Faculty Information

Peer Tutors are for courses that have under 60 students enrolled and for 100-200 level general education courses. Peer Tutors offer weekly walk-in tutoring hours and individualized tutoring, as needed.

LCTs are for courses that have over 60 students enrolled and for 100-200 level general education courses. LCTs offer weekly walk-in tutoring hours and individualized tutoring, as needed.

LCTs assist during class by taking attendance, distributing and collecting materials, and assisting with other in-class tasks deemed necessary. LCTs can also work for up to three hours outside of the class to assist in arranging for technology services; scanning, copying, and collating materials; updating bulletin boards; and other out-of-class tasks deemed necessary. LCTs may not perform any functions required of the instructor of record, e.g., they are not to grade any course assignments.

The Large Classroom Tutors are hired and trained by the UWTP.

LAs are for courses that have over 60 students enrolled and/or have a high C-, D, F, W rate. LAs offer two one-hour structured review and discussion sessions (based on the Supplemental Instruction model) and have two open discussion hours in the Learning Assistant Office, in Kemp Library room 109.

LAs also assist during class by taking attendance; distributing and collecting materials; assisting with students’ questions via the Zoom chat feature and/or assisting with breakout rooms in Zoom, if a class is held online; and assisting with other in-class tasks deemed necessary. LAs can also work for up to three hours outside of the class to assist in arranging for technology services; scanning, copying, and collating materials; updating bulletin boards; and other out-of-class tasks deemed necessary. LAs may not perform any functions as instructor of record, e.g., they are not to grade any course assignments.

Faculty Assistants are for courses that have over 60 students enrolled but do not require academic support. FAs are available to assist with taking attendance, distributing and collecting materials, and other tasks deemed necessary. They are also available for up to three hours outside of the class to assist with arranging for technology services, scanning, copying, collating materials; updating bulletin boards; and other out-of-class tasks deemed necessary.

Faculty Assistants may not tutor or perform any functions of the instructor of record, e.g., they are not to grade any course assignments.

Faculty Assistants are hired by the professor or department. Academic Success reimburses the department for the funds at the conclusion of each semester.