INSTRUCTOR :  FELIX PEREZ
Office Rm. 5100
Phone # (650) 378-7301x19380 or 738-4144 (messages)   e-mail: perezf@smccd.edu
COURSE OUTLINE
LEARNING SKILL 110 -  DIRECTED EXPERIENCE TUTORING (.5 - 3 CREDIT)

A. Nature of the course
	1. A one semester course designed for Community College students.
	2. Sixteen lecture hours or 48 lab hours equal 1.0 unit of credit.
	3. Prerequisites: Instructor recommendation in class(es) you plan to tutor or equivalent.

B. Aims and Objectives

1. General

To provide the student/tutors with the information, strategies, techniques and experience they need in order to assist others to learn.

2. Skills and abilities

The student will learn how to implement the Tutorial Process (Tutor Role, Tutoring Cycle, Patterns and Moves), how to increase his effectiveness in listening and communication, with a diverse student body and the student will learn the role of study skills in student success.

3. Attitudes and Appreciation:

The student will learn to appreciate the difference as well as the similarities in others. In addition, the student will learn to view course content and the learning process with equal importance.

C. Content and Organization

1. Tutor Role (Orientation to the study-partner concept).

2. Structuring the Tutorial Relationship

3. The Tutorial Process (Tutoring Cycle & Effective Communication)

4. Strategies in tutoring the non-traditional student

5. Study Skills

D. Texts, References, and Supplementary Aids

1. Text: "Becoming An Effective Tutor" by Linda Myers (optional/required)

2. Text: "The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective Tutoring" by Dr. Ross MacDonald (optional/required)

3. Materials from "California Tutor Project" by a consortium of 17 California Community Colleges, a state fund project (1990)

E. Required Assignments

1. Complete 2 Tutor/Tutee Evaluations

2. Complete the College Resources guide.

3. Complete the Socratic Method Lesson

4. Complete a study skills survey with your learner

5. Complete two learner/instructor communication packets

6. Complete two tutorial observations and a personal evaluation of your observed session (one will be an audio recording observation).

F. Basis for Student Evaluation
	1. Progress of study partner
	2. Workshop participation and lab attendance

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