Staff need(s) the workshop will address
- How can I be more effective in my role as a Personal Academic Tutor?
- Individual meetings with students is an important element of my role as a PAT, but we never have much time. How can I make the most of the time?
- How can I improve my skills of getting to the heart of the issues students bring to me as their PAT?
- How can I make sure that my response is really appropriate to their concerns and needs? Students need to take some personal responsibility for addressing blocks and challenges within their study at university.
- How can I quickly engage students in responding actively to issues?
Audience: Personal Academic Tutors but also all student-facing staff who have a troubleshooting role with students.
Length of Session: 3hrs
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How the Workshop will contribute to Learning Practice
Through this workshop you will:
Take part in an informal interactive session exploring where your skills are at as a personal tutor.
By using role play we will explore how to use a coaching conversation with real life student case studies to help engage the student and get them moving forward.
By the end of the workshop you should feel more confident in your ability to act as a personal tutor.
How the Workshop will develop specific skills aligned with UKPSF
Specific skills
A4
The workshop will help you to have a more focused personal tutoring conversation with better outcomes.
Using a coaching approach will allow you to be time efficient and help the student to feel well supported and guided. Both parties will leave the meeting with a clear action plan.
Core Knowledge
K3
This workshop will develop your understanding of why a coaching approach is helpful in personal tutoring.
Professional Values
V1
The workshop will explore the importance of intuitive and active listening in tutoring and help you to have a more inclusive conversation with a clear purpose to move the student forward.
V2
The workshop will focus on engaging students quickly and actively in responses addressing concerns about their achievement and progress.
How the Workshop supports Fellowship D1, D2 & D3
D1 – Associate Fellow of the HEA
Staff with at least 1 year teaching/support experience. Typically these are staff who do some teaching/student support but not as the main element of their role, such as:
- Career researchers with some teaching responsibilities
- Learning support, demonstrators or technicians with some teaching responsibilities
- Staff experienced in professional areas but with a limited teaching role
D2 – Fellow of the HEA
Staff for whom teaching or learning support is a significant element of their role such as staff with experience as
- Academic or Support staff holding substantive teaching & learning responsibilities.
- Experienced professionals with substantive teaching & learning responsibilities including for example within workplace settings.
D3 – Senior Fellow of the HEA
Experienced HE teaching staff able to demonstrate sustained impact & influence on the L&T practice of others over a number of years, through
- Leading, managing, organising programmes
- Mentoring other staff
- Departmental, School or other University responsibilities