From Donna:
Just writing to share with everyone that the Student Council will kick-off a new initiative this evening by piloting an “Honors Tutoring Session.” Attached is information that was shared with Scholars interested in participating as tutors. Sessions will be held in C-7 on Mondays through December 15 from 8:00-10:00 p.m.
To date, the following Scholars have signed up to participate:
Schreyer Scholars
Baron, Drew
Barreto, Alejandro
Finkelman, Brian
Flynn, Sean
Grover, Simran
Klein, Josh
Krahe, Sarah
Krench, Megan
Kunkel, Katherine
Liu, Leah
Lucas, Chris
March, Mark
Mekarski, Kara
Saunders, Tara
Stern, Matt
Taticchi, Mark
The SHC Student Council is piloting an
Honors Tutoring Program
Students have expressed an interest in getting help with material that is covered exclusively in honors courses.
• As you probably know, the honors section of a class usually requires a more detailed understanding of the coursework, or in some cases, introduces new material completely absent from the regular version of the class. It has come to the attention of the Schreyer Honors College Academic Committee that there is no place for students to get help with their honors-course related questions. While the tutors available in the general resource room possess a strong understanding of the material in the regular sections, they aren’t familiar with the honors course material and are therefore not always able to help.
This is where you come in: The Honors Tutoring Program will be designed specifically for honors courses …and who better to tutor than YOU?
• You’ve taken the class already! In addition to the prestigious title of being an Honors Tutor, it’s a good way to gain leadership experience and a great community service activity to get involved in. If the program is running successfully, you might even get a free t-shirt for being a tutor!
Time commitments will depend on your schedule, the number of tutors available to help with a class, and how much response there is from students who need help.
• Right now, the plan is to run the tutoring resource-room style, i.e. a specific timeslot set aside for individual classes and/or subjects. To begin, there will probably be a one- or two-hour window once a week for each subject, with tutors in the room available to help. Once the program is running and we get a feel for what subjects need the most help, we can adjust the schedule accordingly; if one class is a big hit, maybe we will use more tutors and add another weekly spot, or if there are classes that aren’t getting a big response, we might cut back the time allotted.
Need help? Want to help?
• Send an email with your name, year, and a list of the courses you would be willing to tutor and/or a list of the courses you would like to see tutoring available for (no ENGL30 please) to Megan Krench, mak5065@psu.edu.
This program needs YOU if it is going to be a success!
Hope to hear from you soon!
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