CRLA Revised Level II
Summary, Greenfield
Community College,
Mary Ellen Kelly, 10/30/12
Yellow and Blue Highlights
Tutor Training Day, 1/17/12
(9 a.m.-3 p.m.)
Definition of tutoring
and tutor
responsibilities
Tutor
Training
Day,
1/17/12;
6 Hours
Lecture,
Role plays,
Workshops
Basic tutoring
guidelines
Tutor Training Day Agenda
S12_GCC in "Administrative"
folder
Setting goals and/or
Planning
Study Skills
Role modeling
Tutor Survival
Manual_GCC_11_12 in
"Administrative" folder
Group participation
(See Tutor Training
Day agenda. Tutors
brainstormed their
successful study
skills and
collectively created
handouts.)
Role play activities
in pairs or trios.
(See role plays.)
Role_Play_Math;
Role_Play_MathCourseInfo;
Role_Play_Reading;
Role_Play_Writing;
Role_Play_Computer
in "Role Plays" folder
Techniques for
successfully beginning
& ending a tutor session
Small and large
group participation
& discussion
Open and Close Tutoring Sessions
handout in "Training Documents"
folder
Active listening and
paraphrasing
Pairs & group
participation &
discussion
Lecture with Tutor
Survival Manual
Listening Activity in " Training
Documents" folder
Individual and small group
Compliance with the
orientation for new peer
ethics & philosophy of
tutors for Spring 12 semester the Tutor Program
Weekly Group Supervision
Meetings are required for
Peer Math Tutors (who tutor
math, science, business, and
technology) and Peer
Writing Tutors (who tutor
all writing, study skills,
world languages,
humanities, and social
sciences). All tutors tutor
Moodle usage. Supervision
sessions are small group
meetings (~7-15 peer
tutors), specifically Peer
Math Tutors (PMT) or Peer
Writing Tutors (PWT).
While general tutor topics
1 Hour
Weekly
Tutor Survival
Manual_GCC_11_12 in
"Administrative" folder
are covered in all meetings,
topics specific to MPT and
WPT are covered in
appropriate meetings.
Only meetings pertaining to
training topics of CRLA are
listed.
For each level of tutor
certification, the topics for
that level are highlighted.
First Weekly Semester
Meeting of PMT & PWT.
MPT & WPT: Tutoring
Dos and Don’ts
Week of
1/30-2/3/12
1 Hour
Referral Skills
Fourth Weekly Semester
Meeting of PMT and PWT
PMT & PWT:
International Students
Week of
2/202/24/2012
1 Hour
Lecture, discussion,
& handout
Review and
discussion of GCC
Mathematics Course
Flow Chart; Review
and discussion of
content and skills
covered in
developmental math
and English courses
Discussion of
international student
advising,
international
students in
PTP Dos and Don'ts handout in
"Training Documents" folder
Fifth Weekly Semester
Meeting
PWT: Plagiarism
Week of
2/273/2/2012
PMT & PWT: Learning
Styles
Sixth Weekly Semester
PMT: Modeling
1 Hour
developmental
courses, strong
motivation of
international
students seeking
tutoring
PWT: Review of
GCC/PTP handouts
on MLA and APA
documentation
PMT & PWT:
Instruction and
discussion of the
PTP scheduling
policy and the range
of time (session of 1
– 2 hours at a time)
possible when
tutoring a student,
and how to assess
the student's learning
needs. Instruction
and discussion of
how to involve the
student in this
assessment.
Week of
PMT: Solving linear
MLA_GCC and APA_GCC
handouts in "Training
Documents" folder
Meeting
Problem Solving
3/53/9/2012
1 Hour
PWT: Critical thinking
skills
Seventh Weekly Semester
Meeting
MPT & WPT: Special
Needs Students
systems, lecture and
discussion
PWT: Discussion of
what forms of
writing best suit
what types of topics,
subjects, and
courses. The
difference between
writing for business,
nursing, and
humanities. How to
apply what one
learns in one writing
course to a very
different writing and
research assignment
Week of
3/193/23/2012
1 Hour
Discussion of
student panel on
Autism and
Asperger's
Syndrome.
Discussion of
tutoring students on
the autism spectrum.
Tutors who had
attended the panel
Report by Crosby & Lipshires
in"Training Documents" folder
shared handouts that
were distributed.
