Become a better Tutor. Register for Tutor Training!
Next training session Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Academic Learning Centre offers free Tutor Training sessions for writing and content tutors throughout the year. The training integrates content from Master Tutor, by Dr. Ross B. MacDonald (Cambridge Stratford Study Skills), as well as other resources including tutor training videos and intercultural training resources.
The next Tutor Training session will be held August 22nd from 1:00-4:30 p.m. Tutor Training is free and open to all UM students. The tutor training registration form is available online.
Although tutors often intuitively use effective strategies during their appointments, Tutor Training can significantly improve the way a tutor thinks and interacts with students.
Tutor Training facilitator and Academic Learning Centre instructor, Tim Podolsky, says, “Getting training is the best way for tutors to improve their knowledge and understanding of best practices when it comes to tutoring.”
Participants benefit by improving critical thinking and communication skills. In addition, says Podolsky, “Participants develop an awareness of the role of a tutor, the phases of a tutoring session, using scaffolding strategies and promoting independence, increasing meta-cognition, working with students from different cultural backgrounds, and promoting academic integrity.”
Tutors who attend training and complete the assigned activities also earn recognition on their Experience Record.
The Academic Learning Centre’s Tutor Training is designed to improve the overall quality of tutoring on campus and has been provided since 2004 to a wide variety of tutoring programs at the University of Manitoba, including tutors from Disability Services, ACCESS programs, Aboriginal Focus Programs, the ALC Writing Tutor Program, ALC Content Tutors, Bison Sport Plus, Campus Life, UMES, UM Peers, and the U1 Mentorship Program have taken part in previous training sessions.
The Academic Learning Centre offers students a variety of academic support services.
Find other tutor training sessions, Academic Success Workshops and Academic Learning Centre resources online.