Tutorial Policy It is the policy of ILC that all students are entitled to a programme of tutorial support. The Student Entitlement: The Centre recognises that the needs of students can vary and will seek to provide programmes that recognise and respect those needs. The aim of such programmes will be to provide young people and adults with the necessary support to enable them to achieve their agreed goals and to progress, if desired, to employment further or higher education or training. All students will have the support of a Tutor and the tutor will be the main contact between the student and the Centre for all aspects of Centre life. Students will have the opportunity to comment on their tutorials through Centre questionnaires, student feedback events and curriculum evaluations. ILC Commitment ILC will implement its policy of tutorial support for full-time students through the measures listed below: All full-time students are entitled to a programme of tutorial support, organised and resourced through the curriculum teams. All full-time students will have two hours a week timetabled for tutorials. This will normally comprise a one hour group tutorial and the opportunity for a one-to-one individual tutorial at least once per term. As part of this tutorial support full-time students are entitled to a clearly structured and published programme of activities. During one-to-one tutorials a student’s progress will be reviewed and an action plan completed. Records of these interviews will be kept and stored in student files. Each full-time student will be made aware of the Centre’s tutorial policy and allocated a Tutor. The Tutors will normally be involved in the selection and induction of students and in helping them review progress and cope with transition to the Centre. General The team of Tutors within the Centre will be co-ordinated by the Head of Centre. The Centre will support tutors by offering staff development opportunities, by providing resource materials and by identifying specialist staff that can assist tutors in areas of tutorial work. The importance of monitoring and evaluating tutorial work is recognised. Feedback will be welcomed from students and staff. Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the policy will be the responsibility of the Head of Centre. In addition the planning and co-ordination of the programme will be the responsibility of the Head of Centre in conjunction with the Principal. The Tutorial Programme The content of the Tutorial programme is divided into main elements. The main elements to the programme are: Induction Progress Review and Target Setting Tutorial Enrichment Careers and Progression It is recognised that many of the topics listed under each of these elements may well be delivered as part of the ordinary curriculum content of many courses. Integration of tutorial elements in this way is to be encouraged. Students should however be made aware that this is the case. Tutorial group work will be student centred and tutors will be given full support in developing appropriate teaching and group work techniques. It is not expected, nor is it reasonable to expect, that all elements of the programme be delivered by individual tutors. What is expected is that Tutors will act as facilitators, contributing directly in those elements where they have expertise or a particular interest and inviting in support staff (e.g. the Careers Service, Health Advisors, or the Head of Centre). Tutorial Quality Standards All full-time students will have entitlement to regular timetabled weekly tutorials. The contact time that will encompass both group and individual tutorials will, for a normal group, be of not less than two hours per week. That of this time allocation of two hours one hour should be for the group to meet together for group related activity and one hour for one to one individual tutorials. That each full-time student has the right to a formal individual tutorial at least once per term and to informal access to a tutor as the need arises. That tutors will have a corresponding time timetabled for each tutor group that they are responsible for i.e. 2 hours per week. This time allocation reflects a notional case loading of twenty students per tutor. That tutors have access to a variety of appropriate resources and/or know where to get support. Head of Centre and tutors within the Centre will prepare, agree and deliver a tutorial programme that contains all the elements outlined above. A copy of the agreed tutorial programme for each course/programme area will be retained by the Head of Centre.