Peer and Lead Tutoring is provided to all students seeking assistance in academic courses. Peer and Lead tutoring is provided to students on campus in the Math and writing centers on both East and West campus. In addition, Sunday Night scholars is offered to student in Housing and Residence life on the 1st Sunday on the month, in Hall 5 on East Campus from 7-9 pm. Our Peer Tutors come highly recommended form faculty who have seen first-hand the students ability to grasp the concept in which they will be providing support. Our Lead Tutors are persons within our community who currently educators or retired in related fields of studies. These peer and lead tutors provide approachable, judgment-free support, often finding creative ways to explain challenging material.
- Annual increase in the number of unique students utilizing tutoring services.
- Annual increase in the number of unique students participating in supplemental instruction sessions.
- Retention and GPA data of students who regularly participate in academic support services.
- Contribution of these engagement increases toward ASU's retention goal of 82% by 2027
We are continuing to see an increase in student usage of the centers. We offer in person and online tutoring with Tutor on Demand. Our availability are 9-6 Monday through Friday. In effort to increase students knowledge of subject we offer support workshop in various subjects. In addition, we are implementing events on the topic Revealing Figures: An Expo of words, stories and numbers where we have activities aligned with story writing and Math is everywhere.
In effort to have a greater impact on student services, we will training provided to our tutors by Lenorad Geddes, founder of the The Learnwell project. We will also be collaborating on the FYAP with University College to ensure our workshops and other offerings align with students’ specific needs.
Challenges:
Students are strongly encouraged to visit the writing centers to have essay reviewed for formatting and grammatical and technical errors. The writing center has 2 full time employees on state line and 1 full time on grant. The additional services are provided by peer and lead tutors who are all supported by a grant. A challenge that will gravely impact our services is the cutting of grant funding.
Supports:
Our institutions Human Resources department implemented a new hiring process at the beginning of the semester, with no alerts to the campus. This impacted our ability to serve our student. We encourage our students to visit the centers early and often. Our Services are being mandated but not enough staff to support the needs of the student population.
