| Initiative Title | Objective 2:4 |
|---|---|
| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | 2014 |
| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | Tutors will be strongly encouraged to help students develop effective study habits and strategies applicable to all subjects, and to become self-motivated independent learners. |
| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | |
| Department Goals | |
| Programs | |
| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
| Estimated Completion Date | |
| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | Yes |
| Importance | Medium |
| Funding Source | |
| Created | 03/30/2015 2:03 pm |
| Updated | 03/30/2015 2:25 pm |
| Goal | How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
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| Action Step | Responsible Party | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Introduce and discuss study habits and strategies during New Tutor Orientations. Stress the importance of tutors discussing study habits and strategies during the Orientation. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 1 |
| Send follow-up emails to new tutors after the Orientation reminding them of study strategies and to include them in tutoring sessions. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 2 |
| Post flyers, send emails and conduct workshops as reinforcement and reminders for tutors to include study strategies into tutoring sessions. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 3 |
| For Assessment: Interview New Tutors on existing knowledge of study strategies. Interview New Tutors at the Self-Evaluation to determine what study strategies they have implemented into/recommended during their tutoring sessions. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 4 |
| For Assessment: Track how many follow-up emails have been sent out to tutors during the semester regarding study strategies. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 5 |
| For Assessment: In the Student Surveys, ask students what new study strategies they learned from their tutor. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 6 |
| For Assessment: Review student grades (via Banner, surveys, etc...) and look for changes (improvements, no change, decline). Track subject specific passing rates of students coming into the center. | Coordinators of tutorial services and their assistants | 7 |
| Outcome | Order |
|---|---|
| Tutors will be trained in study strategies and how to communicate them to students. Tutors will be more likely to share information if they know the terminology and are familiar with the processes behind studying. | 1 |
| Tutors will include study strategies into tutoring sessions as part of their job requirement. | 2 |
| Students will be satisfied with the services they receive from the Academic Support Center. | 3 |
| Method | Description | Other Method | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Surveys: Satisfaction Need | Surveys can be developed internally and administered to assess student frequency, importance, need and satisfaction institution’s staff, office and services and programming. | Coordinators of tutoring services and their assistants | |
| Interviews | The students (or other participants) are able during an interview to share their direct experiences, attitudes and beliefs. Interviews can be either structured or unstructured. | Coordinators of tutoring services and their assistants | |
| Institutional Data | Review both program and student data that is collected at the institutional level. Data can include program enrollment, retention, transfer, student GPA, etc. |
| INITIAL YEAR COST: | $0.00 |
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| RECURRING COST: | $0.00 |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
This initiative is not ready for prioritization.
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
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| No results found. | |||||