Opening SessionTutor Conference

March 11, 20139:00 am – 10:15 am

Agenda• Welcome!• Introductions• Conference Day Overview• Objectives• Spotlight on Tutoring• Enhancement of Tutoring Skills• Supporting Your Program• PAACE

CONFERENCE DAY OVERVIEW

People don’t care what we know until they know that we care.

-Anonymous

OBJECTIVES

Objectives

• Explain the role of a volunteer instructor• State at least three responsibilities of volunteer

instructors• Explain the five levels of Guskey’s evaluation of

professional development• Identify the five steps of tutoring• Develop an initial plan for implementing the five

steps of tutoring

SPOTLIGHT ON TUTORING

Your Role as a Tutor"As a volunteer instructor, I will continually strive to identify and meet the needs of the learner(s) I tutor

Handout

Your Role as a Tutor"As a volunteer instructor, I will continually strive to identify and meet the needs of the learner(s) I tutor by learning about and applying new techniques during my instruction.

Your Role as a Tutor"As a volunteer instructor, I will continually strive to identify and meet the needs of the learner(s) I tutor by learning about and applying new techniques during my instruction. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the tutoring sessions, I will document the instructional strategies I apply and how the learner is affected.

Your Role as a Tutor"As a volunteer instructor, I will continually strive to identify and meet the needs of the learner(s) I tutor by learning about and applying new techniques during my instruction. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the tutoring sessions, I will document the instructional strategies I apply and how the learner is affected. Whenever possible, I will share my tutoring experiences with my peers so we can all learn and grow together."

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …• Often helping those with greatest

barriers

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …• Often helping those with greatest

barriers• Positively impacting others

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …• Often helping those with greatest

barriers• Positively impacting others• Filling a gap

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …• Often helping those with greatest

barriers• Positively impacting others• Filling a gap• Changing lives

Spotlighting the Tutoring ProcessBy …• Identifying learner needs• Providing most appropriate instruction• Determining progress• Documenting process• Sharing experience

You are …• Often helping those with greatest

barriers• Positively impacting others• Filling a gap• Changing lives• Making a difference

ENHANCEMENT OF TUTORING SKILLS

Enhancing the Tutoring Process: How do You…

• Identify learner needs?Handout

Enhancing the Tutoring Process: How do You…

• Identify learner needs?• Provide the most appropriate

instruction?

Enhancing the Tutoring Process: How do You…

• Identify learner needs?• Provide the most appropriate

instruction?• Determine progress?

Enhancing the Tutoring Process: How do You…

• Identify learner needs?• Provide the most appropriate

instruction?• Determine progress?• Document process?

Enhancing the Tutoring Process: How do You…

• Identify learner needs?• Provide the most appropriate

instruction?• Determine progress?• Document process?• Share your experience?

SUPPORTING YOUR PROGRAM

Guskey OverviewFive Levels of Professional Development Evaluation (adapted from Guskey, 2002)

Level 5:

Student

Outcomes

Assessing student learning

Level 4: Participants’ use of new knowledge and skills

Assessing degree and quality of implementation

Level 3: Organization support and change

Assessing organizational advocacy, support, accommodation, facilitation,

recognitionLevel 2: Participants Learning

Assessing new knowledge and skills

Level 1: Participants ReactionAssessing initial satisfaction with experience

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom,

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process,

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content –specific instructional practice

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content –specific instructional practice and consists of teachers analyzing students’ learning

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content –specific instructional practice and consists of teachers analyzing students’ learning in order to find solutions to immediate problems of practice.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content –specific instructional practice and consists of teachers analyzing students’ learning in order to find solutions to immediate problems of practice. Agency JEPD should be aligned with students’ goals and desired NRS outcomes.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content –specific instructional practice and consists of teachers analyzing students’ learning in order to find solutions to immediate problems of practice. Agency JEPD should be aligned with students’ goals and desired NRS outcomes. It should support the agency’s program improvement goals.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

PDS

Job-Embedded Professional Development

• Professional Development in Pennsylvania focuses on job-embedded practices. Supporting job-embedded professional development (JEPD) means understanding that this type of learning takes place in the classroom, is an ongoing process, and is directly related to the needs of local students. It is designed to enhance teacher’s content-specific instructional practice and consists of teachers analyzing students’ learning in order to find solutions to immediate problems of practice. Agency JEPD should be aligned with students’ goals and desired NRS outcomes. It should support the agency’s program improvement goals. Quality organization support of agency JEPD creates a learning environment for practitioners which is learner-centered, knowledge-centered, community-centered, and assessment-centered.

(Based on the work done by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.)

Documenting Process• Online report form

Resources• TLC’s website, www.tlcliteracy.org • PAACE’s website, www.paacesite.org • Lori Como, lcomo@gplc.org • Kim Rossman, kim@tlcliteracy.org