CRLA presentation

MEGAN PENYACKMARTINE L. FRANÇOIS

SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY

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WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE YOU?

Megan Penyack, Coordinator of Academic Services

Martine L. François, Science Tutoring Center Coordinator, TRIO Science Coordinator

A bit about you…

SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY @ A GLANCE

Type: Public 4-year and higher Enrollment: 7,700 undergraduate enrollment (IPEDS,

fall 2012)76% Full-time; 24% Part-time61% Female; 39% Male70% White; 10% Hispanic/Latino; 8% Black or African American; 3% Asian; 2% Two or more races; 3% unknown; 4% Non-resident alien

Residence: 95% In-State; 4% Out-of-State; 1% Other countries

Graduation Rate: 45% overall (150% time) Income: ~40% of fulltime freshmen are Pell Grant-

Eligible First-Generation: ~35% of undergraduate students International Status: ~500 students

OVERVIEW OF TUTORING PROGRAM

Approximately 75 tutors for Nursing, Science, Foreign Language, and other subject-area courses

Tutors are primarily undergraduates Training takes place each semester; working on

application for CRLA Level 1 certification One-on-one and small group peer tutoring Takes place any day of the week including

evenings and weekends, primarily in Library Appointment-based tutoring through TutorTrac;

students make their own appointments Walk-in hours now available through Science

Tutoring Center

CONNECT

WHY A SCIENCE TUTORING CENTER?

Salem State currently has the following support centers in place:

Writing Center Math Lab Foreign Language Lab Accounting Lab

BARRIERS No Space No Money But everyone is in

agreement that this is a good idea.

THE GRANTThe Strategic Plan Grants Program

provides support to new, creative ideas for Salem State University programs. These ideas are expected to advance the strategic goals of the university.

(Copies of the my grant)***  

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COLLABORATION Use existing infrastructure

Tutors: Categorized tutors by subjects they tutored. Any tutors for Chemistry, Biology, or Physics courses are considered “Science Peer Tutors”

Created “Science Tutoring Center” Subcenter in TutorTrac

Advertise Science Tutoring Center in Peer Tutoring marketing materials and emphasize the walk-in hours

Space Use existing unclaimed space

Collaborate with faculty Many faculty promote Science Tutoring Center in

their courses as an option

WALK-INS/APPOINTMENTS

STC

USE OF GRANT MONEY

Actual budget sheet used? Or explanation or both?

FUTURE OF STC

Submitting new grant…Assessment plans?

ASSESSMENT Use reporting mechanisms in TutorTrac to

assess usage (which courses/sections; how many unique students are using the service)

Surveys through Survey Monkey Focus Groups Training Evaluation (connect responses from

students to tutor training—are the tutors implementing what we are teaching them in training sessions?)

INSPIRE

WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS?

…

THANK

YOU!

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTSFEEL FREE TO CONTACT US:

MEGAN PENYACK ([email protected]

U)MARTINE L. FRANÇOIS

([email protected])