To all new tutors and writing consultants: BEFORE Monday 8/24 @ 7 p.m. (when our first common training starts), go to www.vark-learn.com and take the VARK learning style inventory (called the questionnaire on the website). When taking it, remember that you can check more than one answer. We’ll spend some time processing this information in [...]
…..MO 8/24 First day of classes 5:30-6:30 #1 WRITING CENTER STAFF MEETING new and returning! 6:30-7:00 Pizza and drinks w/ new tutors 7:00-9:30 COMMON TRAINING pt. 1 for new tutors & writing consultants: bring your VARK scores. …..WE 8/26 5:30-6:30 #1 TUTOR STAFF MEETING, with new and returning tutors 6:30-7:00 Sandwiches with tutors and new [...]
E 78% The Enforcer S 60% T 34% J 76% This really nailed me on the head I think. It was interesting that less than 50 questions could tell so much about me. In terms of how this personality type meshes with [...]
New tutors are working on this final reflection, to send to me online. But you might be moved to respond to one or more of these questions on this public blog. Please do. Here are the questions. They’re also listed at the end of the Journals! page in the tab at the top of the [...]
100% introverted, 68% intuitive, 39% thinking, 45% judging I took the regular Meyers Briggs test last semester and got the same basic result (INTJ/rationals), and I think this category makes sense. The only suspicious thing is the “100% introverted.” I know I am introverted because I tend to find social activity rather tiring, even when [...]
A month into the semester is often a good time to revisit how we’re communicating, both in the tutoring session and outside it, with student clients, with students in the courses, with professors, with one another, when we write and read, and when we speak and listen. So join us as we do some role-plays [...]
New tutors: Due on the blog by Wed. 2/18 Journal #1 assignment is on the blog, in the Journals tab at the top! Have fun. Be thoughtful and reflective. Looking forward to reading your posts! Here’s the first paragraph of the assignment. What follows is the more technical side–working within this wordpress.com blog to log [...]
A lot of these go hand in hand. For instance, attitude and approachability could be one category because without a good attitude, you won’t be approachable and vice versa. Being welcoming and positive is the only way your client will feel comfortable working with you. I also feel that “fosters independence, verifies knowledge, and scaffolding” [...]
I was definitely grateful for the assertiveness training, as it helped me with one client in particular. I was friends with this client outside of tutoring, making it an especially delicate situation. I would schedule appointments outside of my normal hours to accommodate her needs, and she would often show up five to ten minutes [...]
Being a chemistry tutor, there is often not enough time in each session to cover all of the topics gone over in class. Therefore, it is important that the student come in with specific concepts and questions after thoroughly attempting the material. With my repeat clients, I remind them to do the weekly Problem Sets [...]
I definitely had a few difficult clients throughout my semester tutoring. I think that because I was the lone tutor for most of the time, I was exposed to a lot more clients than a lot of other tutors. I can remember a few sessions where people came in the day before a huge research [...]
Thankfully, I haven’t had a single negative tutoring session this semester. All of my clients have been very appreciative and respectful, and dedicated to understanding the material. There have been times when I’m not very sure of the answer to a question myself, but the client has never challenged me about it, and we usually [...]
I didn’t have any scheduled appointments and the ones that I did off campus were very informal and all with people whom I knew. So I didn’t come across any really difficult situations. Because of the tutor training, I’m sure that I would be able to deal with them if I ever came across them. [...]
I think I lost the paper but I remember having an issue with the “Fosters independence” category. This evaluation defines independence based on the client’s ability to set the pace for the tutoring session. I think more important than that is independence beyond the session. As bench-markers I would put phrases like “the client can [...]
