Dress Code for tutors?

[Annette J James]

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Mazen J Hamadeh]

At Bethune College, York University, we ask Peer Tutors to wear red-coloured, velcroed armbands with the following printed in white: "Peer Tutors", and next to it our emblem. It is easier than a T-shirt, and they place it around their arms during their shifts. It has worked very well.

For PASS Leaders, we do not have a dress code.




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Subject: Dress Code for tutors?

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Sharp, Jan T]

Annette,

 

We ask for tutors and SIL’s to refrain from wearing “short” shorts and skirts, as well as low cut or sleeveless shirts. One semester, we had a problem with tutors wearing toboggans during working hours in the winter. It became a contest of who could wear the most ridiculous toboggan. We had to ask for them to stop doing that as well. Other than that, we don’t mind what they wear.

 

 

 

Jan T. Sharp

 

 

Supplemental Instruction/Peer Tutor Coordinator

Office: ERC 330-A

Phone: 865-539-7182

 

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Subject: Dress Code for tutors?

 

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Lars Hedlund]

Hi Annette,

 

We avoid having a dress code because, as peers, they should be allowed to look and dress like students. It helps other students feel more comfortable in their sessions.

 

We’ve never had problems with leaders dressing inappropriately, but it’s usually -20 degrees Celsius, so inappropriate clothing isn’t usually an issue anyways.  

 

Kind regards,

Lars Hedlund

Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Coordinator

+1-403-220-2473

 

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We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Jenkins, Cynthia L.]

At St. Louis Community College at Forest Park Campus our tutors were a blue vest with sliver writing that reads Peer tutor. SI leaders were a gray vest with blue writing that reads SI leader and of course the professional tutors have name badges.

 

Cynthia

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[Ray Sanchez]

I buy into the idea that they should look and dress like students. We shoot for informal—not the Library, but also not the Student Union—and only have a few simple rules:

 

Dress Code

·         Males:  no tank tops.  Footwear (Shoes/Sandals, etc.) must be worn at all times.  

·         Females:  no low cut tops or excessively short skirts or shorts.  Footwear (Shoes/Sandals, etc.) must be worn at all times. You will be asked to wear a sweater or shirt or asked to leave if you arrive for work underdressed.

·         Both: underwear showing will not be tolerated. You will be asked to leave for the day if you cannot keep your underwear hidden. 

 

Ray M. Sanchez

Fresno City College

 

 

From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Lars Hedlund
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:08 PM
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Subject: Re: Dress Code for tutors?

 

Hi Annette,

 

We avoid having a dress code because, as peers, they should be allowed to look and dress like students. It helps other students feel more comfortable in their sessions.

 

We’ve never had problems with leaders dressing inappropriately, but it’s usually -20 degrees Celsius, so inappropriate clothing isn’t usually an issue anyways.  

 

Kind regards,

Lars Hedlund

Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Coordinator

+1-403-220-2473

 

From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Annette J James
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:12 PM
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Subject: Dress Code for tutors?

 

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Spear, Elizabeth (LearningCtr)]

My only rules: 1) Bathe

            2) no cracks (top or bottom)

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[Michele Doney]

Wait, what’s a toboggan?  I thought I knew what a toboggan was, but what I’m picturing in my head couldn’t possibly be what your staff was wearing to work!

 

 

Michele Costabile Doney, MSEd

Director, Math & Science Resource Center

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Recording Secretary, Higher Education Officers Council

Secretary, Association for the Tutoring Profession

NCLCA Certified Learning Center Professional – Level One

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharp, Jan T
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Dress Code for tutors?

 

Annette,

 

We ask for tutors and SIL’s to refrain from wearing “short” shorts and skirts, as well as low cut or sleeveless shirts. One semester, we had a problem with tutors wearing toboggans during working hours in the winter. It became a contest of who could wear the most ridiculous toboggan. We had to ask for them to stop doing that as well. Other than that, we don’t mind what they wear.

 

 

 

Jan T. Sharp

 

 

Supplemental Instruction/Peer Tutor Coordinator

Office: ERC 330-A

Phone: 865-539-7182

 

From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Annette J James
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:12 PM
To: SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU
Subject: Dress Code for tutors?

 

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Anne Elizabeth Raines]

In Arkansas, it’s a knitted hat. 

