Supplemental Instruction at Pellissippi State TCC

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Supplemental Instruction at Pellissippi State TCC

• Nancy R. Pevey
• Associate Professor
• Department of Mathematics
• Pellissippi State Technical Community College

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Overview of Presentation

• What is Supplemental Instruction?
• Supplemental Instruction at Pellissippi State
• How SI Works
• Training of SI Leaders
• Questions

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What is Supplemental Instruction?

• Definition Peer-facilitated academic support for
  historically difficult classes to improve by
  regularly scheduled out-of-class tutorial and
  review sessions

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Supplemental Instruction at Pellissippi State

• 1973 Supplemental Instruction began at
  University of Missouri at Kansas City
• 2000 Pellissippi State faculty were trained by
  UMKC onsite
• 2001 - 2007 A few sections began with SI, then
  it dwindled down to couple of Accounting classes
• 2007 - 2008 Planning kick-off inservice for
  Fall, 08
• MATH1130 is chosen for SI, since it is one of the
  historically difficult courses for students

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How SI Works

• The SI Coordinator identifies targeted courses,
  works with faculty and selects and trains SI
  Leaders.
• Faculty members screen Leaders and suggest Leader
  candidates.
• SI Leaders attend course lectures, take notes,
  complete the homework, and conduct two or three
  out-of-class sessions a week. The SI Leader is
  the model student who helps integrate course
  content with learning/studying strategies.

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Elements of SI Training7 Biweekly Sessions
Interview

• Orientation session/Introduction before the
  semester starts
• Getting Startedclass availability survey,
  bookmark
• SI Simulationswebsites, ideas, options for
  session planning
• Working With Your Professor
• Learning Styles
• Publicity
• Students with Disabilities
• Evaluating a SI Session
• Best Practices
• End of Semester Classroom Survey Interview

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Results Fall, 2008

• Courses involved BIO1110, CHEM1010, CSIT1020,
  CSIT1050, DSPW0800, DSPW0870, ENGL1010, MATH1010,
  MATH1130, SPAN1010
• 18 Leaders with 15 instructors of 28 sections
  impacting 727 students on all 4 campuses

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MATH 1130 Success Rates Fall, 2008

• 6 sections with 206 students participated 367
  students were in nonparticpating sections.
• A-D SI 65.6 vs. nonSI 63.2
• A-C SI 62.1 vs. nonSI 57.5

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Ongoing Spring, 2009

• Expansion into DSPM 0890 Web sections
• 18 Leaders with 22 Instructors of 34 sections
  impacting 981 students
• Continued and expanded program for 2009-2010

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• SI listserv for Coordinators, with archive
• http//groups.google.com/group/si-net

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Questions?