STUDENT
TUTORIAL & MOODLE PLP
HANDBOOK
2012/13
A GUIDE TO SUPPORT YOUR COURSE PROGRESS
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CONTENT
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Tutorial Planning 2012 - 13
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Tutorial Calendar 2012 – 13
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PLP’s
- Course information
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- Student information
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- Target Setting
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- Progress Reviews
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- Self-Assessment Webs
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- End of Term Reports
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Tutorial Planning 2012-13
The tutorial programme for this year is structured around 33 one hour sessions to cover the
group and one to one tutorial process. The group/individual tutorial is timetabled as an hour
slot per week for 33 weeks. If you are on a Level 1 or 2 programmes the Group tutorial will
be used for individual tutorials and to allow your group to be updating and working on their
Individual Learning Plans. In addition a number of the sessions will be used to pick up on the
themes of the College Respect Campaign.
If you are on a Level 3 programme then the session will be used for 1:1 tutorials only and
you will be given a dates and times for these. The College Respect Campaign themes will be
picked up in your assignment support sessions.
You will receive a minimum of one 20min tutorial per term but will be able to have more if
needed or requested. A tutorial timetable will agreed between you and your tutor so that
you are clear of the dates and times these will be happening during the year.
Group tutorial sessions
These group sessions provide you, the learner with a range of activities that support the
themes of:
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Being healthy
Staying safe
Enjoying and achieving
Achieving economic well being
There will 3 compulsory sessions (one per term) that coincide with the College respect
campaign:
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Faith and race
No smoking
Health and well being
Additional sessions may be put on that cover Personal Finance, Sexual Health and Drug
Awareness. Support from Learner Services is available with these.
Tutorial planner
The tutorial planner shows the pattern of activity for the year. The first 2 weeks of the
programme are for ‘getting to know’ activities in the group sessions. This will include
completion of the ILP by you and your Tutor. Targets will be set with you and monitored on
a frequent basis. The dates for the cross college respect themes each term are also shown.
Progression week
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For those of you that want to progress onto another course at the College or are looking to
go on to Higher education there are two important weeks built into the tutorial calendar:
Autumn term HE progression and careers week – This is where the UCAS application
process is started and guidance is given as to the range of options available to you.
Spring term HE/FE progression careers week- In this week all students wishing to complete
another course the following year at the College will complete an application form which
will need to be submitted by the end of the spring term.
During both of these weeks the Careers and progression staff from Learner services will be
providing a range of activities and information to help you with your choices. This will
include the opportunity to develop your CV and have a mock interview.
Year 2 students
For second year students a number of group sessions will be built in to the years that
support you with the next stages of your career.
These sessions may include:
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UCAS & personal Statements
College HE progression sessions
Talks by HE students
Industry professionals – master classes
Study Skills, referencing, online resources etc – By Library.
Assignment & Assessment catch up.
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Personal Learning Plan (PLP)
You can find the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) page by entering your course page and clicking
on the PLP icon in the TOP RIGHTHAND SIDE on the page. Your personal details and PLP
should be then shown.
1) STUDENT COURSES DETAILS SECTION ( As below)
The information you will find in this section includes:
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Personal Data ie Student number, email, mobile and Next of Kin information.
Academic data ie Entry Qauls, Initial Assessments, Course info ( for every course you
are entered on)
THIS SECTION IS AUTOMATICLY UPDATED AT THE BEGINING OF EVERY YEAR, WITH
ATTENDANCE DATA UPDATED WEEKLY.
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2) STUDENT INFORMATION
This section is completed by the student (independently) during the induction week if
possible but certainly by the end of the 3rd week.
It is strongly encouraged that you as students are as honest as possible as this will help give
your Course tutor/staff member an idea of what motivates you to study and any additional
help you may need to do this.
If you are unsure of your future plans you may want to set a target to have a one to one
with Learner Services for some career advice.
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3) TARGET SETTING
This section is completed by both students & staff throughout the year. It is envisaged that
this section is completed together with your tutor having agreed the targets to be set. Your
Course Tutor should set targets at least 3 times per year, following your progress reviews
(one to one tutorials).
Target must be SMART:
Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, Time bound
Good example:
“To improve on your spelling in your next written assignment. Use a spell Check or
dictionary to help. Let us target no more than 7 spelling mistakes in your next
assignment due in April 11th 2011.”
Bad Example:
“Please sort out your spelling and it was poor in this last assignment. I expect no
mistakes next time.”
It will be necessary to also update targets with matters relating to PSD/Employability that
have been highlighted by the self-assessment webs (see section 5). In addition any not
academic matters may also need to be addressed with targets, these may include,
attendance & lateness, behaviour and any disciplinary matters.
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4) PROGRESS REVIEWS
This section is completed by your course tutor throughout the year. It is envisaged that
this section is completed together (If possible) with targets being agreed following your
discussions.
Each course you are undertaking that year must be reviewed at least 4 times. 3 times in
one to one tutorials and one time during Achievement Week (Week 33)
The course tutor should ensure other tutors have updated the progress reviews prior to
each of the one to ones with you, so that they have a full picture of your progress on
every course.
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5) Personal Self Development (PSD) & EMPLOYABILITY SELF-ASSESSMENT WEBS
This section is completed by YOU at least 4 times throughout the year. First one during
induction week and the remainder just before each one to one.
You should reads each of the statements and then selects a response to how you view your
own level of development for each one. After you have completed the statements you
submit the answers and a chart appears ( as below) mapping their scores.
The first things you as a student should see is where you have strenghts and areas for
improvement. You may then want to set targets to help improve any of the areas that you
have highlighted needs work.
It must be remembered this tool is to help RAISE AWARENESS of your behaviours by your
own self reflection and for you to be encouraged to consider improving in some areas and
receiving praise on others. It is NOT a tool to be use to encourage detailed and personal
discussions on matters of a sensitive nature.
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6) END OF TERM REPORTS
These are completed by tutors during review weeks. A simple progress grade should be
entered.
Scores being:
1 – Excellent
2 – Good
3 – Satisfactory
4 – Area of concern.
There is also a section for comments, covering all academic and PSD matters.
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