There is a permenant staff member on hand and student tutors
Who staffs the tutoring center? Is is regular faculty members who rotate through or are these people permanently assigned to the center? Do you use students to help?
We have a tutoring program in place for when a student starts to stagnate that allows the student more of a one on one with an instructor to help them understand the material for not just taking the course or chapter test but also to help them prepare more importantly prepare them to succeed in the field in thier chosen career.
What other responsibilities does the Education Manager have? Do they also teach? How is their performance evaluated?
Does your institution have any training programs to help instructors recognize the warning signs? Do faculty members share best practices?
We have advising forms that our instructors fill out if a student is at risk, after they are turned (daily) the Education Manager or Chief instructor will make contact with the student to see if there is anything that can help the student.
As Instructors we look for warning signs like poor grades, attitude changes,attendance problems,etc. we send out pull slip when these signs pop up from there the E.M.s meet with them and in most cases it works and we keep them in school the sooner you see the warning the better chance you have retaining the student.
From time to time the school looks at the curriculum and evaluates what needs to be done in order to improve it or update it. Re writes of the curriculum happen with enough frequency to keep the material interesting and useful. We, as instructors are encouraged to use variety diverse methods of teaching the material.
When Tutors lose respect for themselves after not scoring as well on a exam as they thought they should. It is very inportant to re-enforce their ability to tutor other students and not feel as though they have failed the program or themselves.
My school tries to make sure students have jobs and housing when they arrive.
To prevent academic stagnation at our schhol we employ both a mentoring program and a tutoring program. If a student is having problems getting good grades we as insructors refer him to these departments.
We track students grades and progress through a formal intervention program and also have listed guidelines as to when to engage with a student.
--Excessive time out
-- Failing grades
We have counselers that students talk to,
it all starts with the instructor,they are your #1 defense.
How much time do your students have between classes? Is it enough to do meaningful tutoring?
Between class we have instructors in class rooms to help students with academic problems for each course offered. Also when a student reaches test scores that show a downward trend an intervention email is sent to an EM who over sees the course. This is sent after the instructor has talked to the student about the issue. This action brodens the resorces for the student.
What formats do you use to create a positive learning environment?
We constantly change the format with the student acdemics to prevent acdemic stagnation. This make for amorew possitive learning enviroment. The student tends to excellerate the learning experance.
We have a food bank for hungry students,ride sharing, part time employment dept. etc. Toose help with the erosion stress. Fast lane support, counselors, career fairs, tutoring, etc. That helps with the stagnation as we try and help the student retain their dream of sucess.
How does an intervention work? Is each instructor responsible for this action? Is there a report generated to make others aware of the problem and action taken?
We intervene at the failure of any test during the first three weeks of school. The student can really get frustrated during those weeks and may think that this school is not for them.
