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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Josh Adams, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dean, Business and Professional Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">1501 Mendocino Ave | Santa Rosa, CA | 95401</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Miller, Jerry <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 29, 2015 08:34<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PALS in CTE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I received a message from Lauren Servais and Kris Abrahamson asking me to reach out to your program coordinators and CTE faculty about additional participation in the PALS program. We have had great success in Machine Tool and Auto with
this program. Please forward this message to all your CTE faculty and have them get in touch with Lauren if they are interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">Peer Assisted Learning Specialists (PALS) can serve three main functions:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Attend regular class meetings to offer embedded classroom assistance help to students and/or to understand the instructor’s teaching approach and strategies. At least two hours per week in class
is required of all PALS. When determined by instructor, PALS will attend more than two hours weekly.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Provide grading assistance to instructor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Hold individual tutoring sessions outside of regular class, as needed. Depending on student demand, these could be small group tutoring sessions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">PALS will earn $12.10 an hour as an STNC Instructional Aide III and be compensated for training. In addition, PALS must be 18 or older.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">Based on the Spring pilot, we found it most successful when instructors identified their own Peer Assisted Learning Specialist(s), who can be former students and/or adult members of the community with the disciplinary
knowledge to assist students/instructor and offer grading assistance. We’re asking instructors to identify their own PAL Specialist; however, if you don’t have a student in mind, please contact Lauren Servais about possibly working with a PAL Specialist who
is currently participating in the program. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">Instructors participating in this pilot have the flexibility in how they choose to utilize the available hours of their PALS. Instructors will be expected to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Confer regularly with the Peer Assisted Learning Specialist to provide direction for student contact and grading<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Allow the PAL Specialist to attend at least one hour a week of the regular class meeting to offer embedded tutoring help to students<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Attend an orientation session with their selected PAL Specialist (flex available) to learn how to utilize the PALS (see dates below.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">• Provide PALS with regular feedback to direct and improve their work<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546A">Jerry Miller<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Dean of Career & Technical Education and Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">Santa Rosa Junior College . Room 1330 Bailey Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">1501 Mendocino Avenue . Santa Rosa, CA 95401<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">(P) 707.524.1506 (F) 707.527.4794 (E)
<a href="mailto:jmiller@santarosa.edu">jmiller@santarosa.edu</a></span><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#44546A">Information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient, it is strictly prohibited
to use, disseminate or copy this communication. If you have received this in error, please reply to the sender and then delete the message. Thank you.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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