| Assessment Date | 04/03/2015 |
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| Department Name | Academic Support Middletown |
| Status | In progress |
| Cost to Date | 0.00 |
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| Funding Source | Operating Budget |
| Method | Results |
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| Entrance/Exit Interviews | New Tutors: During initial training at the New Tutor Orientations, tutors will be asked to actively reach out to profs. During final evaluation for new tutors, tutors will be asked how often they contact profs and how active they were in reaching out. |
| Tracking | The Tutorial Center will require tutors to CC the Tutorial Center whenever they are contacting their tutees' professors. |
| Document Analysis | The department asks tutors if they have seen faculty recommendations in the referral forms. The Tutoring Coordinator keeps track of how many new tutors have seen the recommendations. |
| Other | The tutor survey is administered at the final evaluation for new tutors (Tutor Self Assessment). Tutors are asked about the frequency with which they reach out to their students' professors. |
| How did the implementation advance the department's or division's involved, as well as the institution? | By reaching out to professors, tutors act as liaisons between the Tutoring Center and the faculty. Tutors are able to ensure the best services are provided to students by not only addressing the students' needs, but also by addressing faculty needs and recommendations. This can be done by the tutor when he/she analyzes the faculty recommendation forms, but it can also be done by contacting the faculty member directly. |
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| If the initiative has not been implemented, please explain why | |
| Additional comments, including future plans for this initiative | For the future, the department plans to more actively encourage new and current tutors to contact their new students' instructors. Doing so will help build a rapport between tutor and faculty member. It will also help the tutors as well as the center build a stronger connection with the academic departments on campus. |