Correy, Thank you for bringing up an important issue for many Tutoring centers. I have worked a lot this year to change the mechanics of how Tutoring works in order to optimize our use of staff. It gets complicated to describe since every Tutoring center is different, but I would be happy to elaborate more on this if you'd like. Some general practices I've put in place are aimed at the Tutor's professional development and team building. I've begun having Tutors fill out peer observations when they are idle in order to observe various practices and techniques other Tutors use. I've also begun to encourage 2x1 Tutoring, if the situation would benefit from it, so that other Tutors might be able to job the memory of the initial Tutor. I've gone back and forth as to whether I should ask idle Tutors to look into new facilitation or instructional techniques that work with their courses and document them for other team members to use. The downside is that by creating more work for idle Tutors almost means they are being penalized for not having clients at the ready which is out of their control. This is why I've worked on changing the operational workflow and not placing a lot of the work on my student-employees. *Thank you,* Michael Michael B. Key Learning Initiatives Coordinator Office of Learning Resources (OLR) Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center (LTC) Room: 023A University of Dayton 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 TTY: 937-229-2059 (available for individuals who are deaf and hard-of hearing) Email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Website: go.udayton.edu/learning *Learn more about:* Office of Learning Resources at go.udayton.edu/learning Tutoring at go.udayton.edu/tutoring Supplemental Instruction at go.udayton.edu/si Global Learning Support at go.udayton.edu/olr/global The Write Place at go.udayton.edu/writeplace Disability Services at go.udayton.edu/disability CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or any of its components is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please "reply" to the sender. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Hammond, Correll <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good Day Everyone~ > > Curious to know what creative things you may have your tutors do when they > aren't actively tutoring students that could be beneficial for your center, > program, or office? In short, it's summer and our center is just beginning > to get some momentum on campus. I don't want to release any tutors just yet > as need may increase. Therefore, I'm looking for creative things they could > be doing while not actively tutoring. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions? I > thank you in advance. > > Correy > > [cid:[log in to unmask]] > Correy Hammond M.S., College Student Personnel > Director of Student Success > Louisiana State University Shreveport > Office: (318) 795-2485 Fax: (318) 797-5064 > [log in to unmask]< > https:[log in to unmask]> > www.lsus.edu<http://www.lsus.edu/> > [cid:[log in to unmask]] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your > subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web > browser to > http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > > To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]