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>Martha Maxwell
>
> MAXWELL'S TUTOR TRAINING BIBLIOGRAPHY
>(Note: Write me for specific materials for ESL Students
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>>
>>TUTOR MANUALS
>>For Writing Tutors;
>>>
>> Clark, B.L. (1988). "Talking about writing.:A guide for tutor and
teacher
>>conference. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
>>
>> Clark, Irene L. (1985). "Writing in the Center:Tutoring in a writing
>>center setting. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA:Kendall-Hunt.
>>
>> Myer, E. & Smith, L.Z. (1987). "The Practical Tutor." New York: Oxford
>>University Press.
>>
>> Ryan, Leigh. (1994)."The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors."
>>Boston:Bedford.
Rafoth, Ben (Ed.)(2000).A Yuyot's Guide: Helping Writers One to One.
Westport, CT: Heinemann Boynton/Cook.
>>"The St. Martin's Guide for Writing Tutors " and " The St. Martin's
>>Sourcebook for writing tutors", St. Martins Press, , 257 Park Ave.
>>South, NYC, NY 10010/ Phone 1-800-221-7945
>>
> >TUTOR MANUALS (For general tutoring)
>> Capossela, Toni-Lee. "Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoring." Fort
>Worth:Harcourt Brace, 1998. Soft cover- 252
>pp. Order from Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Sea Harbor Dr., Orlando,
>FL 32887-6777 Phone 1-800-782-
>4479
>
>>MacDonald, Ross. (1994). "The Master Tutor." Cambridge
>>Stratford Study Skills Institute. 8560 Main St.,
>>Williamsville, NY 14221. Phone: 1-(800) 466-2232. (For tutoring in any
>subject.)
>> .NOTE;Cambridge Stratford also sells a self-evaluation test for
>tutors
> >based on MacDonald's tutoring cycle called TeSAT
>>
>> Maxwell, M. (Ed.), (1994), "When Tutor Meets Student." Ann Arbor:
>>University of Michigan Press. (Stories by 51 writing tutors
>>about their tutoring experiences plus a complete description of a
tutoring
>>writing for credit course.)
>>
>>Myers, L. (1990). Becoming an effective tutor. Los Altos, CA: Crisp.
>>
>> Other training Materials:
>>Foster, Elizabeth S. (1983) Tutoring: Learning by Helping.
>> Educational Media Corporation.
>> THERE IS A NEWER EDITION
>> Tends to focus on issues most important to K-12 tutoring
>> programs, yet there are still same great nuggets here and
>> there; much of the material is useful at the college
>level,
>> and what isn't can be easily adapted. Would be good, I
>> would think, in a tutoring course housed in an education
>> department, since majors could make it relevant to their
>> future teaching positions as well as to their current
>> tutor training.
>>Silberman, M. (1990). Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs,
>>Case Examples and Tips. New York Lexington Books.
>>
>>Karen G. Smith at Rutgers <[log in to unmask] calls Silberman's
book
>- "An excellent resource for developing exercises and activities (and ice
>breakers) It is published by Lexington >Books, an imprint of Macmillan.
>The ISBN is 0-669-24262-4. Although his >purpose with this book is beyond
>the classroom to the trainers out there in >the corporate world, he has
>lots of good information that is certainly >relevent for the college and
>university environment."
>>
>>Karen added that "Silberman was brought to Rutgers by our Teaching
>>Excellence Center to lead workshops for faculty on fostering active
>learning in the classroom, and he >received rave reviews! Table of
>contents includes:
>> assessing the training group
>> developing active training objectives
>> creating opening exercises
>> finding alternative methods to lecturing
>> using experiential learning approaches
>> designing active training activities
>> sequencing active training activities
>> giving presentations and leading discussions
>> facilitating structured activities, etc.
>>EVALUATING TUTORING
>>
>> M. Maxwell (4th ed. 1998) , "Evaluating Peer Tutoring>"
>Describes strategies for designing a tutor evaluation program and provides
>30 pages of instruments, questionnaires, etc. that folks
>use to measure the effectiveness of their tutors and the tutees'
>experiences.
