He would like to set up a subcommittee to assist the Year 1 committee with development of their student progress plan. One faculty asked the committee to define the role of the tutor in student progress. The current block committees do not know the students as well the tutors and it is unfortunate the tutors were not a part of the student progress process. A subcommittee recommending remediations on students they do not know is a mistake. Also, tutors should contribute more to the examination.
Tutors are the ones on the front line with the students.
The committee agreed that specified tutors should be involved in the student progress subcommittee meetings. Dr. Tomkowiak s idea behind the assessment teams it was difficult to get everyone in the room as the same date and time. If there was a problem student, the tutor would then be consulted. Several students think they should have received the exam to review their errors. Faculty need to consider all factors when scheduling exam result review sessions.