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Workshop details

The workshop consists of 2 x two and a half-hour sessions plus approximately one hour of pre-session work and 30 mins of post-session work. You will be required to attend both face-to-face sessions.

The March session will be a full day workshop.

Dates

Thursday 15 October and Thursday 29 October, 10.00-12.30 (in person)
Tuesday 1 December and Tuesday 15 December, 10.00-12.30 (in person)
Monday 1 March, 10.00-16.00 (in person) - All day
Tuesday 1 June and Wednesday 9 June, 10.00-12.30 (in person)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Agree expectations and establish early rapport to facilitate a supportive tutor-tutee relationship;
Identify and respond to the range of reasons why tutees seek a personal tutor's help;
Use appropriate strategies to support and help to develop tutees;
Recognise the sources of support and development for students and personal tutors at Imperial;
Respond inclusively to the needs of a diverse range of students;
Evaluate the issues surrounding confidentiality and disclosure.

Tutors
Dr Kate Ippolito and Dr Julia Hutchinson

Administrative Enquiries
Suyane Beasley edudevcourses@ic.ac.uk

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Who should attend?

Designed for staff who are (or will soon be) personal tutors, this workshop helps participants to equip themselves for this important role and engages them with information and techniques to support and develop their tutees. There are opportunities for participants to discuss issues of particular interest or concern. To allow you to develop and apply new approaches to everyday practice, this workshop consists of 2 x two and a half-hour sessions, plus approximately one hour of pre-session work and one hour of between session work. You should attend both sessions.

Please note that this workshop is provided in the context of Imperial College practice and policy. For this reason we normally only accept Imperial staff or NHS staff who act as personal tutors to Imperial students.

Key areas

Understanding the role of the Personal Tutor at Imperial
The importance of making and maintaining connection with your tutees
Who are your tutees and what might they want your help with?
Conversational strategies for supporting and developing students
Sources of support and development for students and personal tutors at Imperial
Responding to the academic and well-being related needs of students, including those from different cultural backgrounds and with a range of disabilities
Managing confidentiality and disclosure

Imperial STAR Framework

This workshop is particularly suitable for those seeking recognition at D1 or D2 level of the Imperial STAR Framework. It addresses the following dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023): A2, A4, K2, K3, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5.

Further resources

Imperial's online Personal Tutor's Guide has been developed to complement this workshop and to provide an up-to-date, one-stop source of information for Imperial’s many Personal Tutors.