Tutors available for extra help
MICHELLE MORICO
Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: News
Students frustrated with midterm grades have four more weeks to sign up for a tutor. Karen Tomkins-Tinch, coordinator of Learning Skills and International Student Program, said the deadline is there for a reason.
"We stop assigning tutors two weeks before finals," she said.
Not only do tutors have to study for their own exams, she said, but they also can't be expected to teach someone a full semester's work in such a short period of time.
The process of becoming a tutor consists of recruitment and then an application to enter the program.
"Students are approached by the learning center if they have a high GPA, then they are sent a letter asking if they are interested in becoming a tutor," she said.
Students interested in becoming tutors must attend a training session. It lasts several weeks during activity hours. Jane Fiore, the tutor coordinator, trains potential tutors.
A Marist student tutor gets paid by the tutee at $7 an hour. They arrange their own meetings. Most meet once or twice a week for one or two hours.
"If students want to be tutored, they come in to get the form, and make an appointment to see Fiore," said Tomkins-Tinch. "Fiore tries to match up people, looks up their compatibility in terms of professor usually."
If a student needs help in a class where the professor is someone with whom a tutor has already taken a class, they are more likely to be paired up.
One way to help boost grades is the student proofreading program, located in the Resource Room on the third floor of the library. No appointment is needed as long as the paper is five pages or less. The office is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Victoria Sarkisian is the head of Proofreading.
There is also an Online Proofreading Service (OPTO), where students can email a paper and receive the edited version back within 48 hours.
Morgan Nederhood, an English/ Writing major, said she has taken advantage of this service multiple times.
"It really helps a lot because in a lot of my classes I can get marked down an entire letter grade for simple typos," said Nederhood. "Having another set of eyes to read a paper really can be very helpful, and all you have to do is e-mail it in."
For help in math, the math lab is led by students in the basement of Lowell Thomas near the elevator. It's open Monday through Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Jenny Wiegand, said it helped him when he was struggling with math.
"The students that were there were very helpful, I had needed help with some concepts before a big exam," said Wiegand. "One of the students had the same Professor as me last year so it was much easier for my questions to be answered."
"We stop assigning tutors two weeks before finals," she said.
Not only do tutors have to study for their own exams, she said, but they also can't be expected to teach someone a full semester's work in such a short period of time.
The process of becoming a tutor consists of recruitment and then an application to enter the program.
"Students are approached by the learning center if they have a high GPA, then they are sent a letter asking if they are interested in becoming a tutor," she said.
Students interested in becoming tutors must attend a training session. It lasts several weeks during activity hours. Jane Fiore, the tutor coordinator, trains potential tutors.
A Marist student tutor gets paid by the tutee at $7 an hour. They arrange their own meetings. Most meet once or twice a week for one or two hours.
"If students want to be tutored, they come in to get the form, and make an appointment to see Fiore," said Tomkins-Tinch. "Fiore tries to match up people, looks up their compatibility in terms of professor usually."
If a student needs help in a class where the professor is someone with whom a tutor has already taken a class, they are more likely to be paired up.
One way to help boost grades is the student proofreading program, located in the Resource Room on the third floor of the library. No appointment is needed as long as the paper is five pages or less. The office is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Victoria Sarkisian is the head of Proofreading.
There is also an Online Proofreading Service (OPTO), where students can email a paper and receive the edited version back within 48 hours.
Morgan Nederhood, an English/ Writing major, said she has taken advantage of this service multiple times.
"It really helps a lot because in a lot of my classes I can get marked down an entire letter grade for simple typos," said Nederhood. "Having another set of eyes to read a paper really can be very helpful, and all you have to do is e-mail it in."
For help in math, the math lab is led by students in the basement of Lowell Thomas near the elevator. It's open Monday through Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Jenny Wiegand, said it helped him when he was struggling with math.
"The students that were there were very helpful, I had needed help with some concepts before a big exam," said Wiegand. "One of the students had the same Professor as me last year so it was much easier for my questions to be answered."
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