Academic Skills Enhancement Program
Assistant Director: Jody Moylon, 513-0996
Coordinator: Christi Turner, 513-2048
Intern: Amber Rae Childers, 513-0547
Assistant: Jenni Gillam, 513-2048
Academic Skills Enhancement Program email: aspsatutor@ncsu.edu

 

Mission Statement

The Academic Skills Enhancement Program promotes student accountability and provides student athletes with programs and services that improve academic skills in an efficient way.

 Objective of the Academic Skills Enhancement Program

To enhance academic skills through teaching study strategies, providing tutoring and academic mentoring within ASPSA’s facilities throughout the academic year and to provide appropriate guidance with diagnostic testing referrals to our student population.

Goals

• Reduce number of no shows
• Reduce number of schedule changes
• Be more intentional to determine the right number of scheduled appointments
• Maximize utilization of drop-in tutors
• Increase skills enhancement of student athletes
• Retention of Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff
• Reduce number of Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff and increase quality of employees
• Increase number of returning Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff with CRLA certification

Nationally Certified Program

• The College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) has certified ASPSA at Level 1 (June 2005), Level 2 (July 2006), and Level 3 (July 2007).

Session Descriptions

• Individual and Small Group Tutoring
• Team Study Hall
• Drop-In Tutoring

Session Locations

All appointments must be conducted in one of the three following locations. If a circumstance arises and an appointment should be conducted in a different location, then the tutor must contact an Academic Skills Enhancement Program administrator for approval prior to the appointment.

• Case Academic Center (primary location)
• Weisiger-Brown
• Murphy Center

At-Risk Tier Structure

Tier 1

Based on several different facts, student athletes identified as Tier 1 are most at risk of not graduating. They have a variety of indicators (based on the Tier Criteria) that ASPSA believes will need intense services. For incoming student athletes, they score 4+ on the criteria. For returning student athletes, they score 5+ on the criteria.

Tier 2

This group of individuals is identified as moderately at risk of not graduating; they have potential indicators (based on the Tier Criteria) that ASPSA believes will need services. For incoming student athletes, they score 2-3 on the criteria. For returning students athletes, they score 4 on the criteria.

Tier 3

This group of individuals is identified as at risk of not graduating; with minimal indicators that lead ASPSA to believe that they will need to utilize specific services.

*If a student athlete has a documented disability and/or ADD/ADHD, then he/she will be referred to the Academic Skills Enhancement Program Coordinator for guidance on the registration procedure with the NCSU Disability Services Office. All questions and concerns related to disabilities and/or ADD/ADHD will be directed to the Academic Skills Enhancement Program.

Expectations

The Academic Skills Enhancement Program administrators expect the following from all ASPSA employees and Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff:

• Professionalism (including attire)
• Integrity
• Collaborative problem solving consistent with ASPSA’s goals and mission
• Communication (verbal, open, honest, timely)
• Intentional plans for students utilizing the program
• Trust/mutual respect
• Consistency with holding students accountable
• Challenging students in sessions
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• No communication between student athletes and the Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff outside of scheduled sessions (i.e.- exchange of phone numbers, emails, virtual communities)

The Academic Skills Enhancement Program administrators expect the following from all students:

• Responsibility for their own actions at all times
• Act with the highest standards of integrity
• Active participation
• Be prepared to all sessions by bringing syllabi and class materials
• Lead rather than follow the behavior of others
• Respect staff and our program

• No communication between student athletes and the Academic Skills Enhancement Program staff outside of scheduled sessions (i.e.- exchange of phone numbers, emails, virtual communities)

Student Athlete Program Involvement Policy

5-Point Policy (fall and spring Semester)/ 3-Point Policy (each summer session)

• 1 no show = 1 point
• 2 tardies (at least 15 minutes) = 1 point
• 2 unprepared sessions = 1 point
• Unprepared = If a tutor states this in a session report and/or an Academic Skills Enhancement Program administrator observes
• A student is expected to bring syllabi and class materials (books, notes, etc) to each session or it will count as an unprepared session
• Should a student athlete reach 5 points, then the student athlete loses his/her privileges from the Academic Skills Enhancement Program for the rest of the semester. Should a student athlete reach 3 points in a summer session, then the student athlete loses his/her privileges from the Academic Skills Enhancement Program for the rest of the session.

Session Cancellation/Excused Absence Policy

• Sessions will be cancelled by the Assistant Director of the Academic Skills Enhancement Program once information is received from Registration and Records on dropped courses
• Full participation in sessions is expected of all student athletes who utilize the Academic Skills Enhancement Program
• The following are reasons for an excused absence:
• The student athlete is away from campus representing NCSU (student athlete must provide a class excuse letter to the Assistant Director of the Academic Skills Enhancement Program at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment)
• Illness or injury (with a physician’s note or notification from Sports Medicine to the Assistant Director of the Academic Skills Enhancement Program)
• Death or serious illness in the family
• Approval by the Assistant Director of the Academic Skills Enhancement Program
• Student athletes cannot cancel for any other reason except for the above reasons
• Student athletes must sign up for their drop-in appointments