Role description Tutor

Summary
Projects are central to Fontys ICT's education. All students work in groups on projects. The project is the environment in which the student develops into an ICT professional . The tutor supervises a number of project groups in their professional process. He also has an eye for group interaction and dynamics and takes action when necessary. A semester coach supervises individual students.

The tutor

• is preferably also a semester coach or course lecturer with the project group;
• supervises groups of students regarding their professional development (RD);
• is the first point of contact for a project group in case of problems, concerns or doubts in the group process;
• together with the other lecturers ensures the introduction of students and student groups in the semester;
• proactively engages with project groups;
• monitors the process of the project groups;
• coaches students on project organisation;
• provides feedback on concrete, observable behaviour of the project group, thus encouraging reflective behaviour;
• monitors group dynamics, makes students aware and intervenes if necessary;
• encourages students to make joint working agreements for the realisation of the project and to ensure that these agreements are met.
• gives feedforward to the project group and values the feedback noted by the group in Feedpulse;
• coordinates with external stakeholder(s);
• coordinates with other lecturers involved with the students in the project group;
• participates in the Assessor meeting as co-assessor;
• takes care of its own professionalisation in this role. For example, intervision or education regarding coaching and group dynamics.

During a project group meeting, the tutor usually discusses:

• well-being of the group;
• progress of the project;
• status of agreements made;
• progress on learning outcomes.