> ($11 postpaid.) Order from M. Maxwell, Apt. 322, 10450 Lottsford Rd.,
>Mitchellville, Md. 20721. PHone 301-927-7574.
.
>>
> TeSAT- Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute. 8560 Main St.,
>>Williamsville, NY 14221. Phone: 1-(800) 466-2232. sells a self-evaluation
>test for tutors based on Ross MacDonald's tutoring cycle called TeSAT -
>but it can be used with any tutoring session.
>>
>
> CREDIT-BASED PEER TUTORING
>>
>>Treuer, Paul. Paul Treuer's book "Credit-Based Peer
>>Tutor: A Centralized Peer Tutoring Program" can be
>>purchased by mail. Send a check for $20.00 made out to the University of
>>Minnesota-Duluth to:
>> Paul Treuer
>> Campus Center 40
>> University of Minnesota--Duluth
>> 10 University Drive
>> Duluth, Minnesota 55812-2496
>>
>>This is an excellen book and well worth the money. Those who are
>>planning tutor-for-credit courses will find lots of information to
>>justify their proposal including figures that indicate cost-
effectiveness
>>(current budget and student use figures) and arguments for
>>justifying the course to faculty committees. Those who currently have
>>credit courses will find ideas for improving their courses in the
>>syllabi for the UM-D course and the practicum, criteria for evaluating
and
>>grading students, grading contracts for students-->delineating what is
>required for graded A
>through F. Also there are many >assignments including specifics for
>developing a
>>professional tutoring portfolio, reflective papers on the
>tutoring>experience, developing one's personal philosophy of tutoring,
>tutoring ethics and examples of students' work. In addition to the course
>information, and an overview and history of the UM-D tutoring program, the
>book has sections on Tutor Center Management and Internet Tutoring
>Applications (the Homework Hotline,OWL, etc.) The book also briefly
>describes the UM-D tutoring facilities and arrangements.)
>
>MORE TUTORING FOR CREDIT INFO:
>>ALSO there is a complete syllabus and description of a tutor for credit
>>course for writing tutors in the Appendix of the M. Maxwell
>>(Ed.) WHEN TUTOR MEETS STUDENT. Published by the University of Mich.
>>Press, 1994. U. M. Press, POBox 1104, Ann Arbor MI 48106 phone
>313-763-0163 ($16.95 plus
>$3.50 postage &>handling- there's also a hardback edition.) The book
>contains stories by
>Berkeley writing tutors about some of their golden and some of
>their more dreadful experiences tutoring estudents(like "The Session from
>Hell)") and should
>be very useful and encouraging for tutors in
>any field.
>
>
>STUDY SKILLS FOR TUTORS
>> Crawford, June. Ten Tips for Academic Success. Published by the
>Cambridge
>>Stratford Study Skills Institute. 8560 Main St.,
>>Williamsville, NY 14221. Phone: 1-(800) 466-2232. This is an easy way to
>>teach tutors study skills that can also be used with groups
>>of students in short courses who want to improve their skills.b
>>
>>TUTOR TRAINING VIDEOTAPE The Tutor's Guide. 14 fifteen-minute video
>>programs for training tutors plus a handbook. Produced
>>by the UCLA Office of Instructional Development. Order from : GPN, P.O.
>Box
>>80669, Lincoln NE 68501-0669/ Phone
>>1-(800)-228-4630/
>> (Topics include: Introduction to tutoring - helping students help
>>themselves; three strategies for initiating the first session,
>developing
>a tutorial plan,
>diagnosis and the Socratic method, diagnosis >through observation,
tutoring
>learning skills,
>managing >group tutorials, the tutor as counselor, bridging cultural gaps,
>tutoring
>>physical science, tutoring social sciences, tutoring humanities,
>>tutoring the writing process, and tutoring ESL. ). Some tutor trainers
>>swear by these tapes and find them very useful when new tutors are
>>hired during the semester; others complain that the hair styles and
>>clothing are dated, etc. and prefer to have their tutors make their own
>>videotapes.
>>
>>TUTORING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
>> (Order the following from: AHEAD Association on Higher Education and
>>Disability, P O Box 21192, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0192
>>(Phone-(614) 488- 4972
>> Assisting College Students with Disabilities: A Tutor's Manual by
>Pamela
>>Adelman and Debbie Olufs. for tutors who work with
>>students with learning disabilities.
