What is tutoring?

The purpose of tutoring is to help students help themselves. Tutors assist or guide students to become independent learners who can do the work on their own. Tutoring aims to supplement what is done in the classroom and during an individual's study time, not substitute for it.

What does the tutor do?

A tutor facilitates learning for individuals or small groups. He or she is also a role model who possesses knowledge and skills and shares them with the students. Tutors are expected to assist students in learning the concepts covered in the courses they tutor by utilizing strategies, such as reviewing class materials, discussing the text, working on sample problems, and predicting test questions.

LARC Mission Statement

The Learning Assistance and Resource Center (LARC) strives to provide quality academic support services which help students become independent, active learners who achieve academic success.  The LARC aims to promote cognitive development in a diversity of student populations through assessing and teaching the affective skills necessary for achieving academic and personal learning goals.

LARC Vision Statement

The pursuit of a quality education, although contingent upon professors and administrators, is essentially a venture of self-reliance. At the Learning Assistance and Resource Center, we envision a University populated with independent learners imbued with a desire to learn, to improve, and to progress.  Our tutors promote the critical thinking skills necessary for students to find unique and creative solutions to achieve academic success and actively pursue career goals. 

LARC Learning Outcomes:

• Students will apply study skills and strategies to become independent and active learners and achieve academic success.

• Peer tutors will demonstrate above average performance in the program-identified critical tutoring tasks.

• Students who attend review sessions will apply test-taking strategies and reasoning to succeed in the PPST PRAXIS I Test.