1. Supplemental Instruction (SI) Jessica Enders & Tara McCarthy HSI Title V FLEX 2012

2. What is SI? What is an SI Leader? Faculty Involvement and Cooperation Hiring and Training Data Collection and Evaluation Fall 2012 Schedule How to Request an SI Leader Overview

3. Tell me and I forget… Show me and I remember… Involve me and I understand.

4. Developed by Dr. Deanna Martin in 1973 at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. SI is everywhere... An academic support program that targets historically difficult courses. A non-remedial approach to learning enrichment that increases student performance and retention. What is Supplemental Instruction (SI)?

5. SI offers review sessions to all students enrolled in a targeted course. SI study sessions are informal seminars in which students review notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools and prepare for exams. Students learn how to integrate course content with reasoning and study skills. Students with varying levels of academic preparedness and diverse ethnicities participate. There is no remedial stigma attached to SI since the program targets high-risk courses rather than high-risk students. What is Supplemental Instruction (SI)?

6. Peer-facilitated, regularly scheduled, out-of-class review sessions, that incorporate collaborative learning techniques and study skills related to a specific section. In Short...

7. SI Leaders are typically students themselves who have taken the class before and earned a high grade (A or B). Traditionally faculty recommend the leaders. SI Leaders attend class every day, model positive student behavior, take notes, and listen closely to the professor. SI Leaders also share with students how to effectively study for the course. SI Leaders are NOT teaching assistants. They do not grade homework or tests, or lecture during class. What is an SI Leader?

8. Handout and FAQ’s Faculty Involvement and Cooperation

9. Students – Typically students earn higher subject grades while they learn effective study strategies. – SI is an efficient use of study time. – SI provides an opportunity for students to develop relationships to other students and staff, an important factor in retention. SI Leaders – Gain leadership and communication skills – Understand content more thoroughly – Build faculty & student relationships/mentoring – On-campus job The Benefits of SI

10. Faculty – An SI Leader models positive student behavior in class. – Better prepared students. – Students using study time efficiently. – Higher retention and less D, W, and F grades. – Opportunity to mentor a student (SI Leader). The Benefits of SI

11. Hiring: – Faculty Referral Form Faculty Referral Form – Online Application Online Application – Faculty Recommendation Faculty Recommendation – Interview and Training – On-going Observation Two-day Training: – Collaborative Learning Techniques – Strategies for Facilitating Group Discussion and Redirecting Questions – SI Planning Sheets SI Planning Sheets – Bloom’s Taxonomy and Learning Styles SI Hiring/Training

12. Attendance Sheets Final Grades Student Evaluation (Beginning, Mid and Final) Faculty Evaluation SI Leader Observations *Thank you to Michael Harlow for designing all the electronic forms! Data Collection

13. 1)Retention- To increase retention within targeted historically difficult courses a.Measure: D, W, F rates of SI and non-SI students 2)Learning- To improve student grades in targeted historically difficult courses a.Measure: Mean final course grades of SI and non-SI students within the same section. In addition: Number of students served by SI Program (number of students attending SI sessions) Students satisfaction with SI Program Evaluation of SI Program

14. Basic Skills – 3 English/Reading – 5 Math Transfer-Level (funded by the Cooperative Title V HSI Grant) – 2 English – 2 Math Fall 2012

15. Requesting an SI Leader

16. For additional information, please contact: Tara McCarthy HSI Title V SI/Tutorial Coordinator 760-776-7333 tmccarthy@collegeofthedesert.edu