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Personal Tutoring Personal Tutoring – Designing a Designing a Purposeful Purposeful System ystem

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Webinar Presenters

Clair Zawada

Host

Birmingham City University

Stephen Powell

Presenter Manchester Metropolitan University

Alicia Prowse

Presenter Manchester Metropolitan University

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Personal Tutoring – Designing a Purposeful System

Stephen Powell & Alicia Prowse University Teaching Academy Manchester Metropolitan University

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• Q. What is your

institution’s approach to Personal Tutoring - centrally mandated or locally determined?

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Soft Systems Methodology

Soft Systems Methodology (Peter Checkland, 2006)

• 1. Find out about

the problem situation

• 2. Root definition

(descriptions of purpose of systems)

• 3. Build activity

models for implementation

Real world Systems thinking

• 4. Use models for

structured debate

• 5. Identify feasible

and desirable changes

• 6. Devise actions

to improve problem situation

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Context

• Purpose of personal tutoring is unclear making it hard to ‘sell’ to tutors and students,

and to evaluate for impact.

• Personal tutoring is often seen as the ‘answer’ to a myriad of key higher education

challenges such as progression, employability, and differential attainment but to address these complex issues it is under resourced - ‘the answer’ to a question that is in fact ill defined!

• Personal tutoring is seen as a low status activity by academics that they feel ill equipped

to perform and that is under resourced.

• It is unclear how personal tutoring and auxiliary support services provide a cohesive

experience.

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A sample of 130 students said... 11% did not feel they needed or wanted a personal tutor; 18% felt the personal tutoring ‘system’ worked well; and 71% of students suggested improvement was required with half

• f these perceiving no or limited value in the PT system they experienced.

Context

However some also said...

• Meaningful interactions between students and their tutor can enable students to feel

supported, motivated and sometimes, inspired

• 3 facets of a fruitful relationship are: ‘the tutor cares about me’; ‘helps me improve my

work’; and ‘values me as a learner’ But... They can spot when the personal tutoring offer is insincere, this could be because staff are not committed to the role or because it is under resourced relative to its stated aims

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Prior to 2019

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• Q. Does your work focus on the activity of PT or designing a system for PT?

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RESOURCES The activity of PT The system of PT Programme Review cycle Annual Review process D e s i g n P r

• c

e s s Course

(Progress and attainment)

Community

Belonging, confidence and support

Career

(Planning and goal setting)

Coaching approach

EVALUATION EVALUATION Programme Management plan What is the PURPOSE of your PT system? What is the programme approach to PT? How is this evaluated? Training workshops : e.g. Coaching skills for tutors

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University framework for Personal Tutoring Define PURPOSE Intentionally design the PT system you want to meet that purpose (using 3 Cs) EVALUATE

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Purpose statement for personal tutoring was developed and refined by input from academics across the institution:

Facilitate students' personal development and academic progress, achievement, career readiness, aspirations and transitions into and out of university education over time, by encouraging the formation of purposeful relationships with clear boundaries, between students and academic staff, to help students to navigate their own pathways towards autonomy and success. What How Why

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The Grow Model

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