We carefully screen prospective tutors, requiring them to obtain approval from the course directors for any and all courses for which they apply to serve as a tutor. Recognizing that individuals have different learning styles, we strive to provide a minimum of two different tutors for each course, giving our students an opportunity to choose which tutorial style best meets their learning style and preference. Group tutor sessions are scheduled weekly for all courses, a calendar of which is published and distributed in students open mail boxes on a monthly basis. The date, time, location and name of the tutor are all indicated on the schedules to enable those students interested in attending one or more sessions to avail themselves of these services. Generally, we request that students who are achieving either a High Pass or Honors grade in a course refrain from attending the tutoring sessions in order to maximize the opportunity for more individualized attention.
Sessions are open to students on an as needed basis.
All tutors are required to maintain a contact sheet of students tutored on a weekly basis. This assists in our validation of the importance of the program. Special notices of changes in the tutoring schedule and other pertinent information are distributed to students utilizing the contact sheets. They are also utilized when a professor, the academic standing committee, or Dean requests information about a student s willingness to put forth the extra effort needed to pass a course. It is the hope of the Student Academic Support Services area that all students will feel comfortable availing themselves of these services.