>>
>>Jude Gallik and Franklin Kirby at the Learning Support Services program,
>>Schreiner college, Kerrville, TX have written "Tutoring College Students
>>with Learning Disabilities" and is distributed by the Learning
>Disabilities
>>Assn of America, 4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh 15234-1349. cost is $25
>>plus 10% p&h.
>
>> Gwyn Crites writes <Tutoring for LD students is a part of our regular
>>tutoring center services.>We have incorporated 6-8 hours of training into
>our tutor training program. >A part of that training is the PBS video
>"Understanding Learning
>>Disabilities: How Difficult Can this Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop." We
>>have found this 70 minute video VERY informative, especially for tutors
>who
>>have never experienced a learning disability before. The video is
>>available from PBS for about $50 and comes with a short discussion guide.
>>Write to: PBS VIDEO, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314, or call
>>(800) 424-7963 >
>>
>> Peer Mentoring: A Support Group Model for College Students with
>>Disabilities by Roberta Gimblett (try AHEAD - address above.)
>>
> INFORMATION ON HOW TO TRAIN TUTORS
>
>CRLA (College Reading & Learning Association.)
>The CRLA web page has certifcation information-
>http://www.chemek.cc.or.us/crla/tutor%20cert.html
>
> > Gier, T. & Hancock, K. (Eds.) (1993).Tutor Certification
>Registry &
> >Tutorb Resources. College Reading & Learning Association
> >(CRLA) (write Rosaline Lee, Kwantlin University College, 871
>Landsdown
> >Road, Richmon, BC V6X,3V8 Canada. (Cost $20) >(New edition 1997)
>>
>> CRLA INTERNATIONAL TUTOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
>> (To find out more about becoming a certified program, contact:
>Gladys Shaw, ITCP
>CoChair,
> University Texas El Paso, Tutoring and Learning Center, 300 Main
> Library, El Paso, Texas, 79963, voice: 1(915)747-5366, email:
> [log in to unmask] ).>
>
>Harris, Muriel. (1986) Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference.
>National Council of
>Teachers of English (NCTE).
>>
>> While its focus is on writing, there is still plenty of
>> useful material on directive & non-directive approaches
>> to tutoring, motivating students, listening skills,
>> nonverbal communication-- (This is probably out of
print.)
>
>>
>>M. Maxwell "Improving Student Learning Skills: New Edition. (1997).H&H
>>Publishing Co., 1232 Kapp Ave, Clearwatrer, FL 34625. Phone
1-800-366-4O79
>
>>$38.95 PLUS 4.50 SHIPPING- (Has a chapter on tutoring, plus handots for
>training >tutors in study skills and in chemistry, physics, Mike Rose's
>"Difficult
>>Tutoring Situations" and a number of useful handouts on tutoring ESL
>>students in writing in the Appendx.)
>>
>>Also there are seven articles on tutor training in Maxwell, M. (Ed.)
>(1994)
>>"From Access to Success: Readings in Developmental
>>Learning and Learning Assistance." H&H Publishing Co., 1232 Kapp Ave,
>>Clearwatrer, FL 34625. Phone 1-800-366-4O79 $18.95
>>PLUS 3.50 SHIPPING-
>> (THIS BOOK INCLUDES KAREN WINNARD'S " TRAINING TUTORS NOT TO
> >RESCUE" )
>>
>> There are standards and guidelines for tutoring programs in NADE's
>(1994)
>>"Self-evaluation Guidelines for Developmental Skills and
>>Learning Assistance Programs" published by H&H Publishing Co. 1232 Kapp
>>Ave, Clearwatrer, FL 34625. Phone 1-800-366-4O79
>>$18.95 PLUS 3.50 SHIPPING-
>
>WEB SITE FOR TUTOR TRAINING INFORMATION
> http://www.webcom.com/ergo/tutor/tabout.html
>
> USING THE COMPUTER TO TRAIN TUTORS.
>
>Essid, J. J. (Fall 1996). Training Peer Tutors with Conference
>Software:Practicing Collaboration
>and Planning for Difficult Tutorials.
