Tutoring
Getting tutoring support at TC3 is free and easy! Drop in anytime during operating hours, in-person or online, for a wide array of tutoring support.
Prepare for Tutoring
Bring a copy of your assignment.
Come prepared with questions for the tutor.
Be patient and invest in the tutoring process.
Online Drop-in Tutoring
We offer two methods of online tutoring.
Online Drop-in Tutoring
Online tutoring, including assistance with navigating Brightspace, with our TC3 tutors, is being offered through Microsoft Teams.
Drop-in Tutoring in Microsoft Teams
See how easy it is to utilize Microsoft Teams!
Net-Tutor
Live online help in several subjects is available to all TC3 students from professional tutors (not TC3 tutors) on evenings, nights, and weekends through a service called Net Tutor.
Current TC3 students may access this service by following these steps:
- Log into Brightspace and go to the front page by clicking the TC3 logo in the upper left corner.
- In the green Navbar, select Campus Resources.
- From the pulldown select NetTutor.
Improve your Study Skills
Individual Study Skills Assistance
The college's tutoring coordinator, Scott Bennett, is available for free individual sessions to assist students with strategies for academic success. To make an appointment email SMB066@tompkinscortland.edu.
Study Skills
Want to become a tutor?
Tutoring is done on a drop-in or appointment basis by peer (student) tutors, para-professional, and professional tutors. The tutors all function as guides and coaches; they facilitate learning and encourage students to become successful, independent learners. The center's tutors assist students with their understandings of course/subject specific content, study skills, writing skills, and basic skills (note-taking, time management, etc.).
General Tutor Duties
- Arrive promptly for all shifts and wear name tag.
- Maintain a professional and welcoming demeanor at all times.
- Respect students’ rights to confidentiality.
- Help foster independent learning by circulating and allowing students time to work on their own.
- Complete all aspects of required tutor-training sessions to learn about policies and procedures, to learn tutoring strategies, and to share experiences and suggestions with other tutors.
- Each semester, complete a self-evaluation and meet with a Baker Center professional staff member (mentor) to review the mentor's evaluation and to discuss the tutor's growth & development in the role.
- Correctly fill in paper sign-in sheets and complete the online 'time-sheet' to correctly correspond with paper sign-in sheet.
- Read notices/messages placed in your name tag/mail box.
- Notify Tutoring Center if advance if missing a shift.
- Clean up lab area upon arrival and departure (Remove used scratch paper; arrange and organize books/texts in the area; replace pens/pencils; push in chairs; etc).
- Remind students to sign in and pick up "name label." Remind students to sign out as well.
- When there are no students to tutor in the drop-in lab, work on tutoring journal or ask one of the professional tutors for something to do.
- Refer students, when appropriate, to Baker Center staff professionals or other college services.
- Keep appropriate notes and records as instructed.
- Inform or consult with a professional or certified tutor if any problems are encountered.
Qualifications for Becoming a Peer Tutor
All tutors must provide faculty references, must maintain at least a 3.0 in content area, a 2.5 overall GPA and must be in good academic standing. We look for applicants strong in both content area and interpersonal skills. If you are interested, fill out an application electronically or print one off from a link below. Feel free to stop by to chat about the job. If you prefer, call to make an appointment: 607.844.8222 x4416.
Additional Form for Writing Tutor Applicants
You can fill out your application electronically, save it to your computer, and then email it back to Scott Bennett as an attachment. Alternately, you could print the application, fill it out, and then drop it off at the Baker Commons. When you stop in to the center, try to touch base with our tutor coordinator, Scott Bennett, so he can meet you and then have you in mind when making up the tutoring schedules. If you prefer to snail-mail the application in, send it to:
Contact Scott Bennett if you have questions.