Tutoring 101-What Students Need to Know

Our tutors

• are degreed professionals who have undergone tutor training for College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) tutor certification.

• lead students to become independent learners by helping them identify ways to use available resources, their class notes, textbooks, etc. to increase understanding of course material.

• ask questions and use active listening skills, such as mirroring and reflecting, and demonstrate techniques for improvement.

• help students learn to identify and correct academic and life skill problems.

• are friendly, respect confidentiality and honor student rights to privacy.

Our tutors will not

• criticize an instructor, Lone Star College–Tomball processes and procedures or students.

• correct all mistakes on papers or homework.

• think for the students.

• offer opinions concerning grades.

• do the work for students.

Students should

• be prepared to LEARN – Students are responsible for what they learn and what they want to accomplish during a tutoring session. Bring with you all relevant assignments, papers, or books.

• be prepared to WRITE - Students learn more from doing than from just listening. Taking notes and highlighting sections of the textbook are all ways to improve understanding.

• be prepared to TALK - Students need to actively participate by asking questions and restating concepts and facts. Tutors do not think for students. Instead, they ask students questions and help them figure out answers.

Commitment Equals Success

• Remember improvement takes time and practice. A single tutoring session does not make a better student . For the most part, students realize greatest success by meeting weekly with the tutor throughout the semester.

• In the final analysis, it is the student's preparation and willingness to work that determine academic success.