Eighth Weekly Semester
Meeting
WPT: Assessing or
Changing Study
Behaviors
Week of
3/263/30/2012
1 Hour
MPT & WPT: The role
of student + peer tutor
Ninth Weekly Semester
Meeting
MPT & WPT: Special
Needs Students
Week of
4/24/6/2012
1 Hour
WPT: Instruction
and discussion of
tutoring students
who are taking fully
online or hybrid
courses; discussion
of good study skills
for this course
format.
MPT & WPT: Large
group and paired
discussion of the
sometimes
conflicting role of
being both a student
and a peer tutor on
campus. Discussion
of how to balance
the dual roles.
Discussion of what
is provided to
students with
disabilities through
the office of
Disability Services
(ADA required
assistance) and what
peer tutoring
provides. General
discussion and case
study of one student
asking tutors to read
the textbook to her
during the entire
tutor session. Cocoordinators
followed-up with
Disability Services
Coordinator and
reported back to
tutors with clarifying
information
regarding the role of
each support service.
MPT & WPT: Tutoring
in specific Skills, and/or
Subject Areas
Tutors sharing the
ways in which they
study and take notes
(color-coded and
divided into sections
for in-class lecture,
textbook, and self
study notes) for
anatomy and
physiology courses,
and what tutoring
strategies have
helped students.
MPT & WPT:
Identifying and Using
Resources
WPT: Review and
practice with OWL,
Online Writing Lab,
Purdue. (See Self
Training: OWL.)
MPT: Review of
math journals (See
Self Training: Math
Article.)
Tenth Weekly Semester
Meeting
WPT & MPT: How to
Tutor/Deal with Target
Populations
Week of
4/94/13/2012
1 Hour
WPT & MPT:
Target populations
discussed were
international
students (writing
challenges and
reading challenges
for math problems),
students
disinterested in their
course assignments,
and students with
hearing
impairments. Tutors
discussed tutoring
the latter with the
assistance of
computers and
interpreters.
MPT & WPT: The
Role of Learning
Centers in Higher
Education
MPT & WPT:
Tutors who attended
the NEPTA (New
England Peer Tutor
Association)
conference shared
handouts from
various workshops
and discussed the
different Learning
Centers they heard
about at workshops
and planned
luncheon
discussions.
Group Discussion:
Peer Associate
Degree Tutors now
attending 4-year
colleges compared
the role of the
learning centers in
their current
institutions with the
role of learning
centers in
community colleges.
Group Discussion:
Co-coordinators
gave overview of
LAANE (Learning
Assistance
Association of New
England), for which
Norman Beebe is a
board member.
Several Learning
Center models were
discussed.
Note: The annual
LAANE conference
will be held at
Greenfield
Community College
on October 26, 2012.
GCC peer tutors will
be involved in this
Eleventh Weekly Semester
Meeting
MPT & WPT: Group
Management Skills
(Group Interaction and
Group Dynamics)
Week of
4/164/20/2012
1 Hour
Twelfth Weekly Semester
Meeting
MPT & WPT: Selfregulated Learning
Week of
4/23-
1 hour
conference.
Discussion of inclass tutoring. Peer
tutors who have
been in-class tutors
for the semester
discussed the ways
in which they
support students
during class time by
moving among small
groups, asking
probing questions,
and clarifying
assignments. Peer
tutors discussed and
problem solved what
to do when students
from these classes
present challenging
group dynamics
among themselves
and among
themselves, the
tutors, and the
instructors.
MPT & WPT:
Discussion of the
and/or Brain Learning,
and/or Memory
4/27/2012
diverse approaches
to studying, writing,
memory, and
problem solving
students presented
throughout the
semester, and how
TUTOR
these approaches
and strategies may
SURVIVAL
differ dramatically
MANUAL
from the tutors' own
styles. Discussion
of what tutors gain
Math/Science/Business
and Writing/Language Tutors
byFor
witnessing
this
variety and how to
listen to the students'
2011 - 2012
successful
approaches before
offering alternative
strategies as needed.
Tutors were able to
see this variety
through their longterm standing tutor
appointments. They
discussed the
successes and
ongoing challenges
of the students they
had tutored
throughout the
semester.
(See Ninth Weekly Semester MPT & WPT: Showing
Meeting.)
students how to develop
complex and complete
notes that combine
information from texts
and class lectures
Total Tutor Training Hours
for the Semester
Week of
4/24/6/2012
1 hour
Total
Hours:
18
Tutors sharing the
ways in which they
study and take notes
(color-coded and
divided into sections
for in-class lecture,
textbook, and self
study notes) for
A&P science
courses, and what
tutoring strategies
have helped
students.