Tutoring

Photo of student receiving tutoring
Albany Campus
Willamette Hall, 2nd floor
mcintys@linnbenton.edu
 

LBCC's tutoring program provides you with academic assistance that maximizes your learning potential, academic performance, and adjustment to college. Our goals are:

 

How can I sign up for tutoring?

Tutoring is delivered both in-person and online. Schedule an appointment through My LB.

How to Schedule an Appointment

 

Program Information

Meet Our Tutors

Our Tutors

Our tutors are not instructors. Most of are students, and they are expected to be competent but not experts in their subject area. They will help you to the best of their ability, but their main focus will be to help you learn how to learn so that you can succeed independently. Do not rely on a tutor to "catch you up" if you miss classes. Tutoring is supplemental to your own efforts.

Meet the Tutors

Your Feedback is Valued

Because we want to provide the best service possible, we are interested in your feedback about the quality of tutoring services you receive. If you have comments, you are encouraged to contact us (see above). When you are asked to complete a tutor evaluation, we really appreciate it when you take the time to return it to us!

Courses

We offer tutoring in a wide variety of courses offered at LBCC. Subjects can vary from term to term.

View Currently Offered Subjects

What can you do if we do not have a tutor for your course?

  • Work together with another student from your class
  • Form a study group
  • Visit your instructor's office hours
  • Ask around - your classmates or instructor may have online resources/tutorials you can take advantage or
  • Look at our Tutor-Recommended Resources section
  • Submit the "Report Unable to Find Appointment" Form in Tutortrac

Program Guidelines

Appointments are scheduled through our online appointment system, TutorTrac, and should be scheduled 24 hours in advance. However, you can call the Learning Center during open hours to inquire about any "same day" availability.

Please keep track of your appointments. You are responsible for keeping the appointments you make. All students are granted one excused appointment per term. If you cancel an appointment less than two hours ahead of time, or miss another appointment after you've had one excused, you will lose tutoring privileges for two weeks. This automatically happens after the second no show appointment or late cancellation. Your privileges will be restored one week from the date of your missed appointment. You can ask the Tutoring Services Manager for the date you will be able to make appointments again.

Please make every effort to limit your cancellations. Your tutor has made a commitment to be there for you, and the cancellation may occur too late to be filled by another student.

  • You are going to class. This is a requirement to continue being tutored.
  • Be prepared when you see your tutor. Do your homework first. Know what you want help with.
  • Bring your textbook, notes, and calculator.
  • Don't expect answers. Your tutor will help you understand concepts so you can get answers yourself. This is the most effective form of learning support.
  • Be patient with your tutor and with yourself. Some problems are not easily solved.

  • Clarify information presented in class or in your textbook.
  • Help you develop effective study skills.
  • Model problem-solving techniques, and then have you try them.
  • Offer encouragement as you learn to understand difficult concepts.
  • Model critical thinking strategies in the discipline you are studying. They will help you learn how to utilize your text, notes, and additional resources so you are able to problem-solve and find the answers on your own.

  • Do your homework!
  • Give you the answers.
  • Take the place of your instructor.
  • Help you with take-home tests.
  • "Rescue" you if you miss classes.
  • Help you during their own study time. You must have an appointment.

Become a Tutor

Interested in Tutoring?

Tutoring is a flexible, part-time position with the college. We offer tutoring online and in-person, by appointment. Consideration for a tutor position is based on the following:

  • Program need and/or student requests
  • Academic competency (Grade and GPA requirements)
  • Instructor recommendation
  • Good interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills as demonstrated through a formal interview
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate in English at a level which allows clear understanding by students
  • Commitment to participate in professional development and training

Benefits of Tutoring

Being a tutor has the potential of enhancing your whole college experience, and the skills you develop will transfer well to any future career. Tutors practice good interpersonal communication, develop valuable critical thinking skills, boost their self-confidence, and improve their own academic performance by guiding other students through the learning process.

Tutor Training

Our tutors participate in extensive training in the best practices of learning support. Before your tutor sits across the table from you, they have completed initial training in foundational tutoring skills.

The LBCC Tutoring Program is certified through the College Reading & Learning Association's International Tutor Training Program Certification. We are certified at both Level I & Level II through CRLA-ITTPC.

What does this mean?

Once your tutor has reached Level I status, they have accomplished the following:

  • 25 hours of tutoring
  • 10 hours of training
  • Favorable evaluations by students and the Tutoring Services Manager

Level II status requires an additional 25 hours of tutoring, 10 hours of training, and continued evaluations.

Frequently Asked Questions

No! If you are enrolled in a credit or GED course, you are already in our scheduling software, TutorTrac. Just access it through My LB.

You are able to schedule up to three appointments each week, and five if you are a student who receives the accommodation of two additional sessions through Accessibility Resources. 

Tutoring begins the second week of the term and is not available during finals week.

Tutors offer a variety of hours. In-person appointments occur during open building hours. Online appointments are offered seven days a week beginning at 8:00am and ending at 9:00pm.

Appointments are offered online and in-person.

In most cases, the most convenient way for you to make an appointment is through Tutortrac. However, we are happy to assist any time. Contact us using the methods at the top of the page.

After hours requests will be replied to at the earliest opportunity the following business day.

Unfortunately, no. Tutoring appointments are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Complete the "Unable to find an Appointment" form in Tutortrac. Be sure to list the course and relevant information. Or feel free to contact us using the methods at the top of the page.

Your tutor will wait fifteen minutes. If you are going to be later than that, please reach out and let us know at which point we can let the tutor know you are on your way.

If we do not hear from you by the fifteen minutes, your appointment will be considered a no-show and might result in a loss of tutoring privileges.

Tutor-Recommended Resources

If you want additional help or need assistance before your next tutoring appointment, take a look at these tutor-recommended links below.

  • Crash Course: YouTube playlist with hundreds of tutorials for a variety of subjects and topics (Associated Channel in: Spanish)

Group Tutoring

For selected courses we offer group study sessions to help strengthen their understanding of course concepts.

Your group tutor is a well-qualified, former student recommended by the instructors. They will help you connect concepts, answer one another's questions, and prepare for exams. This is an excellent study tool and can be built into your study routine each week. Group tutoring provides an opportunity for you to process and apply information from class with your peers, a highly recommended learning strategy.

Current Term Group Tutoring Schedule

 

Embedded Tutoring

In addition to group and individual tutoring, we have embedded tutoring in select courses. These courses have a tutor who attends class and assists with learning during small group discussions, groupwork, labtime, etc. Embedded tutoring placements are considered each term at the request of the instructor.

Current Term Embedded Tutoring Schedule

Additional Campus Resources

Do you have just a couple of questiosn? Don't necessarily need an entire tutoring session? Or, are you looking for a little extra assistance before your next class or tutoring appointment? Check out these additional campus resources:

Students who would like assistance with physics, chemistry, or geology classes can visit the Physical Science Help Desk.

There is additional accounting support for students enrolled in accounting courses.

Accounting Tutor: Suzy Beck (becks@linnbenton.edu)

Math Support: Let us help you with your math questions! The Math Desk and Math Cafe provide a supportive space where students can get drop-in help with all LBCC mathematics and applied mathematices courses.

Writing Center: At LBCC's Writing Center, our goal is to help students become more confident, effective, and expressive writers - and to make the writing process more joyful. We offer coaching for all students, for any writing project, in any class, and at any stage in the writing process.

Academic Success Coaching: can help you reach your goals by focusing on your strengths and priorities. Let us help you develop an individual plan to build academic skills that will serve you at LBCC and beyond.