1. Psychological
Sustainability in Tutoring
Sessions
September 16, 2015
2:00pm-4:00pm
Presented by Irina Cline

2. Program News
 New Staff
 New Program Partners
 Individual Learning Plan
 Diagnostic Assessment
 Newsletter

3. Upcoming Training
JOB READINESS SKILL BUILDERS
Wednesdays
October 7 & October 14, 2015
6:00 – 8:30pm
Location
Literacenter 651 W. Lake St. 2nd Floor, Chicago

4. Potluck
TBA, end of November- early December

5. Definition
Sustainability – the capacity to endure;
the ability to meet the needs of the present
and support the future development.
 Present needs
 Limitations
 Future development

6. Tutoring Session
 Present Needs (student’s goals)
 Limitations (barriers for learning, doubts)
 Future development (new ways of learning
and teaching)

7. Group Work
Discuss the components of sustainability in your
tutoring/learning practices.
 Present Needs (student’s goals)
 Limitations (barriers for learning, doubts)
 Future development (new ways of learning and
teaching)

8. Tutor’s Story
Martha Nemoyer
ABE Tutor, artist and adult learner

9. Student Sustainability
Present Needs
 Goals: long-term and short-term
 Life skills
 Social/intellectual/emotional engagement

10. Student Sustainability
Limitations
 Barriers
 Lack of long-term commitment
 Life changes
 Lack of confidence
 Sense of being overwhelmed

11. Student Sustainability
Future Development
 Self-awareness
 Plan
 Action, Change
 Persistence

12. ILP
Individual Learning Plan
Fill out during your first/next tutoring session and
bring or email a copy to the office.

13. ILP Workshop
In pairs, separate into students and tutors.
Fill out an Individual Learning Plan
together.

14. Tutor Sustainability
Present Needs
 Expectations
 Teaching methods
 Social/intellectual/emotional engagement

15. Tutor Sustainability
Limitations
 Doubts
 Concerns about the progress
 Stress
 Other?

16. Stress Management Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVvMvo
F3h4&feature=youtube

17. Tutor Sustainability
Future Development
 Acknowledge barriers
 Be in the moment, no judgment
 Posture and breathing
 Focus on positive
 Think bigger
 Make a list, lesson plan, prioritize

18. Emotional Intelligence
Write down three barriers that influence
your tutoring practices and then find a
response for each of the barriers.