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Academic Support Centers empower SPC students to become self-sufficient, resourceful learners through individualized tutoring and targeted support. Our goal is to help students build academic skills and confidence to achieve their educational goals.
Contact Us
- Tutoring Center: 651.403.4466
- Science Study Center: 651.350.3052
- Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
What Our Centers Offer
- Free in-person and Zoom tutoring for individuals and groups
- Academic Resources, Study Skills, Technology Skills
- Review sessions and learning workshops
- An open study space for all, no meeting with a tutor required
- A friendly, low-key environment with people who love learning and want to see you succeed
Visit Our Centers
Tutoring Center (Room: 3125)
Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-6:00pm; Friday 9:30am – 3:00pm
Science Study Center (Room: 3220)
Monday & Wednesday – 9am-6pm; Tuesday & Thursday – 10am-6pm; Friday – 9:30am-3:00pm
Online Tutoring
Writing & Liberal Arts
For help with writing assignments in all subjects, as well as support in English, History, Psychology, and other related courses.
Mathematics
For help with math questions in all subjects, as well as support in Math, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, and other related courses.
Biology & Chemistry
For help with all Biology, Anatomy, Chemistry, Natural Sciences, and other related courses.
Business, Accounting, & Economics
For support with courses in Business, Accounting, and Economics.
Study Skills
For support with note-taking strategies, exam prep, time management, and other questions
Technology Tutoring
For help navigating D2L, using Zoom or Kaltura Mediaspace, learning Microsoft Office applications, scanning & saving documents in OneDrive, and more.
Browse by Subject
All Accounting courses (ACCT):
Online only: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Business Online Tutoring schedule
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
All American Sign Language Studies courses (ASLS):
On campus in the Tutoring Center (Room 3125): Limited hours. No appointment needed. The Tutoring Center is open Monday-Thursday 9am-6pm and Friday 9:30am-3pm. Stop by or call (651-403-4466) for ASLS tutor schedules.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule.
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
All Biology courses (BIOL)
On campus: Science Study Center (Room 3220): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Science Study Center schedule for online tutoring.
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
Courses:
Chemistry Concepts (CHEM 1700)
Principles of Chemistry 1 and 2 (CHEM 1711 and 1712)
On campus: Science Study Center (Room 3220): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Science Study Center schedule for online tutoring.
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 (CHEM 2720 and 2721)
On campus: Science Study Center (Room 3220): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Science Study Center schedule for online tutoring.
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
All Communications courses (COMM)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
Business Communications (BUSN 1449)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
Courses:
Computer Science & Information Systems (CSCI 1410)
Introduction to Computing and Programming Concepts (CSCI 1523)
Java Programming 1 (CSCI 1541)
Web Fundamentals/HTML (CSCI 1450) C++, HTML, Java, Python
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the STEM Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Daniel Gala
All Economics courses (ECON)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Business Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Daniel Gala
Courses:
Composition 1 and 2 (ENGL 1711 and ENGL 1712)
Creative writing and literature courses
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
Fundamentals of Writing 1 or 2 (ENGL 0921 or ENGL 0922)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
All EAPP courses
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Reading and writing in History (HIST)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Sam Benson
All Math courses (MATH)
Mathematics for Trades (for example, math in CARP, PIPE, ELTN, or SMET courses)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the STEM Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Daniel Gala
All Natural Science courses (NSCI)
On campus: Science Study Center (Room 3220): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Science Study Center schedule for online tutoring.
Email: tutoring@saintpaul.edu
Courses:
Ethics (PHIL 1720)
Healthcare Ethics (PHIL 1722)
Logic (PHIL 1710)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
All Physics courses (PHYS)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the STEM Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Daniel Gala
All Reading courses (READ)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
On campus in the Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment needed. The Tutoring Center is open Monday-Thursday 9am-6pm and Friday 9:30am-3pm.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule.
Email: Quentin James
On campus in the Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment needed. The Tutoring Center is open Monday-Thursday 9am-6pm and Friday 9:30am-3pm.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule.
Email: Quentin James
Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, OneDrive, Word, and PowerPoint
D2L Brightspace, Zoom.
