Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
Students interested in practicing their English are welcome to join conversation groups. Each
group meets at least once a week for 50 minutes. Group leaders encourage students to join
discussions on a variety of topics.
With faculty approval, students in courses other than English are allowed to drop off papers
for our English tutors to review. Papers are proofread for readability, not content. Tutoring
appointments guide students through the writing process. (II.C.19)
Tutorial student workers are given the opportunity for personal and professional growth
through training, work experience, evaluation, and three job levels with increasing
responsibility, challenge and pay, ranging from Drop-in Tutor, Group Tutor, to Supplemental
Instruction Leader. (II.C.20, II.C.21)
Community members as well as tutors and SI leaders from programs such as ACCESS,
MESA, Gear-Up and HEP are offered three levels of training. The course offers the
following modules: Introduction to Tutoring, Group Tutoring, and Supplemental Instruction.
The courses include an introduction to the theories and methods of effective tutoring,
including interviewing, identification of learning problems, the study and development of
effective communication techniques, and the use of learning theories and methods of
effective individualized and group instruction. (II.C.22)
The Tutorial Center‘s learning management system website offers self-guided PowerPoint
presentations as well as discussion boards, practice quizzes, and other resources. Assistance
is also available for students having difficulty accessing email or online courses. (II.C.23)
Administration and proctoring of exams is offered through the Tutorial Center for Hartnell
online courses, in person courses (early or makeup exams), King City and Alisal Education
Centers and for other universities. Testing services are described in the Faculty Handbook
and advertised through Hartnell‘s website and the National College Testing Association
(NCTA). Over 100 exams from other institutions are administered annually. (II.C.24)
The Tutorial Center assists with grant development by compiling outcome data that is used
for reporting and to assist in securing various grants such as Title V, CCRAA, NSF, and
TRIO, for example. (II.C.25-28)
Directed Learning Activities (DLAs): Developed in-house by English instructors and
funded by a Title V grant, DLAs supplement English 253 class instruction. English 253
students are required to complete five 50-minute DLAs in the Tutorial Center. A comparison
of grade point averages between students completing DLAs and those not completing DLAs
has already shown a significantly higher grade point average for those completing DLAs.
Faculty teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) also use DLAs in some of their
courses.
Students report a high level of satisfaction with the DLAs. In a survey conducted by a
Faculty Inquiry Group (FIG) about academic support services at Hartnell College, 26.3% of
students responded that they had used the service and found DLAs helpful. Of the students
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