Tutoring Matters Webinar Series The NSF Aspire Alliance Inclusive Faculty Framework A skills-based approach to improving personal tutoring, teaching, and research mentoring Welcome! Today’s seminar starts at 2pm BST. Please MUTE your microphone. You can introduce yourself and ask questions in the Zoom chat window. Tutoring Matters is sponsored by Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Webinar Presenters Clair Zawada Host Birmingham City University April Dukes, Ph.D. Don Gillian-Daniel, Faculty and Future Faculty Ph.D. Program Director Aspire Co-Lead Pitt-CIRTL Co-Leader Director of Inclusive University of Pittsburgh Teaching Programming University of Wisconsin- Madison David Grey, Ph.D. Sean Bridgen, D.Ed. CEO UKAT NACADA Associate Director for Partnerships Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Why is Academic Advising important? 'Academic Advising is the only structured activity on the campus in ○ which all students have the opportunity for one-to-one interaction with a concerned representative of the institution ' (Habley, 1994). Because of this, advisors have an opportunity to connect deeply with ○ students in ways that are not necessarily possible in a classroom environment. It is incumbent upon all educators to ensure that we are equipped with ○ the tools that will help us to help all students succeed. As Kathy Engstrom and Vincent Tinto argue “ Access without support is ○ not opportunity ” (2008) “ Good advising may be the single most underestimated characteristic ○ of a successful college experience. ” – Richard Light Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
A Guide to Academic Advising for STEM Faculty https://www.aspirealliance.org/national-change/national- change-resources Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Why a Handbook? Lack of formal training for faculty advising / personal • tutoring Importance of this relationship in supporting student • success Evidence-based practices for faculty advising / personal • tutoring exist, but are not widely known by faculty Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Inside the Handbook Advising Purpose and NACADA Core Competencies • Advising / Tutoring Techniques • Reflective Exercises • Case Studies • Real Life Scenarios • Practice Prompts for In-person Conversations and Email • Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Ways to Use The Handbook Individual • Learning Communities • Facilitation • Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
ASPIRE Alliance STEM Guidance and the UK How is the ASPIRE Alliance guidance relevant if you Work in UK Higher Education? • Aren’t based in a STEM discipline? • Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
UKAT Professional Framework CONCEPTUAL INFORMATIONAL The ideas and theories that academic tutors The knowledge that advisors must possess to must understand, and is concerned with guide a student. Specifically, this is concerned with knowledge of C1 Core values of academic advising and I1 HE Provider mission, vision, values, and tutoring culture Theory relevant to academic advising Curriculum, degree programmes and C2 I2 and tutoring pathways, including options I3 Academic advising and tutoring HE Provider policies, procedures, rules, C3 approaches and strategies and regulations Expected outcomes of academic Legal guidelines and tutoring practice, C4 I4 advising and tutoring including privacy regulations and confidentiality How equitable and inclusive C5 environments are created and The characteristics, needs, and I5 maintained experiences of major and emerging student populations Campus and community resources that I6 support student success I7 Data and information technology applicable to tutoring https://www.ukat.uk/framework Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
UKAT Professional Framework RELATIONAL PROFESSIONAL The skills tutors need to use concepts and The commitment that advisors and tutors make convey information from the Conceptual and to the students they advise, their institutions, Informational components to their students. their professional practice, and the broader Specifically, advisors and tutors must be able to educational community. Advisors and tutors: R1 Build advising and tutoring relationships P1 Create and support environments that through empathetic listening and compassion consider the needs and perspectives of for students, and be accessible in ways that students, and respect individual learners challenge, support, nurture, and teach Appreciate students’ views and cultures, P2 R2 Communicate in an inclusive and respectful maintain a student-centred approach and manner mindset, and treat students with sensitivity and fairness Motivate, encourage, and support students to R3 recognize their potential, meet challenges, Commit to students, colleagues, and their P3 and respect individuality institutions through engagement in continuing professional development, scholarly enquiry, R4 Plan and conduct successful advising and and the evaluation of professional practices tutoring interactions Understand the implications of quality Promote student understanding of the logic R5 assurance and quality enhancement, and P4 and purpose of the curriculum engage in on-going evaluation and development of advising and tutoring practice Facilitate problem solving, decision-making, R6 meaning-making, planning, and goal setting Collaborate effectively with campus services R7 to provide support to students Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
UKAT Professional Recognition Evidences the competencies & skills advisors need to deliver effective approaches to student success Independent recognition against the Framework of effective practice in personal tutoring/academic advising Encourages reflective approach to the continual enhancement of practice Scaffolds progression over time in individual practice Three levels of recognition https://www.ukat.uk/recognition Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Contextualizing the ASPIRE Alliance Guidance Guidance applicable to all disciplines, not just STEM Created as training resource for new faculty advisors (personal tutors) Basic training on the fundamentals of personal tutoring, underpinning theory, practice, skills and competencies supported by skills audits and case study library Useful for professional development as adjunct to UKAT Framework Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Recognition Professional Development Opportunities Level CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] Flipped Tutoring [C2,C3,R1,P2] CPD Offering [C5,I5] CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] E-Portfolio in Tutoring [C3,I7,R6] CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] Tutoring Online [C3,I7,R4] CPD Offering [C1,C3, R1,P2] CPD Offering [C2,I4, I7,R4] ASPIRE Alliance Guidance Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
UKAT: Adapting the Guidance Adapting for UK and making freely available to sector as publication • Contextualized to UK higher education systems • Referenced against UKAT Framework and others Starting point for advisor professional development portfolio • Implemented as self-directed online training module • Interactive reflective exercises, skills audits, CPD planning and case studies • Integrated with Professional Recognition portfolio platform • Completing module provides evidence to use in RPA application Help us: https://bit.ly/aspire- Tutoring Matters Webinar Series uk
Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
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