Supporting Materials
Feedback for Tutors
Feedback from Peers
The peer observation is guided and is to be completed in the spirit of collegiality and with an intent to support tutor development. It is also to be kept confidential between the tutor and the person providing feedback. You will be paid for the hour spent observing your colleague, plus another hour for the time taken meeting with your colleague before and after the observation- 3 hours paid in total for peer observation.
Please download the Peer Observation Guidelines and email ALL the completed forms for Part 1, 2, 3a & 3b to Kellie Morrison by COB Thursday 24 September 2009.
Feedback from Students
The Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) provides valuable information on how to obtain feedback on your teaching. There is a specific tutor teaching form that you may choose to request. Only you will receive the results of this feedback, and you choose who you share the feedback with (if anyone). Please also remember to request your end of the year survey from students, Teaching in Tutorials by 8 May 2009.
To order the forms, go to the ITL website, enter your details, the choose the which questionnaire you would like your students to complete. We strongly suggest ordering the Teaching in Tutorials, numerical questionnaire with scannable forms. These are the only forms that are acceptable for the Dean's Citation for Tutoring Awards. Remember that only you can order these forms and they will not be ordered for you unless you specifically request them.
Feedback Resources
Additional Support Materials for Tutors
Read supporting material before hand if you wish; copies provided at the session.
- Tutorials - The why and how?
- First Tutorial Checklist
- Examples of Tutorial Lesson Plans
Examples of lesson plans that you can use to help you plan your tutorials: example 1, example 2, Blank Lesson Plan - Helping people to work together in tutorials
- Questioning in tutorials
- In-class participation criteria - example 1, example 2
- Guidelines from the University of Melbourne on teaching to diversity in your tutorials
- Suggestions for teaching international students more effectively
- Great article about the pitfalls of discussion and some suggested techniques to overcome these
- Carson, Lyn, Art of conversation as an antidote to cultural exclusion
- Coyne, Michael P., When students hit the wall
- Carabetta, Giuseppe, Striking a balance between Sir and Dude
- Presentation Marking Criteria - example 1, example 2