Welcome and Congratulations! Tutoring: An Honorable Service Achievement: Recognized and Recommended by your Instructors Opportunity: You will learn and grow by helping others Future: Excellent reference for the future (education and work goals) Fun: Time with friends, activities, snacks!
Forms and Guidelines Tutor Contract – complete and sign Tutor Guidelines – review together Organization – when, where, and how to complete documentation
Which is Harder? Recruiting Tutors -or- Getting Student Clients Why?
Re-Framing Tutoring Campaign to recruit student clients Encourage friends Not just for problems (Pro-active steps to success) In college, the top-performing students go to study groups and review with teaching assistants
New This Year *2012* Tutor Teams Study Groups Prizes, Incentives, Snacks Activities (e.g. Pizza Party?) Why? Peer Tutoring is a free service offered by the Academy that helps everyone – tutors get service hours and students get study help!
Tips – Suggestions from Current Tutors…
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How TO approach Tutoring More like this… How TO approach Tutoring *http://waldron.stanford.edu
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Possible problems or issues?
Tutor Training Training Videos… http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A2KLqIKE5ipP3yUAiDH7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBncGdyMzQ0BHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEdnRpZAM-?p=tutor+training+nc+state&ei=utf-8&n=21&tnr=20
Learning Styles
Seven Learning Styles Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music. Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing. Physical (kinesthetic): You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch. Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems. Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups or with other people. Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone and use self-study.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” -Chinese Proverb