Title V grant (2004-2009)

Math Lab – started at Clovis Center (2005)

Impact of Tutoring

Fall, 2012 Retention/Success of Students in Tutoring

Tutoring hours % Retention % Success

1-5 hours/term all classes 93.43 71.16

5 + hours per term/all classes 95.61 81.95

English classes overall 91.60 68.80

English classes 5+ hours/term tutoring 98.11 82.08

Math classes overall 91.40 62.50

Math classes 5+ hours/term tutoring 96.83 69.84

The Basic Skills Initiative identifies tutoring as a best practice to help basic skills students succeed.

Overview of Services

One-on-one tutoring Writing Information systems Spanish Study skills

Small group tutoring English 272:

Assistance in College Writing (0.5 unit)

Math, biology, chemistry, philosophy

On Demand Workshops (in the Tutorial Center and in classes) MLA and APA Formats In-Class Writing

Strategies Plagiarism Integrating Sources

Embedded Tutoring

Publications

Write Now newsletter Written and published by tutors Distributed to all students, faculty, and

staff via e-mail (PDF) The Review

Showcases student art and writing All writing submitted by Willow students

and selected by writing tutors

Student/Instructor Outreach

E-mail sent to all instructors at the beginning of each semester

Classroom presentations Tutorial Center tours/visits Scavenger hunts Rocktoberfest/Spring Extravaganza Blackboard page Reports to instructors

Extra credit and required visits

Campus Partnerships

Biology (Arla Hile): designed extra credit program for Bio 5 students to improve writing skills

English (Jeff Burdick): conducted tutor-guided peer review sessions

Political Science (Lee Brown): developed materials to supplement his essay assignment

Psychology (Mark Hernandez): provide study guides

Help Us Help You!

Put a section with information about the Tutorial Center (phone number, hours, etc.) in your syllabus and/or on your Blackboard page.

Invite a coordinator to present to your classes.

Encourage individual students to make appointments.

Work with a coordinator to develop supplemental materials to incentivize student attendance.

Questions? Comments?