Highline College Tutoring Center

I am an AVID Tutor at my old high school Sierra Vista High School in Baldwin Park. This is going to be my second year working at SVHS and so far I love working at this school and helping the students. I work with sophomore, junior and, senior students. AVID is a college readiness program designed to help students develop the skills they need to be successful in college. It is also a program that motivates students to try to go to college. As an AVID tutor, I am responsible for helping the students by tutoring them in small groups in a specific subject matter (Math-History) by using homework/lesson discussion in groups. We use the Socratic questioning to get students to think critically about a problem they are struggling on and help them when they really cannot solve the question they have. I try to find resources (videos, notes, textbooks) to help the students get a better understanding of their question. Every Friday I grade

With the tutor, well, it seems the tutor is more of a crutch.” (Tyler 191). The irony of a tutor supposedly having the most positive influence on a young adult becomes the complete opposite. Student’s comprehend the idea of learning adults can possess a negative influence which makes it important to learn not to rely or use adults

Providing a rich and varied context is essential, tutors should utilize a range of different methods to engage all students interests and learning styles. Identifying and meeting the learners needs are important so that tutors can facilitate students learning and ensure that both the students and tutors meet the required goals. Each learner is unique and brings to the learning situation their own different learning style, knowledge set, past experiences and motivational levels. It is important for tutors to consider the level of knowledge and skill development attained by the learners prior to instruction through a variety of different types of assessment, in order to offer a high quality learning experience, delivered and resourced to suit the needs of the learner. Tutors can assess learner needs through numerous means, such as; informal and formal assessment strategies, pre-course interviews and learning style tests. This will allow tutors to tailor lessons and activities to support learners individual needs.

Tutoring is designed just for that particular client and his needs. Kim Bloomberg-Schamus’s approach is different. She asks her clients that after each exam, or essays is graded students are encouraged to bring in their exams to be reviewed. Therefore, going over each mistake to teach the student how to do the problem correctly. It is all about individualized attention that most other tutoring companies don’t have the time to do.

Now, I am aware that there are tutoring options available. Students can visit the main campus in Natchitoches and utilize the tutoring center there, or, via the NSU website, students can access both online and over-the phone tutoring. These are helpful options and my classmates and I feel grateful for this resource, however I feel that it is important to remember the broad spectrum of learning styles. Many students need that face-to-face encounter in order to feel comfortable asking questions, drawing the concept out themselves, and fully grasping the topic being taught. Driving an hour to the Natchitoches campus isn’t realistic for students, many of whom have jobs and/or families to be tending to. Online or over the phone simply isn’t enough.

The on-campus tutoring was another resource the team had used. The tutoring sessions turned out to be very helpful as sometimes when the professor wasn’t available, the tutors were there to guide us. Making sure we are on the right track and pulling us out from any problem we might have.

Debra Goldberg has been the Coordinator of Tutorial Services at ACC since 2000. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and taught English for 25 years. Every semester she employs and supervises about 25 student tutors. She is responsible for interacting with the majority of departments throughout the college.

We have tutors from high schools and colleges to help students with their homework assignments

The Center does not offer our services to continuing education students or for standardized testing and academic assessments. We do not offer private tutoring.

If they don’t understand their homework or lessons in a variety of subjects, they can find help with campus tutoring. This includes help from Peer Tutors who have shown to have a proficiency in selected subjects. You’ll get help with your writing in the English Studio, so you never need to turn in a bad paper. The Math Tank has cutting-edge technology to help students study from a variety of perspectives to understand concepts better. If you are really good in one subject, you can even join the team and help others. The English Studio is open Monday – Thursday, 8am – 8pm and Friday, 9am – 12pm. The Math Tank is open Monday – Thursday, 8am – 8pm, but you may need to check the schedules of individual

A students’ wellbeing is vitally important. As tutors We want our graduates to leave us equipped with all the skills, knowledge and experience they need to lead fulfilling careers and personal lives. Creating a stimulating and supportive environment helps them to thrive in every way – from their intellectual and sporting achievements, to their spiritual development and social and

Last school year, three of my peers and I decided that our high school needed a peer-tutoring club, so the last few months of my junior year and the first few weeks of my senior year were dedicated to starting this organization. We organized the structure and goals of the club, and presented our ideas to the administrators. Once we got our approval, we immediately began planning lessons. Two days a week we meet with groups of students that come to us for help on improving their ACT scores or general grades. Our service is open to any and every student. We have tutored students in dual-enrollment courses and in standard academic classes.

The need for tutors is overwhelming. Tutors help fill the gap between the teachers and the students. With so many students in each classroom, the teacher can't give each student the one-on-one attention that some students need. This is where tutors come in to play. Tutors have been a key instrument ineducation since as far back as the 1500's (Gordon 9). Tutoring is almost as old as educating children. Tutoring younger students is also still going strong in the twentieth century. Today it is more~important than ever due to the increase in students and low budgets that some schools have. As stated by Edward E. Gordon in his book, Centuries of Tutoring" Schoolinghas dominated the twentieth century, but tutoring still holds an important

A tutor can also be very helpful to its students when it comes to overcoming those language obstacles. By judging of the state of its student, a tutor has the freedom to choose which of the above mentioned suggestions will be used during the overcoming process. Although there may not be a classroom of students to whom the tutor is teaching, the one-on-one environment allows a greater sense of intimacy and a safer atmosphere (Leigh, 2009).

A tutoring center can help you understand course content, reading textbooks, preparing for a test or writing a paper. Tutoring center offers free one-on-one or small group tutoring for some courses, tutoring is available during the day and evening hours, stuck at home or having trouble when the tutoring center is closed no worries. Check out online tutors as at Holyoke Community College students, you have ongoing access to online professional tutoring services in the following areas, Accounting, writing, biology, Chemistry, Statistics and physiology. Online tutoring is great for some of the students who can't stay after school because you could be at home in the mid of the night in your pajamas and still get the help that's the best thing about online tutoring and you get so much