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The Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center

Academic coaching is an approach to tutoring which combines consistency, responsibility, and efficiency. The mission of the Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center at York Technical College is to help students become independent, self-confident, and efficient learners. Our services help foster student success and retention through the mastery of academic skills and course content.

B-Building, Room 6
Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

ACT Center Schedule by Subject
Chester Center Schedule

ACT Center Referral Slip for Instructors

Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center Goals:

Help students learn and apply appropriate academic skills and strategies to promote success in academic work.
Help students develop a positive attitude toward learning and confidence in their ability to learn.
Introduce students to the learning expectations of college-level course work.
Support the academic standards of York Technical College.
Help students achieve their potential for learning.

Academic coaching sessions give students experience and exposure to tools and methods that can help them develop some of the skills of expert learners and can positively impact their future success. The significance of academic coaching is that students develop academic strategies and tools that help them achieve academically and progress on their path from novice learner to expert learner. Academic coaching is designed to help students evaluate the effectiveness of their study techniques and to help students to learn how to learn. Because learning is a personal matter, there is not one strategy that works for every person in every situation. Therefore, these academic coaching sessions help students develop the skills to determine the best approach for a given situation.

For more information about academic coaching and tutoring, contact Lauren Noble.

Writing and Reading Center

Located in B-6 Lab
Hours:
Monday 9:30-10:45am and 2:00-3:00pm
Tuesday 9:30-12:00pm
Wednesday 9:30-10:45am and 2:00-3:00pm
Thursday 9:30-12:00pm

Goals: As a part of the Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center, the Writing and Reading Center strives to help students master the writing skills necessary to achieve success both in their classes and their lives. Our main focus is to:

Help students understand and utilize the entire writing process
Help students develop a level of writing proficiency and confidence that helps them feel comfortable writing in any area
Support the academic writing standards at York Technical College

Information about online tutoring:

The new Writing and Reading Center is excited to announce that online writing tutoring is now available! Students
who would like to submit a rough draft at any stage of the writing process for online tutoring need to fill out the
Student Request Form.

Then, please save that document and attach it in an email to writingcenter@yorktech.edu. Please make sure to also attach a copy of your rough draft in the email.

Because of the availability of tutors and the potential volume of essays, we will need a 5 business day turn-around for online tutoring, so it is important to submit an essay far in advance of its due date. Feedback for your paper will be emailed back to you using the email address you submit your essay from. You will get the same type of feedback you would get in an appointment at the Writing and Reading Center.

This service will allow access to tutoring and coaching services to students from other YTC campus locations and will give students with difficult schedules a chance to access tutoring.

Check back soon for more information on this new service from the ACT Center.

For more information about the new Writing and Reading Center, email writingcenter@yorktech.edu.

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