The Tutor Exchange Network

About the Tutoring Program:

The Learning Services Center offers tutoring to enrolled students through the Tutor Exchange Network (TEN). The network provides approximently 90 tutorial groups per semester. Courses for which tutorials are often provided are marked with a "T" in the course listing produced each semester by the Registrar. Tutorials are delivered in small groups by qualified peer tutors. As the TEN Calendar indicates, requests can be submitted during the first eight weeks of the fall and spring terms. If a student, after first contacting his/her instructor, continues to experience difficulty in a course, then it is appropriate to seek assistance through TEN. If a tutor is available, a tutorial group will be established according to the following process:

Student #1 requests tutorial and a tutor is available - Group #1 established.

Student #1 requests tutorial and a tutor is not available; the Tutor Network will work with the instructor to try to identify a tutor, and if a tutor can be identified, Group #1 will be established.

Student #2 requests tutorial (with same instructor and class as Group #1) and is available to be tutored at the time established for Group #1 - he/she is placed in the tutorial.

Student #2 requests tutorial and is not available at the time Group #1 meets - he/she is placed on a waiting list, and once three students can meet at a second time, Group #2 for the class is established.

This process will be followed for all classes for which tutorials are requested. It serves to maximize the support that is available through the Tutor Exchange Network.

Sign-ups are conducted in Learning Services, Freel Library, lower level; please check back to see sign-up times for spring 2007.

Students wishing to be tutors need to have a 2.5 overall GPA, have at least a B in the course they wish to tutor, and have two faculty references. Interested applicants are encouraged to complete the Tutor Application and submit it to Claire Devereaux Smith in Learning Services. Being a tutor is a great way to earn extra dollars, as well as to acquire skills that will be useful for graduate school and/or the workplace. For more information, contact claire.smith@mcla.edu.