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Technology Online Tutoring schedule
Email tutoring@saintpaul.edu
Reading and writing in other courses (for example, Sociology)
Writing not for a class (for example, essay for a scholarship application, resume and cover letter, etc.)
On campus: Tutoring Center (Room 3125): No appointment is needed.
Online: Appointment needed; make an appointment on the Liberal Arts Online Tutoring schedule
Email: Quentin James
If you don’t see your class or have any questions about making an appointment, call 651.403.4466 or email tutoring@saintpaul.edu.
We can help you connect with the right tutor for where you are at!
Apply to be a Peer Tutor
Academic Support Centers at Saint Paul College seeks students to work as peer tutors in a variety of subjects, including Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, EAPP, English, Health Care Ethics, Logic, Math, and Physics.
Peer tutors are an important part of the Academic Support Centers team. They provide individual and small group tutoring services to all current Saint Paul College students. Tutors help students understand their assignments, explain key concepts of course materials, offer feedback and encouragement, and share appropriate resources.
The position pays $17.00 an hour.
No prior tutoring experience is required, and paid training is provided. Academic Support Centers offers an education program that introduces peer tutors to effective and inclusive tutoring practices, provides learning opportunities to continue developing their discipline-specific knowledge, and embeds ongoing mentorship to support peer tutors’ academic and professional development.
Strong candidates will possess the following qualities:
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Desire to help others learn
- Desire to work with a diverse population of learners
- Responsible, dependable, honest, and mature
- Strong active listening skills
Applications are accepted throughout the academic year. To apply, email the following items to tutoring@saintpaul.edu:
- Your resume
- Your unofficial Saint Paul College Transcript
- A “Faculty Recommendation Form” completed by a current or former instructor
- A writing sample (a writing sample is only necessary if you are applying to be a writing or EAPP peer tutor)
If you have any questions about the application process or position, call 651.403.4466, or email tutoring@saintpaul.edu.
Information for Faculty
Here are a couple of ways to connect your students with us:
- Show students our website
- Demonstrate how to make an appointment for online tutoring or how to meet with us on campus
- Schedule an introductory visit for your class to the Tutoring Center (Room 3125) or Science Study Center (Room 3220)
- Schedule a time for one of our fellows to visit your class (either in-person or via Zoom).
To schedule a class visit to our centers or to your classroom, email tutoring@saintpaul.edu.
Sometimes faculty will require their students to work with a tutor on an assignment or offer extra credit for doing so. While we appreciate these well-intended incentives to connect students with academic support, these practices often create a large spike in demand for individual tutoring services that we may not be able to meet and that may limit other students’ access to services.
When we talk to students about our services, we ask them about their academic goals and their motivations. From there, we can have a conversation about how their individual choice to work with academic support might align with their motivations and help them work toward their goals. We’ve found that student choice often leads to a positive learning environment.
Instead of mandating students to visit the Tutoring Center or the Science Study Center, please encourage students to use our services and consider reaching out to us to explore ways we might collaborate on supporting students.
Academic Support Centers offers several programs and services in addition to individual tutoring that provide an opportunity to facilitate a closer partnership between faculty and the department:
- We support course-embedded peer tutors who work under the guidance of an instructor over the duration of a course to provide individualized support and encouragement to students both inside and outside of the classroom.
- Extra support sections are our most intensive support option. In these sections, fellows work collaboratively with faculty to build foundational learning skills and knowledge, including knowledge and skills that might be assumed for the course and not explicitly taught. Extra support sections are targeted to courses that have active learning activities (labs, discussion), multistep assignments that involve integrating multiple literacies, and direct engagement with unfamiliar materials (e.g., reading primary texts, hands-on labs).
- Professional fellows can provide applied math workshops for career and technical programs; writing, reading, and computer applications workshops; review sessions in math and science courses; and peer-review sessions for writing projects.
- Academic Support Director and professional fellows offer consultations to faculty on embedding academic support into programs and developing academic support resources.
Connect with us at tutoring@saintpaul.edu if you’re interested in any of these academic support models or have additional ideas. Please note that unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the availability of each of these services every semester due to staff capacity.
