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The Evolution of Academic Assistance Programs

The Evolution of Academic Assistance Programs. Kent Lollis Rod Fong Sue Lunbeck. The Early Years. Back in the early1990’s AAP were optional Worked alone, sometimes with TA’s Harmless titles Office located in out of the way space Worked exclusively with students

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The Evolution of Academic Assistance Programs

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  1. The Evolution of Academic Assistance Programs Kent Lollis Rod Fong Sue Lunbeck

  2. The Early Years • Back in the early1990’s • AAP were optional • Worked alone, sometimes with TA’s • Harmless titles • Office located in out of the way space • Worked exclusively with students • Performed our “magic” in secrecy

  3. Pioneers

  4. Pioneers Which role did we play?

  5. Pioneers Who did we interact with? Big Brains from another world? How did we work with them?

  6. Innovators • Experts in learning theory • Learning styles • Teaching methods • Using various methods • Even in casebook classrooms • Teach by modeling teaching methods • Interactive sessions (AALS) • Creating inclusive classrooms

  7. Innovators 1997 AALS Annual Meeting – “Inclusive Teaching Methods Across the Curriculum” Note sent by an audience member to the AALS Deputy Director I wanted to tell you what an excellent program was presented by the Academic Support section at the Annual Meeting. I have never seen a better-organized presentation, with the speakers engaging in a “tag-team” pattern that was a masterpiece of choreography. Furthermore, the program had goals and objectives which were shared with the audience. Most importantly, in discussing inclusive teaching methods, the presenters modeled their subject in their presentation. In helping all of us substantive teachers to be more sensitive to the different learning styles of our audience, and by exposing us to some of those learning styles, this program served an important need.

  8. Innovators • Experts in outcomes & assessment • Establishing learning outcomes • Providing lots of feedback • Formative assessment methods • Testing & test validity • essays & multiple choice exams • Use of personal inventories • VARK, Myers-Briggs • Deconstructing professor’s exams • Deconstructing the bar exam

  9. Innovators • Experts with “at risk” students • Refined the art and science of diagnosis • Teaching IRAC skills • Organization • Analytical & critical thinking • Expert reading • Study strategies & techniques • Test taking techniques • Counseling students

  10. Innovators • Experts in “non-academic” factors • Stress management • Students with disabilities • Learning Disabilities & ADHD • Test anxieties • Instilling & maintaining confidence • Stigma & backlash • Stereotype Threat & Implicit Bias • Student isolation (thanks Amy)

  11. Innovators • Experts in related areas • Technology • Supervising student teaching assistants • Student diversity • Generational diversity • Self-regulated learning • Humanizing legal education

  12. Innovators So which character are we?

  13. Innovators We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein

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