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1. MEGAN PENYACK
MARTINE L. FRANÇOIS
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY

2. WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE
YOU?
Megan Penyack, Coordinator of Academic
Services
Martine L. François, Science Tutoring Center
Coordinator, TRIO Science Coordinator
A bit about you…

3. SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
@ A GLANCE Type: Public 4-year and higher
 Enrollment: 7,700 undergraduate enrollment (IPEDS, fall 2012)
76% Full-time; 24% Part-time
61% Female; 39% Male
70% White; 10% Hispanic/Latino; 8% Black or African American;
3% Asian; 2% Two or more races; 3% unknown; 4% Non-
resident alien
 Residence: 95% In-State; 4% Out-of-State; 1% Other countries
 Graduation Rate: 45% overall (150% time)
 Income: ~40% of fulltime freshmen are Pell Grant-Eligible
 First-Generation: ~35% of undergraduate students
 International Status: ~500 students

4. OVERVIEW OF TUTORING
PROGRAM Approximately 75 tutors for Nursing, Science, Foreign
Language, and other subject-area courses
 Tutors are primarily undergraduates
 Training takes place each semester; working on
application for CRLA Level 1 certification
 One-on-one and small group peer tutoring
 Takes place any day of the week including evenings and
weekends, primarily in Library
 Appointment-based tutoring through TutorTrac; students
make their own appointments
 Walk-in hours now available through Science Tutoring
Center

5. CONNECT

6. WHY A SCIENCE TUTORING
CENTER?
Salem State currently has the following
support centers in place:
 Writing Center
 Math Lab
 Foreign Language Lab
 Accounting Lab

7. BARRIERS
 No Space
 No Money
 But everyone is in
agreement that this is a
good idea.

8. THE GRANT
The Strategic Plan Grants Program provides
support to new, creative ideas for Salem
State University programs. These ideas are
expected to advance the strategic goals of
the university.
(Copies of the my grant)***

9. SHARE

10. COLLABORATION
 Use existing infrastructure
 Tutors: Categorized tutors by subjects they tutored.
Any tutors for Chemistry, Biology, or Physics courses
are considered “Science Peer Tutors”
 Created “Science Tutoring Center” Subcenter in
TutorTrac
 Advertise Science Tutoring Center in Peer Tutoring
marketing materials and emphasize the walk-in hours
 Space
 Use existing unclaimed space
 Collaborate with faculty
 Many faculty promote Science Tutoring Center in their
courses as an option

11. WALK-INS/APPOINTMENTS

12. STC

13. USE OF GRANT MONEY
Actual budget sheet used? Or explanation or
both?

14. FUTURE OF STC
Submitting new grant…
Assessment plans
?

15. ASSESSMENT
 Use reporting mechanisms in TutorTrac to assess usage
(which courses/sections; how many unique students are
using the service)
 Surveys through Survey Monkey
 Focus Groups
 Training Evaluation (connect responses from students to
tutor training—are the tutors implementing what we are
teaching them in training sessions?)

16. INSPIRE

17. WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT
STEPS?
…

18. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US:
MEGAN PENYACK
(MPENYACK@SALEMSTATE.E
DU)
MARTINE L. FRANÇOIS
(MFRANCOIS@SALEMSTATE.E
DU)