This is a valuable resource for all tutors who feel that it would be good to have a chat with a fellow tutor about leading their courses.
There is a variety of ways that might happen, a phone call, a one to one meeting, a chat over coffee, a sharing of course plans and materials, classroom observation…. this would be absolutely up to the pair of tutors to decide.
The offers in this resource bank are from tutors who are very willing to pair up with another tutor for a specific mentoring purpose. This could be, depending on the support individual mentors are happy to offer, any of the following:
planning and preparation, curriculum/subject advice, facilitating interactive /discussion sessions, technical support, eg preparing Powerpoint presentations, classroom observation (in room or on Zoom).
Please remember that like you, the mentors are volunteers who are offering this service in their own time and to fit around their course teaching commitments.
The mentors have put their email addresses as a first point of contact.
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Courses Committee Tutor Support Team
Barrie Hunt
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Online bridge league
Offers help with:
Facilitating interactive sessions. The online bridge league requires pairing students in a series of weekly fixtures to play on the online BBO website. Students use the fixture list as a basis for arranging their own times to play. Social interaction is enhanced by using Zoom as a medium of conversation during the games. Most of my work is done in the first week or two of the course (creating the pairings, fixture list, rules, and explaining how the BBO and our own scoring system work). After that, it is a matter of collating the weekly results, occasionally circulating a league table, and dealing with issues such as finding new partners in cases of long illnesses/holidays etc. I’m happy to share my experiences with others who facilitate in similar fashion.
Ian Hunter
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Current Affairs, Economics
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation
Facilitating discussion/interactive sessions
Classroom observation (in class or on Zoom)
Jenny Knight
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Language labyrinth (history of the English language)
classics of the twentieth century (book group)
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation
Facilitating discussion/interactive sessions
Classroom observation (in class or on Zoom)
Roy Moyser
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Philosophy
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation
Curriculum/subject advice
Facilitating discussion/interactive sessions
Technical support
Classroom observation (in class or on Zoom)
Samara Philpott
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Practical Art courses e.g. Back to Basics which is an introduction to drawing and painting and Anything Goes . Also one off sessions eg Botanical Art workshop.
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation
Subject advice
Interactive sessions
Classroom observation in class
Dr Christine Stopp
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Spanish
Offers help with:
Planning, curriculum, facilitating discussion
Happy to have my classes observed
Can also help with creating powerpoint presentations
Jill Tatham
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
French and German grammar and translation.
Offers help with:
Curriculum/subject advice
Classroom observation in class
Gillian Watts
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
Vermeer – An Introduction, next Summer term.
I only do six weeks, one hour each, as I do not live in Cambridge. I have done two (different) courses on the same day when they could run consecutively.
I’m a biologist and have travelled to find and photograph target species – this is what I usually do, but Covid has scuppered that for the moment.
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation; I can offer subject advice if it’s Biology – not usually needed, I have to say, on Flora and Fauna, since they are easily understood.
I would be happy for anyone to sit in and observe one of my sessions if it would help them to run their own, and to give them time afterwards to talk about it.
As I do not live in Cambridge, I am only available in person when I am scheduled to be in Bridge Street. I am happy to exchange emails to help anyone
Jo Whitehead
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
I have done a course in Business, The Science and Practice of Happiness and Online boardgaming
Offers help with:
Planning and preparation
Facilitating discussion/interactive sessions
Technical support
Classroom observation (in class or on Zoom)
Susan Whykes
Course interests/subjects/course code(s):
I deliver two online music theory classes, and face-to-face Mainly Madrigals.
I have a wide interest in other subjects; thus, I would be able to advise on the delivery of most aspects of classes.
Offers help with:
Planning and Preparation
As a highly qualified and experienced Mentor I am trained to influence, guide and aid tutors to plan the direction of their lessons using a variety of different teaching and learning approaches to keep lessons fresh and stimulating.
Facilitating Discussion/ interactive session
Getting tutors to use open questions and opening the class to debate and interaction is part of my training
Technical Support
I use many different technologies in my classes: video and audio players, Smart Notebook and PowerPoint iPad, iPhone, PC and laptops have differing interactive elements which need to be understood.
Classroom Observation
As mentors we need to be positive role models and function as sounding boards. To be able to share experiences and insights is invaluable, so I am happy to both being observed or to observe, especially online. I would also be pleased to use other media to aid tutors if I am not available to attend a live class.
List collated by Members of the Courses Committee Tutor Support Team
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