Hello Daniel,
I agree! Where the issues comes in, let's say I have a tutor who can help with Organic Chemistry, but for the last year, he hasn't had any student who needed this help. Once this tutor attempts to help the student, they recognize that they need a refresher and that they didn't feel to good or comfortable with assisting the student. These are the issues I'm running into. It happens to us all. If we aren't utilizing this skills, we can kind of lose them.
Tiffany M. Johnson
Student & Learning Support Services Assistant
Metropolitan Community College
Fort Omaha Campus
(531) 622-2432
Achiever, Communication, Competition, Includer, Strategic
Tiffany,
Keeping the tutors busy working with students in their subject areas is the absolute best was to keep them fresh and up-to-date with the subject matter. This is one of the benefits of becoming a tutor; I generally mention this perk of the position when recruiting new tutors.
Daniel Bates
UCC Tutoring Specialist
(541) 440-7857
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:28 PM
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Subject: Re: Auditing Classes
Tiffany,
I doubt that auditing a class would be cost-effective. Typically, students have to pay for courses they audit (at our institution, it is half of what they would pay to simply take the class). My tutors don't make enough money to cover the cost of auditing a class, and of course there's not enough wiggle room in the budget to pay the cost of auditing on top of tutors' wages. Unless your institution has different policies on auditing, I'd recommend against that option.
Hope this helps,
Emily
Emily Janssen
Director of Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction
(262) 551-6047
Hedberg Library
Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 10 am - 7 pm
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Johnson, Tiffany <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Morning all.
I've been racking my brain on ways that our tutors can stay refreshed and abreast in the academic areas that they assist students with. I was wondering if auditing classes is the best way to go?
Does this have any academic affect on the tutors transcripts, especially for those tutors who are still taking classes at the institution?
I'm looking for any advice on what would be the best approach and what type of system that can be put in place that would keep our tutors updated.
Thank you in advance.
Tiffany M. Johnson
Student & Learning Support Services Assistant
Metropolitan Community College
Fort Omaha Campus
Achiever, Communication, Competition, Includer, Strategic
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