Achieving the first level of CRLA tutor program certification enables Western’s CAT Center to certify its tutors, and the first 13 to be certified will be honored at a banquet to be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the CAT Center located in Room 30 of Hunter Library.

“Earning this certification is the culmination of several years of program development and revision, and I’m excited that our tutors now can earn an internationally recognized transferable certification that they can add to their resumes,” said Chesney Reich, director of the CAT Center and Office of Professional Examinations. “Our next goal will be to secure the next level of certification, and we are excited about some of the ways we plan to develop the center and expand our services for in the future.”

The CAT Center promotes cooperative learning through access to learning resources, skills workshops and small-group tutoring sessions facilitated by academically successful and trained students. Each semester, the center employs about 35 tutors who work with students from more than 200 sections of 60 courses.

Each of the tutors who will receive certification in May has completed at least 25 hours of tutoring and the course university’s “Introduction to Peer Tutoring” course. The course covers topics from helping students prepare their own learning tools such as flashcards, diagrams or outlines, to helping students find ways to confront or address whatever challenges they must overcome in order to succeed.

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