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Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction - Clarifying the 2006 Title 5 Changes

Discover the 2006 Title 5 changes impacting tutoring and learning assistance. Learn about conditions, online tutoring, supervised tutoring, referrals, and more.

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Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction - Clarifying the 2006 Title 5 Changes

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  1. Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction - Clarifying the 2006 Title 5 Changes John Nixon and Michelle Pilati 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  2. What was changed? • 58050. Conditions for Claiming Attendance • 58164. Open Entry/Open Exit Courses • 58168. Tutoring • 58170. Apportionment for Tutoring • 58172. Learning Assistance • http://www.cccco.edu/executive/consultation/agendas_consult/consult_attach0805/0805_tutoring.pdf 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  3. Revisions • The regulations do not authorize all approaches to tutoring and learning assistance, they do define new opportunities, while maintaining old limitations, both of which deserve some explanation. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  4. First things first… • What ever happened to zero-unit courses? • Is online tutoring permitted? • Do students need a referral to get tutoring? • What constitutes a valid referral? 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  5. Zero-unit Courses • Purpose • Examples • February ‘03 internal office memo established that such courses were not legal and the System Office stopped approving • Legal Alternatives/Options 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  6. Online Tutoring • As of April 14, 2006, all recent revisions of the Supplemental Learning Assistance and Tutoring Regulations were in effect • In other words, this is not new… 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  7. Section 58170 – Apportionment for Tutoring • Apportionment may be claimed for individual student tutoring only if all the following conditions are met: • (a) The individual student tutoring is conducted through a designated learning center. • Permits tutoring to be conducted online. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  8. Section 58170 – Apportionment for Tutoring • (e) Students enroll in the Supervised Tutoring course, through registration procedures established pursuant to section 58108, after referral by a counselor or an instructor on the basis of an identified learning need. • What constitutes a “referral”? 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  9. Referral • Not addressed in the guidelines. Some ways of referring students: • Electronically (for example, a separate email for each individual student) • Checking off names on a class roster of students who the instructor believes would benefit from tutorial assistance. • Records of referrals need to be kept. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  10. Supervised Tutoring • All tutoring for which apportionment is collected is noncredit and should be offered in a course titled “Supervised Tutoring.” • Subcategories or sub-species of this course such as “Supervised Chemistry Tutoring” are NOT recommended. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  11. Supervised Tutoring • This noncredit course must be offered "under provisions of EC 84757 (a) (2)", as follows: • Elementary and secondary basic skills and other courses and classes such as remedial academic courses or classes in reading, mathematics, and language arts. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  12. Supervised Tutoring • “and other courses and classes such.. “ • Ed Code does NOT limit the scope of subjects for tutoring to just basic skills. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  13. 58172. Learning Assistance • Attendance for supplemental learning assistance when offered as part of a course may only be reported for state apportionment when either: • (a) the learning assistance is a required component of another course, for all students in that course; or 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  14. 58172. Learning Assistance • (b) the learning assistance is optional and is provided through an open entry/open exit course conducted pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 58164, which is intended to strengthen student skills and reinforce student mastery of concepts taught in another course or courses. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  15. 58172. Learning Assistance • “Apportionment for supplemental learning assistance may be claimed for credit supplemental courses in support of primary/parent credit courses, or for noncredit supplemental courses..” 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  16. 58172. Learning Assistance • “All supplemental courses need to be approvable as credit or noncredit courses on their own merit and, at the same time, address skills and/or concepts covered in the primary/parent courses that they support.” 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  17. 58164. Open Entry/Open Exit Courses • c) Where an open entry/open exit course provides supplemental learning assistance pursuant to section 58172, which supports another course or courses, the COR for the open entry/open exit course must identify the other course or courses that it supports and the specific learning objectives to be addressed and the educational competencies students are to achieve. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  18. 58164. Open Entry/Open Exit Courses • “Determination of student contact hours should be based on a maximum number of hours which the curriculum committee considers reasonably necessary to achieve the learning objectives of the primary course or courses being supplemented.” 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  19. 58164. Open Entry/Open Exit Courses • “…the hours for the supplemental outline will then be based on the objectives and related assignments specified in the supplemental course outline. “ 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  20. 58164. Open Entry/Open Exit Courses • “Courses should be designed in such a way that most students who are appropriately placed in the course would be able to master the objectives and complete the course successfully in about 48-51 hours per unit of credit.” 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  21. 58050. Conditions for Claiming Attendance • (5) The students enrolled in the course must be engaged in educational activities required of such students as described in the course outline of record. The number of contact hours for which apportionment is claimed shall not exceed the number specified in the course outline of record, subject to computation adjustments authorized pursuant to other provisions of this subchapter including, but not limited to, sections 58003.1, 58023 and 58164. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  22. 58050. Conditions for Claiming Attendance • If the course involves student use of district computers, other equipment, or facilities, the district shall monitor usage of such equipment or facilities as part of the course to ensure that they are used solely for the specified educational activities. 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

  23. Do you need learning assistance? • Conclusions.. • Questions? 2007 Curriculum Institute July 12 2:15-3:45pm

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