A Persistent Approach to Training and Supervision

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A Persistent Approach to Training and Supervision

• Presented by Megan Early
• Assistant Director
• of the Undergraduate Tutorial Center
• and Coordinator of SI
• North Carolina State University

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Presentation Preview

• SI Then and Now
• Difficulties SI Leaders Face
• Components of Training/Supervision
• The Big Picture

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Missing Pieces of the SI Model

• Planning
• Using Collaborative Learning
• Modeling Study Strategies
• - Why are these such challenges?
• - How can an SI leader manage to employ this
  model every session?

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Requirements for Change and Progress

• Motivation Why should I change?
• Equipping How should I change?
• Accountability Do I keep changing?

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Tutor Training CourseECI 210

• Tutors learn skills that are transferable to SI
• Emphasis on self-reflection and improvement
• Tutors develop an awareness that there is often a
  conflict between a tutors short-term and
  long-term goals for his student

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SI Leader Semester Training

• Training is adapted each semester based on the
  needs of the particular group of SI leaders

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Regular Supervision

• Record verbatim comments by the leader and
  students
• Look specifically for how the session is
  structured to support a group learning
  environment and for how the leader is helping the
  students use their resources to become
  independent
• Help the leader set and reach goals -
  ACCOUNTABILITY

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Bi-Weekly Staff Meetings

• Discuss supervisor feedback
• Give assignments
• Role play / Mock sessions
• Discuss successful (or not so successful)
  techniques

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Peer Observations

• Each leader goes to observe another leaders
  session
• Discuss at staff meetings
• Leaders held accountable for goals in the
  following supervisions

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Video Assignment

• Leader watches DVD and completes a
  self-evaluation form
• Discuss in staff meetings
• Held accountable for goals in the following
  supervisions

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How It All Works Together
Semester Training
ECI 210
Supervision
Video
Staff Meetings
Peer Observations
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Contact Information

• Megan Early
• Assistant Director and SI Coordinator
• Megan_Early_at_ncsu.edu
• 919-515-5620
• http//www.ncsu.edu/tutorial_center
• http//www.ncsu.edu/si