Tutoring

USG Goal 8. Restructure instructional delivery to support educational excellence and student success.

Strategy 8.2. Implement alternative delivery models, such as hybrid instruction, flipped classrooms, and emporium-model instruction.

The STEPS initiative began in fall 2012 as a collaboration between Academic Affairs, Academic Support Services, and Residential Life as an effort to increase the persistence and retention of residential students.

Supplemental Instruction provides structured, student-facilitated help sessions for students enrolled in courses that traditionally have high DFW rates.

Provide services and support to students that will help them engage in the college culture and succeed in their academic programs.

Supplemental Instruction

Implement alternative delivery models including online courses and supplemental instruction.

HIS: Expansive and Available Tutorial Support Services.

Provide a range of academic support services to remove obstacles and provide clear pathways to college completion. Increase student usage of tutoring and academic advising services in the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE). Extend ACE office hours. Refine the Early Warning System and integrate it into the academic services of the ACE.  Utilize intrusive advising techniques, with assistance from course instructors, to assist students.

Increase the number of students graduating with degrees in the STEM fields. Efforts included: Offered STEM Honors Camp (a two-week residential experience) to encourage high school students’ interest in STEM fields at CSU, and to encourage CSU students to consider teaching in STEM fields. Provided free tutoring to students in gateway STEM courses. Trained and provided Peer Instruction Leaders for targeted STEM introductory level courses. And others.