homework
help
Gary Glasenapp & Candi Scott
May 5, 2017
Western Oregon University
21st CCLC 2017 Spring Conference
Objectives
Participants will
 understand the homework cycle and where there is
need for supports.
 have opportunities to develop strategies to make
homework help time productive.
 gain experience using a variety of ways to track
students work and design the homework space.
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Agenda
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Welcome
The Homework Cycle
Tracking, Settings, Routines, and Study Skills
Supportive Interaction
Homework Help in your program
Closing
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Housekeeping
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Materials
Bathroom location
Take care of yourself (eat, drink, stretch, etc.)
Please silence your cell phone
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Homework Help and the Youth Program
Quality Assessment (PQA)
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Make a group that contains each of these
cards:
A. Teacher assigns
 What is it supposed
homework
to look like?
B. Student records and
 What are some
tracks assignment
potential obstacles?
C. Student completes
assignment
D. Student hands in
completed assignment
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The Homework Cycle
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The Strategies
Communication
 Communicate with
teachers
 Track individual students
 Track the group
Productive setting
and routines
 Establish a setting
conducive to learning
 Establish productive
routines
Supportive
interaction
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Be nice
Be available
Circulate
Ask rather than tell
Listen and encourage
Explicitly teach Homework
and Study Skills
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Form 4 New Groups
Strategy: Communication
 Expert Group: Tracking
Strategy: Productive Settings
and Routines
 Expert Group: Setting
 Expert Group: Routines
Strategy: Supportive Interaction
 Expert Group: Study Skills
Become an Expert
 Use the guidebook and
your own experiences.
 Create a short presentation
or demonstration (skit, role
play, poster, etc.).
 Highlight and explain a
short practice activity from
the guidebook.
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Strategy: Communication
Expert Group: Tracking
 Pages 12-16
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Strategy: Productive Settings and Routines
Expert Group: Setting
 Pages 4 and 27-28
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Strategy: Productive Settings and Routines
Expert Group: Routines
 Pages 4-5, 26, and 28
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Strategy: Supportive Interaction
Expert Group: Study Skills
 Pages 18-19
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Double Circles
 Pair up
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Robot Activity
 One tap to the upper mid back means “Go”.
 Two taps to the upper mid back means “Stop”.
 One tap on the right shoulder means to do a ninety degree
turn to the right.
 One tap on the left shoulder means to do a ninety degree
turn to the left.
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Robot Activity
 Who was the leader and who was the follower in this
experience? Was it always like that?
 When you thought you were the leader, did you ever do any
following?
 When you thought you were the follower, did you do any
leading?
 How does the Leader/Follower experience relate to tutoring
or mentoring youth?
 What does it mean to be a mentor/ tutor?
 How can your interaction style influence youth engagement
and success?
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Supportive Interaction
 Page 17
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Be nice
Be available
Circulate
Ask rather than tell
Listen and encourage
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Application
 Pages 20-22
 Choose an age group
and a content area
 Trade with a partner
 Create a scenario for
your partner
 Trade back and
respond
 Share and provide
feedback
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Design your Homework Help time
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Implementation
 Close your eyes….
and imagine what your
homework help session
could be…
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Reflection
 Write down one change you’ll make in your
program for each of the ingredients:
 Communication
 Productive Routines and Setting
 Supportive Interaction
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Be sure to check out these resources in
your guidebook.
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Sharing Homework Help With Others (30-33)
Tracking (12-16)
Interaction (17)
Study Skills and Self Regulated Learning (18-19)
Across Age Groups & Content Areas (20-22)
Research Review (36-40)
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