• Tutoring is the practice of providing one-to-one or small group instruction for students to supplement coursework.  
• Tutors teach students new learning strategies and help students to learn complex material.
• Provide iindividualized instruction to help students learn new material and practice new academi cskills.
• The Learning Center tutors have been trained to utilize the most effective tutoring strategies to help students become independent and empowered learners.
• Tutors are supportive, encouraging and want to help you succeed.

• Many new students are afraid to ask for help and avoid assistance.  We can help you to assess your strengths and improve your academic challenges.
• Tutors can help to enhance your understanding of material.
• Tutoring can help students to improve their skills.

• clarify difficult topics, concepts and/or skills
• adjustment to academic expectations
• help you to remember material when you take tests
• help you to synthesize information from multiple sources
• gain confidence in material
• develop life long learning skills

• give you answers
• check your homework
• re-teach a class you were absent for

• Tutoring is the oldest form of education and has been around since ancient Greece.
• Significant research has been done to improve tutoring practices and your Learning Center implements researched practices.

Biology

Biography:

Math

CAD

Angela Nadeau

Psychology

Developmental Math

Writing

Blackboard Mentor

Software Applications

Writing, Research Papers and Composition

Reading Strategist

Biography:

Writing Specialist Amy Phalon has been teaching English at YCCC since 2007. She graduated from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in 2001 with a Master of Arts in Writing.  Her undergraduate degree is from Colby College in Waterville, Maine where she majored in English with a minor in Environmental Studies. In addition to teaching, Amy is a freelance writer for Seacoast Media. She has also written articles for the New York Times, Antiques Roadshow Insider, and has published a children’s book.  In her spare time Amy enjoys reading, bicycling, and taking care of her 18th century home in York.

Anatomy & Physiology I & II

Dosage Calculations

Math

Software Applications

Learning Center Assistant

PNSY Writing Specialist

Writing

Biography:  Jennifer Saunders holds a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania and has served as an adjunct faculty member at several area colleges. Jennifer's career as a professional writer spans more than a dozen years in journalism, magazine and public relations writing. Jennifer's passions include music, theatre, fiction writing and playwriting, and she is the co-author of "Submit," an historical drama that has become a featured offering of the Museums of Old York. Jennifer lives with her family in York where they are volunteer puppy-raisers for the nonprofit organization Canine Companions for Independence.