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TUTOR TRAINING and
CERTIFICATION
As a nationally certified
College of Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) tutor-training
center, the LAC is the tutor-training center at UTB/TSC. Peer tutors
must possess a high academic standing and exemplary faculty
recommendations, as well as knowledge in the content areas, study
skills, ethics, and tutoring strategies.
Peer tutors attend
special-topic sessions at the onset of each semester and receive
continuous on-the-job training from the Learning Instructional
Specialists throughout the term. Tutors become adept at effectively
assisting students, while building their own workplace competencies.
Under the guidance of a mentor, they forge the foundations for success
in their own professional development and future.
In addition, as a members
of the CRLA, the Learning Instructional Specialists engage in an open
dialogs with student-oriented professionals who are active in reading,
learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at
the college level. CRLA allows for the free exchange of ideas,
methods and information to improve student learning and facilitate
professional growth among its members.
CRLA also supports the LAC
via its International Tutor Certification Program (ICTP), which
certifies more than 300 college and university tutorial programs in the
United States and Canada. ICTP provides recognition and positive
reinforcement for tutors’ successful work from an international
organization, CRLA. Second, its certification process sets a
standard of skills and training for tutors. For example,
ICTP has certified the LAC to train tutors using its three-tiered system
for the past five years.
These requirements include:
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a minimum of 10 hours of tutor training per semester for each tutoring
level
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25 hours of actual tutoring per level
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completion of special tutoring projects for Master Tutor candidates
Through its partnership
with the CRLA, the LAC provides the university community with the
highest quality level of tutors and learning assistance available.
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