Tutors at LARC work with students to understand course concepts and develop strategies and skills they need to be successful in their courses. Students may schedule appointments with tutors up to two weeks in advance, work with the same tutor for the entire semester, come in for same-day appointments if they need immediate and limited assistance or use the Math and Writing Drop-in Labs. Same-day appointments are not available for all subjects at all times. Students should check the LARC tutor schedule or work with individual tutors in order to determine the best times to come in for tutoring. If you need more assistance, please call the LARC front desk at (408) 924-2587.
LARC tutors are nationally certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The peer tutors are undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated proficiency in the subjects that they tutor (usually by having completed the courses they are tutoring with a grade of an A or a B). Before each applicant is considered for a tutoring position, he or she must have successfully completed the Seminar for Tutors UNVS 120L course, submit 2 letters of recommendation from a SJSU faculty member in the discipline in which he or she wants to tutor, and for writing tutors, from a faculty member who can evaluate the applicant’s writing skills. For Level I CRLA Certification, tutors need to complete 25 hours of face to face tutoring as a hired tutor in LARC in addition to fully participating in and completion the assessment and evaluation process conducted with and by the Tutorial Coordinator.Completion of Level II CRLA Certification requires an additional 25 hours of face to face tutoring as a hired tutor in LARC, attendance, participation in, and completion of designated Level II training, and full participation in and completion of the assessment and evaluation process.
If you would like to see one of your students become a tutor, please encourage them to contact the Front Desk for more information on the application requirement process.
If you have any questions or concerns about tutoring at LARC, please contact LARC Tutorial Coordinator, Karin Winnard.
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