Subject Area Tutoring Programs Study Smarter!

Tutors,

We have officially finished our first week of tutoring (5-day business week, that is). Things seem to be going well. The Learning Co-op has been bustling with the sounds of tutoring appointments. I’ve met with a few of you to go over TutorTrac and PeopleSoft, and I think that’s helped. If there are any more of you out there who are still confused with these two systems, please, come in and see me!

As we move through the semester, please let me know if you get either too many or two few requests. We can alter your available courses, or give out your contact information more or less often. For Co-op based appointments, remember, if you need to remove an availability, the earlier you let me know, the better it is for everyone. More than two weeks notice is ideal, at least a week is good, but anything less than 24 hours, excluding pretty severe emergencies, are completely unacceptable.

If you need to cancel an appointment:
a. Email Keith. Make clear whether or not you can follow up directly with the student to reschedule.
b. If it’s within 24 hours, please call/email the front desk [656-4075/learnco@uvm.edu].
c. Follow up with the student, and attempt to reschedule.

We’re looking for tutors for the courses listed below. Let me know if you can work with one of them. Feel free to refer friends/teammates/housemates/acquaintances/classmates/co-workers. We don’t like to leave students waiting for tutors, and your friends are probably smarter than you give them credit for. Seriously.

Requests: CSD 101, LING 081, NURS 120, PRNU 121, PRNU 128, PRNU 129, STAT 200, SOC 001, BIOC 212, CS 020, EC 170, EC 171, BSAD 155, ASCI 171, MATH 017, BCOR 102, CDAE 002, LING 165, BIOL 003, PHIL 013, ME 111, ME 143, PHYS 051, EE 003, EE 131, MATH 237, CS 008

Finally, this weekend is our first payroll submission deadline. Make sure all of your PeopleSoft submissions and TutorTrac records are up-to-date and accurate before Sunday at midnight.

Thanks,
Keith

Tutors,

This is the first of my regular emails to you all. I will try to keep them infrequent, and brief, but this is the best way to communicate with all of you at the same time, so please DO read the emails I send out.

Firstly, I have attached an up-to-date schedule for Co-op appointment availability. If you have hours in the Co-op, check the schedule, and make sure it’s accurate. If there are issues, you need to let me know as soon as possible.

Next, tutoring starts on Monday. Some of you may have already gotten emails, or appointments made for your Co-op hours. Remember, each session needs to be recorded in TutorTrac. You can’t be paid for time unless there is a session in TutorTrac; if you have any questions, let me know. Here are some things to keep in mind:
-Know your resources. The professor is the best resource for a student. You should always encourage a student to visit office hours. Also, keep in mind                 Learning Skills tutors, writing tutors, TAs, departmental help sessions, SI sessions, and the like, whenever applicable.
-Professional tutoring does NOT include: complaining about professors, other tutors, or Learning Co-op staff; texting or talking on your phone; arriving late             to or leaving early from a session, unless previously negotiated; working on graded assignments (unless arranged with an instructor).
-One individual appointment per week, per subject. No exceptions to this policy, but group sessions are unlimited.
If the expectations for you as a tutor are at all unclear to you, please come in and talk to me.

The next payroll submission deadline (all PeopleSoft and TutorTrac records) is Sunday, September 15 at midnight. Any time that doesn’t match between systems, or not submitted by then, will not be approved. Your pay will be delayed until the next pay period. Be sure to clear up any confusion by then (or earlier, of course).

Finally, here are some course requests which we currently cannot accommodate. If you, or perhaps someone you know, can work with one or more of these courses, let me know. As of right now, these are the courses we are trying to cover:
BIOL 217, STAT 200, CS 008, CS 021, SPAN 052

Many thanks,
Keith