Increasing Student Success Through Tutor Choice

Presented by Melvin Hines

Who are we?

Why tutor

choice?

STUDENT DATA

ACTION STEPS

OUTCOMES

Students need to own their learning

experience.

Coaches are key“I have been thinking of dropping this class, but Darpan Shah has helped me understand and given me confidence and I am beginning to enjoy the subject as compared to before. He is a talented helper.”

“Your help gave me the confidence that I need to to finish strong and catapult me to a level that I never imagined. I re-ceived a 99% in the class overall. I could not believe my eyes.”

“I just wanted to take a minute and to thank you for your help. The changes that you suggested for my essay gave me the chance to have a 90 on it.”

STUDENT CHOICE

AND UPSWING

Student behavior trends in Upswing

TESTING OUR

THEORYWITHDATA

Our findings:

First key

finding

Students prefer to find a coach they like, and keep returning to that coach.

Using Campus Ambassadors

Do Campus Ambassadors have a real impact on student engagement?

Our findings:

Second key

finding

Campus Ambassador programs do make a difference, particularly during finals.

WHATDRIVES

STUDENT CHOICE INTUTORS?

Our Prediction

What we found:

Students from South Texas College were

7 timesmore likely to pick

Spanish speaking tutors.

Third key

finding

When given the choice, students pick coaches with a similar background.

Three key takeaways1. Provide students the opportunity to choose who they work with

2. Use your free resource - students! - to increase engagement

3. Encourage students and coaches to find comon ground

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