Study Table Supervisor Orientation

Duties  Facilitates learning  Maintains control of environment  Tutors familiar subject areas  Acts as model student  Makes referrals  Communicates with coordinator  Supervises technology use  Does other duties as assigned

Study Table Supervisors are  Peer facilitators  Models of critical thinking  Demonstrators of organization  Team players  Tutors  Multi-Taskers

Inside Study Table  Maintain Informality  Take charge of Sign-in/Sign-out  Keep climate academic-oriented  Demonstrate study skills  Check in with students  Supervise technology use  Communicate with Coordinator

Let’s cover…  Study Table – SAC 1010 – HMB  Handling DPS  Guidelines for Study Table  Athletes’ Guidelines  Study Table Participant Questionnaire  Sign-in/Sign-out Sheets  Time card procedures  Evaluations

Situations: What to do 1. When one person consistently asks for help. 2. When students are having side conversations.

…more situations 3. When technology fails. 4. When students ask to work together. 5. When students are not using their computers for academic-related purposes.

…and more situations 6. Students arrive late or leave early. 7. If a student becomes confrontational and suggests the sessions are a waste of time.

Helping students  “Does anyone in this group know the answer to that question?”  “What are we trying to find out?”  “How did you do that?”  “Can you be more specific?”

Helping students Helping students  “Give me an example of that.”  “How is that related to?”  “Can you summarize the discussion up to this point?”

Q and A  (the floor is yours)  …..