Work with a Tutor
Tutors support Reedies in a number of classes and skills either by appointment or during drop-in hours.
Drop-In Tutoring Schedule
Tutors at Reed
Tutors are Reedies who have taken the class they tutor in, have been recommended by a professor, and have been trained to work as a tutor. Tutors can help students better understand course content, work on practice problems, discuss readings, prepare for exams, strengthen academic skills and strategies, and work on papers. To make the most out of a tutoring session, students should come prepared to ask questions, talk through ideas, and engage with the material.
Writing Tutors
Looking for help with a paper? Schedule an appointment with a Writing Tutor or visit a Writing Tutor during drop-in hours. Writing Tutors help students at any stage of the paper-writing process, including understanding the prompt, brainstorming ideas, discussing paper organization, and thinking through revisions.
Tutoring Subjects
The Office of Academic Support provides tutoring services for the following subjects and skills:
- Academic Skills and Strategies
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Languages
- Math
- Physics
- Psychology
- Writing
Types of Tutoring
Appointments
Meet with a Tutor one-on-one for support with writing, better understanding class content, or strengthening academic skills.
Students can schedule one tutoring appointment per week per class. If a student needs more than one tutoring appointment for a class in a week, please email the Tutor Program Coordinator, Amaan Mohiuddin (mohiuddin@reed.edu).
Drop-In Hours
Drop by Drop-In Tutoring to work with a Tutor without an appointment. Tutors can help students better understand content from class, review for exams, and go over practice problems together.
Students can attend as many drop-in tutoring hours a week as they would like.
All Drop-In Tutoring takes place in the library.
Check Out the Drop-In Tutoring Schedule
HUM 110 Paper Nights
Work with Writing Tutors to think through HUM 110 paper prompts and how to approach your paper, get feedback on paper organization, or get support on paper revisions. No matter what stage of the paper-writing process, Writing Tutors are happy to help!
Check Out the HUM 110 Paper Night Schedule
Thesis Support
Seniors writing a thesis are eligible to be paired with a writing tutor who can work with them on writing and revision strategies for their thesis for up to 1.5 hours per week. The additional 30 minutes allows tutors to read and comment on longer sections of text, or help seniors develop plans for thesis-length essays.
Students interested in working with a Writing Tutor for thesis support should email a 1-paragraph description of the thesis project to the Tutor Program Coordinator Amaan Mohiuddin (mohiuddin@reed.edu) who will pair the Thesising Senior with a Writing Tutor and connect the two over email.
Tutoring FAQ
How do I book a tutoring appointment?
Tutors can be booked through the tutoring app in IRIS. Follow the steps below to set up an appointment:
- Log in to IRIS using your Reed login and visit the tutoring app here:
- Search for your course using the text-entry box, or scroll down the page to find it. If you don't know which tutor to book, you can choose to email all tutors for a course. Explain what you want help with and when you'd like to meet, and wait for a reply. Once a tutor agrees, come back to the Tutoring App to continue these steps.
- Once you know which tutor you want, click on the link next to their name that says "book this tutor". You'll be taken to a page to fill out a form requesting an appointment.
- Select at least two dates and times that fit the tutor's availability. Their availability can be shown by clicking the availability links at the top of the form.
- If you're eligible for more than one hour (through DAR, for thesis tutoring, or if you're pooling hours with other students) check the box and add a comment describing why.
- Select a course, the general reasons for your appointment, and meeting format. Add any extra comments that would be helpful for the tutor, and click "Request Booking"
- You and the tutor should receive emails confirming that you have booked a session, and the tutor may reply to work out some details via email. Once these details are decided, the tutor will confirm the booking and you will be emailed with the final times and details.
You can view your upcoming appointments through IRIS, at . If you need to cancel or change an appointment, please give the tutor as much notice as possible.
When does tutoring start?
Tutoring starts Week 2 of the semester.
How many tutoring appointments can I make each week?
Students can attend as many drop-in hours per week as they like for both course-specific help and writing help, but one-on-one tutoring hours are limited as follows:
- Students are eligible for one free hour of individual tutoring per course, per week. This is limited to courses students are registered in at the time, provided faculty have named tutors for the course.
- In addition, they may receive one free hour of one-on-one writing tutoring per week. Individual writing tutors are eligible to assist students with any stage of the writing process, and with assignments in any discipline.
- Groups of students can book a tutor together, and pool their hours if they meet at the same time. For example, two students can share a Hum 110 tutor for two hours instead of one, or for two one-hour sessions taken together.
- For students working on a thesis, additional help is possible. Please contact Amaan Mohiuddin (mohiuddin@reed.edu) for information on setting up a regular tutoring time for your thesis.
- If you would like more time with a tutor and have used your individual tutoring time, and utlized other methods of support (i.e drop-in tutoring, office hours, etc), please reach out to Amaan Mohiuddin (mohiuddin@reed.edu) for a temporary increase in tutoring hours.
What is drop-in tutoring?
Drop-in tutoring sessions are scheduled, group peer tutoring sessions, typically offered for introductory courses in the languages and the sciences, as well as writing. Sessions are scheduled for the evenings of most nights before classes meet (i.e., Sunday-Thursday each week, typically starting in the second week of the term).
Students enrolled in courses with drop-in tutoring can attend as many hours of drop-in tutoring as they wish each week. Attendance at drop-in tutoring does not affect a student's eligibility to also meet with an individual tutor for up to one hour per week.
Who can I talk to about tutoring?
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, or if you would like to share feedback about your experience with tutoring, contact the Tutor Program Coordinator,
Amaan Mohiuddin.
