March 18, 2022–Missouri Western State University’s Center for Academic Support (CAS) has been awarded a five-year certification for Levels 1, 2 and 3 as a certified tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA).
The Center for Academic Support has worked hard to develop a tutor training program that meets CRLA’s rigorous standards and has successfully completed the International Tutor Training Program Certification peer review process. Achieving certification means that the CAS has met CRLA’s high standards for tutor selection, training, direct service and evaluation as an integral part of their overall tutoring program.
“Students are tutored in a way that they understand, using language that they understand,” said Susan Garrison, director and writing coordinator for the Center for Academic Support. “We take tutoring seriously. Being a good tutor is more than just being good in a subject area or willing to help others. It means meeting students where they are with the material and helping them build on their knowledge so they can ultimately become independent learners.”
During the fall 2021 semester, 435 students utilized CAS services for 2,345 visits totaling 2,284 hours. Of these, 186 direct tutoring hours were provided in an online format.
For more than thirty years CRLA has been a leader in learning assistance, reading, and academic support programs with almost 1,300 members and over 2,000 certified training programs worldwide. Missouri Western will host the 2022 Heartland CRLA Spring Conference April 7 and 8 for members in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit missouriwestern.edu.