Tutor Roles & Responsibilities

1. Watch the FERPA video.  It's 8:45 long.

2. Read Tutor Code of Ethics

3. View slideshow: Tutor Roles & Responsibilities

Assignment #1:  Answer the following questions and write 2-3 sentences that sum up the tutor's role & responsibility in your own words.

1. What kind of student information can you give out?
2. How do you know if a student record is confidential?
3. You just finished a tutoring session and a new student arrives.  He asks you, "Hey have you seen a guy named Norm?  I think he was just in here working with you and I'm trying to find him."  What do you say?  

Tutor Resources

Khan Academy: Extremely popular right now.  Videos and explanations for many subjects, searchable by topics and even by problems in some cases.  Very easy to follow, understand, and search for your topic.

Idroo.com: I've never actually used this, but it looks great--virtual white board, free, and usable via Skype.  Online tutoring??

Google chat and google docs: increasingly easiest way to collaborate online and communicate quickly.  Majority of students have google accounts already, and it's easy/free to sign up if not.

Open Educational Resources:  I've only just started browsing here.  Index of OE resources, both print and digital.  Expanding.

myatp.org: Association for Tutoring Professional journal for news, info, and updates.

NCDE: National Center for Developmental Ed. You can browse the reports and research section for free...sometimes not as updated.

CRLA: College Reading and Learning Association.  Tutor certification program, including training and resources (with membership).  Useful links section is the only really useful part if you're not a member/applying to be a member.

Best Tutoring Practices and Tips

You can find lists of these everywhere, but these are lists that have topics I like, and some are from sites that contain much helpful info.

Basic Tips: static page, I would rather cite this info in a presentation, or have tutors look up the info and present something of their own using this as a source.

Scenarios to practice: This is a tutor training program that includes many topics, though not all are thoroughly covered.  Some links to other resources.

Techniques list: This list is an overview of an expensive tutor certification class (CRLA) but it does include good tips that can be used generally by most college tutors.  It does include topics for all 3 levels of CRLA tutor training, which is not as easy to find.  I'll list the CRLA website under resources on this blog.

Training: Learning Styles

Cyberdrive: This is basic information, followed by descriptions of the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners with examples and suggestions, geared for tutoring adults.  Quick and easy to go through the pages.

LTCConline:  another static page, but more basics.  This could be used in either face-to-face or online, though it's not very exciting.

Quick and basic learning style quiz.

Questionnaire with real life examples.  This is the most practical one of these I've found recently.

Very detailed learning style/intelligence type quiz.  These are sometimes hokey, but can start discussions during a training session at least.

Training: Asking the Right Questions

Practicing Effective Questioning: The Non-Destructive Testing Resource website has great teacher tips on various topics.  You could create a solid start to a training program just from their resources.  They aren't always presented in the most exciting or engaging fashion...but the info is there!

Open vs. closed-ended questions: This site has several other tutor tips and training topic pages that are good sources.  Easy to read and follow, not too cheesy as many are with examples.

Training: Active Listening

There are many active listening tutorials and diagrams available for free.  Here are a few:

PSU Learing tutorial: Designed for group sessions, this includes quizzes, ways to provide feedback, key words, a summary, and an assessment module.  Would be great for training a tutor trainer.

Poor vs Good listening skills: Geared for tutors and tutor training, unfortunately can't access the rest of the training content.

Active Listening guide by Adelaide University: this looks like it was made to be printed off, so could be used for either online or face-to-face classes.

Training: 12-Step Tutor Cycle

The 12-Step tutor cycle gives a good guideline, though not necessarily linear, for the tutoring process.

This is an interactive image.

This is a slide show based on The Master Tutor by Ross B. MacDonald, Ph.D.