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Proposal Abstract (60 words or fewer)

Our roundtable will showcase the development and implementation of Supplemental Instruction program at Georgia College.  We will highlight the collaboration among faculty members, the Learning Center Director, and the Georgia College STEM Grant administrators established to select, train and mentor the advanced undergraduate Supplemental Instructors. 

Proposal Description –( Include session objectives, audience participation)

After a brief introduction to the SI program at Georgia College, members of a Supplemental Instruction Teaching Circle will facilitate a discussion with conference participants on the benefits and challenges of such a program from the perspective of the SI’s, faculty (what do we call the faculty who have SI’s in their classes?) and students enrolled in the STEM course.  We hope to establish a connection with other campuses who have a Supplemental Instructor program or who are interested in building one. 

MSWIPE System

September 10, 2012: UPDATED

Online sign-in for supplemental instructors:

We are trying very hard to “double” track your time, your focused tutoring sessions, the number of students we are successfully serving, and those students’ success rate in the class. In order to do this, please utilize both formats of accountability: the online system AND the hard copy paper sign-in. Hopefully we will only need this dual system for fall semester.

For the online system, please go to:

mswipe.gcsu.edu or try:http://mswipe.gcsu.edu/stracks/admin

user name: supplinstruction

password: supp13m1n (the password is new/slightly different)

If you use their bobcat ID # and it doesn’t recognize the student, use first and last name and see if that populates their classes. Choose the class, log in per student, and choose the correct (YOU) as the Supplemental Instructor (SI).

When the tutoring session is concluded, you can easily see the active users and clock all of them out.

Please do not forget to clock them out as after 24 hours, the system will boot them all out. Also, never falsify information in this system please!

I know a hard copy is a pain, however, it will serve several purposes! Please have the form out and ready for the students sign-in; it would be wonderful if they could make it legible. You will have your professor initial the upper corner of that at the end of every week. That gives them a good look at the number of students attending, and specifically who is attending.

November 13: Minutes for STEM SI Teaching Circle

The meeting started at 12:03 PM.
 Catrena will add to the minutes.


All circle members were in attendance.
Catrena ordered lunch from Quiznos and delivered it!!

MSWIPE
Jeanne discussed the MSWIPE System (mswipe.gcsu.edu) used to check students in for tutoring.
Mike asked if we made SI mandatory. In general, the response was no.

CULTURE OF SI
Students lied to Lisa about going to SI.
The culture of SI will have to build/shift for students to see the benefits of SI

SI Load in STEM:
SIs sometimes need more than 2 hours of prep. especially to evaluate the problem-solving.
Some SIs use office hours.

STEM-SOTL (GaSouthern) - March 8 (deadline: Dec. 18): http://stem.georgiasouthern.edu
A discussion around types of presentations ensued.
-Institutional transformation roundtable: What is the SI Program at GC (Huffman)
-The Academic Program (more data-driven): What are we doing, what are we looking at (20 minute) - what the data tells us about about the SI program; Creating an assessment program for SI (Gleason)

Mike G. had to leave for class but the meeting continued


USG Teaching & Learning Conference - April 4/5 (deadline: Jan 4)
A blend/hybrid presentation (45 minutes)
Very costly program: $135 registration. Catrena going to New Orleans for ACS and cannot present.

Data for principles 1211 and 1212: ACS pre/post-test; we can take that data and SI attendance
Longitudinal study: Chance of  students who have persisted to a degree might be a good measure

RESOURCES FOR STEM MANUAL
Laurie asked if we had to recreate the wheel; that is, why not capitalize on current resources.
Catrena said that there were some materials that were for purchase. She would look into it.

Everyone registered  online for the STEM-SOTL.

The circle adjourned at 1:20 PM.

Nov circle session: Tuesday, November 13 at noon?

Colleagues:
Circle time for November is in the lean+ portion of the scale for Tuesday, noon for lunch.

We are awaiting word from Mike G but so far all can meet for lunch at noon on Tuesday, Nov 13.
Circle funds can support lunch, so keep your receipts.

Let's get an agenda going.
Please send your ideas...
So far, items that have come in are:

1. bring artifacts that you use with your SIs to share
2. discuss the SI manual (http://www.usu.edu/arc/supplemental_instruction/pdf/SI_Manual.pdf)
3. what data can we begin collecting at the end of Fall 2013
4. put together a STEM-SOTL proposal for presentation March 8, 2013 (GaSouthern)
4. put together a USG Engaged Learning proposal for presentation in April (Athens)
5. Spring 2013 SIs: optimal time SI  for SI selection, the funding call by the STEM Initiative, better alignments with HR to foster SI working during the first week of class

Others?
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SI Manual

Catrena sent this to the group:
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I was looking at different successful SI programs and came across this SI Manual that is used at Utah State.

http://www.usu.edu/arc/supplemental_instruction/pdf/SI_Manual.pdf

I think we need to work on putting something like this together or at least put together our thoughts/ideas in a manual format to pass on to new faculty, new SIs, etc...

In your spare time (if you have any) please take a look at the manual so we can discuss this concept at our next meeting.  I will send each of you an invite to a Dropbox where I plan on placing the manual and all other readings I come across.  I also started a "responsibilities" list for faculty and SIs that I am placing in the Dropbox.  Feel free to add your ideas to the list as it will be a working document throughout our circle.

Sorry for bombarding you with so much but I had no students show up for office hours today so I did some SI research.
Have a happy Halloween!

Regards,
Catrena

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