Tutoring @ the SCAA

To make a tutoring appontment during the first two weeeks of each quarter, you must come to the SCAA or contact us by telephone (510) 885-3674. Following this time, you may also use the TutorTrac online appointment program (below).

Welcome to the SCAA

What can you expect when you come for tutoring? When you come to the SCAA, you will meet a talented and capable staff of tutors who will do their best to help you succeed. Their job is to help you discover and develop strategies that will empower your own leaning and enhance those skills and dispositions you already possess.

In 2009, the SCAA tutor training program was certified by the College Reading and Learning Association.  This certification assures that the components of the CSUEB SCAA tutor training course and workshops provide the tutoring staff with essential background information and pedagogical strategies to help assist our students. The training content complies with the CRLA standards that have been developed over the years.

A SCAA tutor's role in not to edit or proofread your papers, or do your math homework while you sit by and observe. Rather than just correcting your errors, the tutors will work together with you. A tutor's goal is to help you become a self-empowered and successful student, a better editor, a more competent analyzer of math problems. The tutors will help you understand and improve your own process of writing or solve quantitative assignments. They will not only help you discover the "correct way" or the "right answer", but they will share with you strategies and approaches to studying and learning so that you can become a better, more confident and successful student.

Three Ways to See a Tutor

• USE DROP-IN TUTORING  - Sign-in at the SCAA Reception Desk and you will have a 30-minute session, no appointment necessary. During times of heavy student demand, Drop-In Tutoring may be limited or not available. Please arrive at least on half hour before the posted end of each day's Drop-In schedule.
• MAKE A ONE HOUR APPOINTMENT - Get help proactively and call or stop by to schedule a one-hour appointment.  We schedule appointments one week in advance.
• ARRANGE FOR A WEEKLY STANDING APPOINTMENT - If you know you will need regular help throughout the quarter, sign up for a weekly standing appointment.  We have a limited supply of this helpful service, so come early during the first two weeks of the quarter and make sure you will be able to attend each hourly session (you may cancel or miss an appointment only twice).

How to Get the Most from Tutoring

Be Positive
Set goals and work toward achieving these goals. Focus on what you can control, not what you cannot control.

Be Prompt
Be on time for tutoring appointments. Most appointments are twenty-five to fifty-five minutes long. If you are late the tutor may take another student and you will have to schedule another appointment at a later time and date.

Be Prepared
Bring your textbook, class notes, a copy of your assignment, graded exams, and a calculator for math and statistics tutoring.

Be Focused
Have a goal for each tutoring session and let your tutor know what your goals and expectations are.

Be Cooperative
Tell your tutor what areas present the largest challenges or difficulties for you and listen thoughtfully to the tutor's suggestions for ways that you can improve your skills.

Be Current with Assignments
Read assignments given by your instructor before your scheduled appointment, so you can be prepared to describe any difficulty you are having to your tutor. Attempt to understand as much as you can from the text and your notes before seeing the tutor.

Subject Availability and Cancelling Appointments

The subjects offered for tutoring may change. Drop-in tutoring is limited or may not be available.Students who miss two appointments without prior notification or cancel two appointments within one academic quarter will lose their SCAA privileges. A cancellation must be made at least 24 hours in advance, or it will be considered as a missed appointment. We reserve the right to reschedule appointments if necessary.