 

Anne Raines Associate Director Enhanced Learning Center Enhanced Learning Center 1 University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-2886 Fax: 479-575-8759 ELC.uark.edu

 

 

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[Eileen Herteis]

In Canada,  what you call a toboggan, we call a toque . . . 

Eileen M Herteis

Mount Allison University

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In Arkansas, it’s a knitted hat. 

 

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From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Michele Doney
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:28 PM
To: SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU
Subject: Re: Dress Code for tutors?

 

Wait, what’s a toboggan?  I thought I knew what a toboggan was, but what I’m picturing in my head couldn’t possibly be what your staff was wearing to work!

 

 

Michele Costabile Doney, MSEd

Director, Math & Science Resource Center

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Recording Secretary, Higher Education Officers Council

Secretary, Association for the Tutoring Profession

NCLCA Certified Learning Center Professional – Level One

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Room 01.94 NB

524 W 59 ST

New York, NY 10019

T.646-557-4595

 

"Helping Under-prepared Students Prepare, Prepared Students Advance, and Advanced Students Excel" – The NADE Motto

 

From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharp, Jan T
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:04 PM
To: SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU
Subject: Re: Dress Code for tutors?

 

Annette,

 

We ask for tutors and SIL’s to refrain from wearing “short” shorts and skirts, as well as low cut or sleeveless shirts. One semester, we had a problem with tutors wearing toboggans during working hours in the winter. It became a contest of who could wear the most ridiculous toboggan. We had to ask for them to stop doing that as well. Other than that, we don’t mind what they wear.

 

 

 

Jan T. Sharp

 

 

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Supplemental Instruction/Peer Tutor Coordinator

Office: ERC 330-A

Phone: 865-539-7182

 

From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Annette J James
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:12 PM
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Subject: Dress Code for tutors?

 

We’ve been chatting about dress codes for our tutors and SI Leaders. Does anyone have a dress code or guidelines they would like to share?

 

Thank you!

Annette

 

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[Sharp, Jan T]

Michelle,

I have attached some of what we were seeing. Needless to say, it didn't last long.

Jan Sharp
Pellissippi State Community College
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[Michele Doney]

Jan,

Your team has a good sense of humor! These are priceless! Thanks for clarifying. Where I grew up, we just call those hats or sometimes knit caps, so I was picturing people with wooden sleds on their heads!

Michele Costabile Doney, MSEd
Director, Math & Science Resource Center
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Recording Secretary, Higher Education Officers Council
Secretary, Association for the Tutoring Profession

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"Helping Under-prepared Students Prepare, Prepared Students Advance, and Advanced Students Excel" - The NADE Motto

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From: Supplemental Instruction Discussion List [mailto:SI...@LISTSERV.UMKC.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharp, Jan T
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 7:08 PM
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Subject: Re: Dress Code for tutors?

Michelle,

I have attached some of what we were seeing. Needless to say, it didn't last long.

Jan Sharp
Pellissippi State Community College
Supplemental Instruction/Peer Tutor Coordinator
865-539-7182


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[Tellez, Hernando]

Why have a separate dress code for males than for females? Would you object to a male tutor who comes to work wearing “excessively short” shorts? Why is it okay for a female to wear a tank top (as long as it is not low cut), but not so for a male? And, for the even more interesting question, what if you have a tutor who likes to crossdress or who is transitioning to a different gender? Would that be unacceptable? I invite you to find ways to rewrite your dress code that are less gender specific (and gender-normative).

 

 

--

Hernando Tellez, PhD.

Mathematics Faculty

Cascadia College

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[Kathy Evertz]

Hello, all:

We don't have a dress code.  During training we talk a lot about the how's and why's of creating a welcoming, inclusive environment in which all people can learn.  I tell tutors my true story of working with a grad student who showed up to work wearing a t-shirt with a really offensive slogan and ask them to imagine how a student entering the space might feel about asking that person for assistance.   I also talk about what brain science has to say about the effect of stress on the ability to process new information and access memories.  This term, I've had to talk to one of our tutors who was reluctant to give up her practice of working in bare feet.  I think I've finally convinced her that some people are grossed out or culturally offended by bare feet.  Beyond that, we really haven't had any issues.

Cheers,

Kathy

Kathy Evertz, Ph.D., Director
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[Ray Sanchez]

Thank you for the invitation. Our policy will remain as it is. Now, on to Supplemental Instruction matters.

~Ray