>Research & Teaching in Developmental Education. 13(1) 19--32.
>Describes how tutor training can be supplemented by
>synchronous-conferencing using
>Daedalus Interactive Software. The software
>enabled the teacher-trainer to eliminate two of the problems in
>face-to-face training: the
>tendency of some tutors to remain silent and
>others to monopolize the class thus making it difficult to assess each
>tutor's interpersonal
>skills and ability to think on one's feet. Small
>groups of tutors were given a draft of difficult tutorial- e.g., writers
>who objected to revising their
>ork, or those who wrote on topics outside the tutor's expertise or one
>written by a writer whose
>native language was not English. The article explains the complex role of
>the instructor in the
>computer discussion training sessions and presents many ideas for making
>this type of
>training run smoothly - i.e., how to avoid "flaming", getting all tutors
>involved in the discussion,
>conserving limited class time, etc. Concludes that synchronous computer
>conferences
>supplemented by observations and team tutorials "encourage new tuors to
>turn to each other
>and, most importantly to writers for solutions that are inherently
>flexible and descriptive." Essid
>espouses the goal that peer tutors in Writing Center and WAC programs. can
>offer alternatives
>to and not extensions of traditiona
>classrooms >
Ken Gattis wrote:
> You may be interested in our tutor training video. Details are on the
> website which may be reached via the link below my signature.
> -Ken Gattis
>
> Kenneth W. Gattis
> Director, Undergraduate Tutorial Center
> & Coordinator, Supplemental Instruction Program
> 147 Leazar Hall, Box 7105
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695
> (919) 515-5619
>
> We are offering a new tutor training videotape for sale!
> You can view it at:
> http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/undergrad_studies/videoad2.html
>
> ON LINE TUTOR TRAINING
>From: MR WILLIAM R HOSEK <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Online tutor training
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>A tutor training program that is on WWW and has interactive capabilities
>with regard to tutors, message boards etc. was developed by Dr. Eric
>Golanty, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA. You can visit the site
>@www.webcom. com/ergo/tutor1. Golanty's email address is
>[log in to unmask]
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> > NEWSLETTERS:
>> "The Tutoring Exchange". Published by CRLA (College Reaind and Learning
>>Association, Special Interest Group in Tutors (SIG)). .
>>Address: Helen Baril, Director, Learning Center, Box 269, Quinnipiac
>>College, Hamden, CT 06518 - e mail [log in to unmask]
>>
>> "The Writing Lab Newsletter". Muriel Harris, Department of English,
>>Heavilon Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356
>>(Monthly issues Sept. to June,($15. US) -Phone (765)494-7268
>>
>> "The Dangling Modifier"- a newsletter by and for writing tutors. Penn
>>State Writing Center, 219 Boucke Bldg., University Park, PA
>>16802 FAX (814)863-8704
>>
>> "National Tutoring Association Newsletter"- order from Diana Williams,
>>Student Resource Center, Mail Stop 526, Medical College
>>of PA and Hahnemann University 201 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA
>>19102-1192 -phone 215-762-7682
>>
>>JOURNALS
>> "The Writing Center Journal. (2 issues a year). Joan Mullen,
>> Editor, The Writing Center, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft
>St.,
> >Toledo, OH 43663-3390, tel. 419/530-4913
>>
>>
>>SYSTEMS FOR KEEPING TUTORING PROGRAM RECORDS
>>
>>There are commercial record programs that are sometimes advertised in the
>>Journal of Developmental Education such as Tutorial Assistant 4.0
>(Wilfred van Breukelen; Tel (513) 252-9199, EXT. 372. E MAIL
>[log in to unmask]
>(I hope these numbers are right, my eyes are very bad). Also some
recommend
>using a plain
>DOS daya base -
>
>For model data management programs write : Guilleramo Uribe, U, of
>>Arizona e-mail [log in to unmask] OR Karen Smith
>>at Rutgers --- [log in to unmask] for descriptions of their
>>data systems.
