One week each semester is set
aside as the Advising/Tutoring Week. During that week, all staff tutors (formerly
called advisors) hold extended office hours to make themselves available to
their advisees. Lists with students’ and advisors’/tutors’ names are posted at
least one week prior to the designated advising week so that students may know the
time of their meeting with their tutor. During that meeting, each tutor should
discuss with the student a number of topics. These may include:
- how the current semester is progressing,
- what are the students’ academic goals,
- how the college may assist the students with their career aspirations, and
- what courses the students will take in the next semester.
The academic advising process
should be a conversation. The students ask questions to clarify
information and it is recommended to take notes, evaluate the information they
receive and act accordingly. The students have to always bear in mind that
tutors are there to assist them in the decision making process; however,
ultimately, the students are responsible for their education. Quality academic
advising allows the students accomplish their goals in a timely manner and
allows them to be in control of their own educational endeavors. It is not only
during the designated advising period that the students may meet with their
tutor in order to evaluate their progress as a student. By developing an
on-going relationship with their academic tutor, they will gain insight into
academic issues and career options as they relate to their academic programme.
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IF encourages its students to
create their Personal Development Portfolio Plan (PDPP) as a result of the
advising sessions. In their PDPP students may
include the following:
- Tutoring Session notes and forms.
- Portfolio of Feedback Forms from units of all levels.
- Transcripts
- Curriculum Vitae – regularly updated
- Various useful documents, such as handbooks
- Any other item students perceive it as important.
The Personal
Development Portfolio Plan (PDPP) can be hard copy or electronic, always should
be developed and maintained by the students and also has to be linked with
advising sessions with the personal tutor. The personal
tutor will:
- Provide reliable and consistent advice and guidance
- Discuss general academic progress also discuss the feedback on individual assignments and discuss the students’ use of the received feedback
- Meet with the students within the agreed tutoring week of the semester
- Continue to meet with student for the remainder of the session according to the specific individual needs
- Have a personal advising load. This commitment includes time needed to support PDPP.
- Support students in their production and maintenance of a PDPP by promoting reflective learning and assisting students to review their own progress.
- Insist on students having their PDPP handy in meetings.
- Complete and sign the tutoring record forms and give them to students
The
students will:
- Expect reliable and consistent advice and guidance from the tutor
- Take the responsibility for bringing to tutor meetings feedback that they have received from the assignments.
- Undertake a self-assessment of their key skills at the beginning of the academic session
- Attend one to one and group tutorials with their personal tutor as agreed
- Expect unexplained “no shows” to be monitored and followed up
- Keep the signed tutoring record forms and include them to their PDPP
- Expect tutor support including PDPP, through a mixture of group sessions and one to one tutorials
- Commit necessary time to preparing for, and following up their meeting with the personal tutor
- Reflect on their personal, academic and career development using the personal tutor as a source of information and guidance
- Produce action plans and review progress against these with their personal tutors
- Maintain a PDPP including a reflective statement at the end of each academic year.
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