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Personal Tutoring

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    1. Personal Tutoring A CQSTL Seminar Presented by Simon Taylor (IS&C)

    2. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 2 Todays Goals What is a Personal Tutor? Support Facilities? Experiences How do we tutor effectively?

    3. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 3 Q. What are the duties and roles of a Personal Tutor? A. ???

    4. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 4 Duties of a Personal Tutor (Handbook of Procedures 7.1) The University requires that each undergraduate and postgraduate course student shall be assigned a Personal Tutor to provide support during the students period of registration

    5. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 5 Role of a Personal Tutor (Handbook of Procedures 7.2) The Personal Tutor should provide help and support on matters of personal development, social and other non-academic matters and on academic matters, independently of that provided by course leaders, when another point of reference and reassurance is needed

    6. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 6 Role of a Personal Tutor (Handbook of Procedures 7.2) The Personal Tutor may not be the best person in the department to provide advice on academic matters. Some departments will have designated Senior Tutors/Course Directors to undertake this task. Each Personal Tutor should, however, be informed about the basic degree structures within the department, and has a role in advising on module choices, the consequences of academic failure or poor performance and on topics which the student finds difficult to understand

    7. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 7 Role of a Personal Tutor (Handbook of Procedures 7.2) A good Personal Tutor will be sensitive, understanding and committed to helping his/her tutees. S/he will recognise that students face different problems at different stages in their academic careers. First year and mature students and those with non-traditional entry backgrounds face particular difficulties in adjusting to University life and it is probably unwise to assign them to new or inexperienced academic staff

    8. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 8 Role of a Personal Tutor (Handbook of Procedures 7.2) Personal Tutors should play an important part in supporting postgraduate course students when they first register with the University. Postgraduate course students should see their Personal Tutor on arrival. Those who are new to Brunel and studying part-time often face particular problems in finding their way about the system, As the postgraduate course student starts work on their dissertation s/he will become more reliant on his/her supervisor, at least on academic matters.

    9. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 9 Other Support for Students (Handbook of Procedures 7.3) Counselling Service (203268/2016) Geoff McNulty (Head of Counselling Service) Alison Jefferies (Senior Counsellor) Afra Cambridge (Counsellor) Other part time counsellors Appointment booking via Jaspal Bhamra (administrator)

    10. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 10 Other Support for Students (Handbook of Procedures 7.3) Medical Centre (2066/234426) University Psychiatrist (Dr Cremona) Information and Advice Centre (Student loans, Grievances, Debt counselling, Visiting solicitor) Careers Office Dyslexia group

    11. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 11 Other Support for Students (Handbook of Procedures 7.3) International Office Language Centre CAB Others?

    12. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 12 Availability and Access (Handbook of Procedures 7.5) It is expected that, at minimum, a personal tutor will arrange to see each of his or her undergraduate or postgraduate tutees at least twice during a students first year (at least one of those occasions shall be on a one-to-one basis) and as often as the tutor or tutee believes necessary thereafter. Students in subsequent years should be encouraged to see their Personal Tutor at least once a semester. Departments may require more frequent meetings

    13. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 13 Availability and Access (Handbook of Procedures 7.6) Personal Tutors should be available, by arrangement, at appropriate and reasonable hours convenient to, and notified to, students. Students who request a meeting with their Tutor should normally be seen within three working days of that request Office hours? Onus is on the student to take advantage of his/her Tutors availability and to make an appointment

    14. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 14 Student Problems (Handbook of Procedures 7.8) The Personal Tutor should keep a record of meetings where difficult or sensitive issues or other matters affecting performance are raised Mitigating Circumstances Submission of such for consideration is always the students responsibility (HoP 6) Feedback?

    15. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 15 Student Problems (Handbook of Procedures 7.9) Whilst the student has certain responsibilities for his/her conduct, the Tutor should reflect on the information s/he has received and consider whether it indicates a particular problem which s/he should raise with the student This does not mean that it is appropriate for Tutors to take responsibility for the student, e.g. by seeking him/her out in their place of residence.

    16. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 16 Student Problems (Handbook of Procedures 7.10) The Tutor should at all times act in the students best interests, not necessarily those of the department or University (for example, care should be taken when trying to persuade an unhappy student to remain at the University

    17. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 17 References (Handbook of Procedures 7.11) Personal Tutors should be the primary source of student reference written for employers and other institutions. References written by personal tutors should be held on file in the departmental office for future reference and should not be treated by tutors as personal correspondence. Students should be aware that references are most effective when the Tutor has personal knowledge of the student References will not normally be revealed to the student Without Legal Responsibility

    18. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 18 Q. How many different types of personal tutoring problems can you identify? A. ???

    19. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 19 Tutoring Problems (Student!) Studying Money Family International Illness Tears Aggression Death Bereavement ???

    20. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 20 Tutoring Problems (Tutor!) Time wasting/Manipulation Violence The Opposite Sex Soft/hard hearted Emotional Detachment Getting it wrong/No Experience Talking too much Work commitments/balance Having a life/leave it at work How many tutees/how many problems/your sanity Stress (your current level is?)

    21. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 21 How do we tutor during a degree? Indoctrination, responsibility and respect (lecturers = teaching, tutoring, research, admin, ....) Many students and missing students Tutor hours Enforced contact? (Progress Reports) Changing needs (Year one/two/three) Mitigating Circumstances

    22. Simon Taylor (IS&C) - A CQSTL Seminar on Personal Tutoring 22 The End! We have attempted to cover What is a Personal Tutor? Support Facilities? Experiences How do we tutor effectively?

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