>
> Scheduling Employees for Windows.It's very useful for anyone that wants
to
>schedule their tutors for walk in sessions You enter in each tutors name,
>ID#, wages, and any other info you
>might need, and then you select timeslots for when the tutor is not
>available. Once all that is entered you can go to the scheduling screen
>and setup the scheduled very efficiently. It took me six or seven hours
>to do the scheduling by hand last semester. I was able to do it this
>semster in just over an hour. It's very easy to edit, since I do have
>to make occasional adjustments. And it prints out very nice reports
>that can display total hours or wages.
>
> The shareware comes with 50 free uses,which is plenty to get familiar
with
>it. I wish the grade book programsI tried were this user friendly.
>Anyway the Homepage address is www.mindspring.com . It is version 6.01.
>Try it.
>(from Craig Andres )
>>
>Also
>>ON-LINE GRAMMAR SERVICES Students and tutors can now access the Purdue
>>University On-Line Writing Lab where they can
>>find a number of menus with brief discussions about many aspects of
>>writing. This is easy to locate through Gopher and as long as
>>they can identify their problem - topics range from a review of basic
>>sentence structure and punctuation, an overview of writing from
>>planning and organizing to paraphrasing and proofreading, and grammar
>>errors, ESL, etc. These can be downloaded and used as
>>handouts as long as the Purdue Writing Lab. is given credit. For
>example,
>>the route to retrieve the handouts is as follows:
>> Academic Information
>> Learning Center/Writing Lab.
>> Purdue Writing Lab.
>> Instructional Materials and Writing
>
>> Help
>> Helpful Definitions
>> General Writing Concerns
>> Specific Topiic
>
>TRAINING PROFESSIONAL TUTORS>
>"Here at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, we have paid,
>professional tutors, not peer tutors, so maybe some of this won't apply.
>We have a standing Training Team to oversee regular tutor training which
>is conducted three times per year over the term breaks. We have offered
>everything from intensive training on new computer programs being
>introduced into the curriculum to workplace communications to learning
>styles inventories to working with students who have disabilities.
>
>At the beginning of each instructional year, the Training Team (officially
>known as the Cooperative Academic Advancement Training Team) gets together
>and drafts a One-Year Plan for the three breaks in the coming year. This
>plan remains flexible, and workshops are added or deleted as the need
>arises.
>
>Training is offered based on what we see students needing during the term.
>In addition, we plan to repeat certain courses for our new hires.
>Meanwhile, the handouts are available to anyone who missed a session. We
>sometimes hire outside professionals to present our workshops, but many
>are offered by the tutors themselves. This is seen as a professional
>development opportunity.
>
>We also hold subject-area specific workshops. This term we will be having
>an open forum in both English and Math lead by the Lead Learning
>Assistants. These forums are offered for the exchange of ideas, problem
>solving discussions, and continuing development of our tutoring
>philosophy.
>
>I guess the point is that involving the tutors in developing training
>workshops helps not only the future students but also the tutors. I think
>this would hold true not only for professinal tutors but for peer tutors
>as well. (maybe even more so, since they are also students!)
>
>Wwe usually offer one "fun" workshop - a trip to the biological park or
zoo
>or a wildlife refuge - as a teambuilding exercise. These excursions allow
>us to get away from the school environment for a day and develop a rapport
>with tutors who work in
>different areas. We do have specific teambuilding activities for most of
>these trips.
>
>from Peggy Keller
>Lead Learning Assistant for English
>Assistance Centers for Education
>Department of Adult and Developmental Education
>Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute
>525 Buena Vista SE
>Albuquerque, NM 87106
>
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>
>HISTORY OF TUTORING
>Dr. Edward E. Gordon's book CENTURIES OF TUTORING: A
>History of Alternative Education in America and Western Europe.
> Published in March 1990 by University Press of America, this book is
>available in paperback (ISBN #0-8191-7642-7) for $38. The easiest way,
>of which I am aware, to order Dr. Gordon's book is to call the National
>B
TUTORING RESEARCH:A good scheme for classifying tutoring research is
offered in Hock, Deshler,
nd Schumaker's "Tutoring Programs for ;Academically Underprepar4ed College
Students" in Journal of College Reading and Learning, Vol. 29, No. 2,
(Spring 99), 101-122.
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