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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