Services:

The Learning Enhancement Center provides the following services free to Mesa Community College students:

• One-on-one and group tutoring with professional and peer tutors.
• Study skill workshops
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Comfortable settings for study groups to meet
• Supplemental Instruction

How To Access Tutoring Services

To obtain tutoring, you must

1. Be currently enrolled in the course for which you seek tutoring;
2. Sign in and sign out using TutorTrac;
3. Complete the Student Entry Form accurately;
4. Read the statement of student rights and responsibilities and agree to abide by the policies and procedures of the Learning Enhancement Center, the Rules of Behavior of the Paul A. Elsner Library, and the Student Disciplinary Code in the Mesa Community College Student Handbook. 

You can work with a Learning Enhancement Center tutor in several ways.

Individual Appointments

Students are currently allowed a total of one hour of schedule appointments per week per subject, either as one 1-hour session or two half-hour sessions, whichever works best for you.  Students who keep their scheduled appointments during the week may make another appointment for up to 1 hour per subject for that week, for a maximum of two hours per subject per week.

Group Appointments

Two or more students may meet with a tutor as a group.  Students are allowed one session per week per subject, either as one l-hour session or two half-hour sessions.

Drop-In Tutoring

Drop-in tutoring is available on Saturdays in the Elsner Library Center and during the week in the Academic Skills Center, the Biology Center, the Math/CSC Center, the Math Skills Center, the Physical Sciences Center, the PIRC Lab Center, and the Red Mountain Center.  This form of tutoring provides students with the flexibility they may require.  No appointment is necessary.  Students come in and meet with tutors on a first-come basis.  Tutors work with students individually or in small groups.  Students may come in during drop-in hours for tutoring in addition to their scheduled appointment times.

How To Make The Most Of Tutoring Services

Come to see a tutor when

• You need help in completing homework questions or problems;
• You want assistance in understanding concepts or discussing ideas;
• You want to know more about study strategies and preparing for tests;
• You believe you are beginning to fall behind and want some help.

Prepare for a tutoring session by bringing

• Textbooks;
• Class notes;
• Past quizzes or tests that your instructor has authorized you to have;
• Course syllabus;
• Homework or workbook problems (indicate what you have been able to complete yourself since tutors cannot go over every problem in every assignment).

Remember that tutors cannot

• Do homework or assignments for students;
• Make up for missed classes or assignments or for missing prerequisite courses;
• Take tests (including take-home or make-up tests for students);
• Provide line-by-line correcting, editing, proofreading, or translating for students;
• Teach new material not included in the coursework;
• Cover a semester’s worth of work in the few days prior to final examinations or tests.