Announcements

FROM: Office of Academic Success RE: Announcement for Supplemental Instruction (SI) Supported Courses FA 22
Sent: 3/8/2022 11:20:14 AM
To: Faculty

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Dear Faculty,

 

Cal U offered SI for 59 courses during the FA 21 and SP 22 semesters. During the FA 22 semester, we would like to add 10 or more courses. Our institution's goal is to offer 118 courses in five years, and you play a critical role in achieving this goal.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a non-remedial academic support program. SI helps students how to integrate course content with reasoning and study skills to increase their performance.

SI is an active approach to learning that supports students toward academic success by integrating “what to learn” with “how to learn.” SI consists of regularly scheduled, voluntary sessions outside of class, which are facilitated by trained SI leaders who utilize collaborative activities to ensure peer-to-peer interaction in small groups.

SI Leader Qualifications:

• The SI course must not overlap with the student's present schedule. If so, leader will offer additional sessions during the week to make up for inability to attend the lecture.
• SI leaders are paid $13 an hour for 8-10 hours a week of work.
• Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior level students
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Must have taken the class and passed with a B or higher
• Must be an on-campus student
• Professor referrals are highly recommended in selecting SI leaders

SI Requirements:

1. The SI Leader will attend class each time it meets. In addition, the SI Supervisor might

also attend some class sessions with the SI Leader to help evaluate the Leader in the SI

sessions.

2. The faculty member will be asked to make grades from exams available to the SI

Supervisor as a means of determining whether or not students coming to SI are

performing at a higher level than those students not attending. Also, for evaluation

purposes, final course grades will be given to the SI Supervisor at the end of the term by

either the faculty member or the registrar.

3. The SI Leader will occasionally be given a few minutes at the beginning of class to make

announcements about the SI sessions.

4. The faculty member will not be given the names of students who attend SI sessions. This

is to preserve students’ anonymity, which is one of the cornerstones of the SI model.

5. The SI Leader and faculty member meet on a regular basis during the faculty member’s

office hours, by appointment, or at another mutually agreeable time.

6. Determine if the faculty member wants anonymous feedback from SI participants.

7. Ask the faculty to share reactions to the SI program – perhaps oral or written.

 

SI Course Request

 

If you would like SI to support a course, please fill out the form. For more information on our program, please contact Tyton Brunner at 724-938-1599 or brunner@calu.edu.