STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Say that tutors need to gather information during lessons to help develop further lessons.
  2. Go over the handout Finding Out More While Tutoring. Ask tutors for examples related to the points on the handout or add your own.
  3. During the discussion, highlight the following points:
    • Encourage tutors to take notes of important observations after the lesson.
    • Encourage them to keep and evaluate samples of the learner’s work.
    • Also encourage them to actively listen to their learner.

Activity C

Creating strategies

We often don’t have a handy manual or list of what would fit a particular learner well. This activity provides a framework for tutors and coordinators in creating tailor-made strategies.

Talk, use of handout

Materials and equipment

Handout 10.10: Steps to Strategy Creation

Preparation

Copy handout.
Review handout and envision using this strategy.

STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Point out:
    • Not every problem has an easy-to-find suggested solution in a book.
    • Sometimes the learner, tutor and coordinator need to create a solution.
    • The next handout gives some ideas on how to start that process.
    • The main steps in this technique are breaking down problem areas or tasks until the specific problem can be pinpointed, and then developing possible strategies for handling that difficulty.
  2. Read over the handout Steps to Strategy Creation.
  3. Conclude by saying that the hope is that learners will eventually be able to use this kind of problem-solving technique on their own if they don’t do so already.

Variation

If you have access to the video from Janet Johnston’s Adults with Learning Disabilities: The Road to Success, Phase 1 and 2 show in detail how the creating strategies technique works. It would help tutors envision how to put the technique into practice.