Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center

• Need a tutor right now? During our regular hours (M-Th, 10-7:30, F, 10-2:30), check SSC Navigate to see if there's a tutor available immediately. If a tutor is available, you can sign up and get a link to meet with an online tutor right away.
• If you know you'll need an appointment (for an exam, paper, or project), or you just want to be sure a tutor is available, you can make your own appointments.
• If you want to make several regular appointments for a challenging class, you can do it yourself. You can also call 978.665.3499, stop in at the Tutor Center (Hammond 306), or email tutorcenter@fitchburgstate.edu for help making appointments.

We offer in person and online tutoring. You can set up either by making an appointment through SSC Navigate, emailing tutorcenter@fitchburgstate.edu, or coming by Hammond 306. You can set up a tutoring time for the future, or you can find a tutor who's available now! 

• When you sign up for online tutoring through SSC Navigate, you get an automated email with a link to your online tutoring session, enabling you to join immediately. 
• We are using Google Docs and Google Jamboard to help tutors and students work together. 
• Email tutorcenter@fitchburgstate.edu if you need help making an appointment.

If you have a non-urgent question for a tutor, you can submit it in writing through Ask-a-Tutor. Submit your questions in writing and someone will email you within 24 - 48 weekday hrs. (Tutors don't work on weekends.) You must be logged into your Fitchburg State account.

How to Make Individual Academic Coaching Appointments Using SSC Navigate

1. Log into SSC Navigate using your university credentials.
2. Click the blue button which says, "Get Assistance."
3. From the drop-down menus, choose, "Advising," and then, "Academic Coaching," and then, "Academic Coaching and Tutoring (ACT) Center" - keep clicking "next" until you get to a calendar.
4. Choose a time that works for you!

You can also...

• Come to Hammond 308 to get help setting up an appointment
• Attend an Academic Success Workshop by following the SSC Navigate instructions above and search "Academic Success Workshop" instead of selecting Academic Coaching

How to Request an Academic Coach to Present a Workshop to Your Class

You can request that an Academic Coach do a workshop in your class or Residential Living Community.

Multilingual Scholars is an academic and social peer mentoring program which connects first-year students whose first language is not English with peer mentors from similar backgrounds. With a strengths-based model grounding this intervention, peers will engage in both structured and drop-in social opportunities to discuss cultural heritage, address reading and other academic strategies, and reflect on the ways in which their unique backgrounds position them for robust opportunities in the future.

• Language and Culture Meetups

  The Language and Culture Meetup is designed for Multilingual Scholars to discuss academic and social identity concepts in a supportive and brave space. In these structured meetups, Scholars will reflect on and discuss how their cultural experiences influence their student and academic life. In addition, the Mentors will partner with campus partners to develop workshops in which Scholars will identify, enhance, and apply the strengths they’ve acquired as multilingual individuals in their academic and professional pursuits.

• Drop-in Hours

  To address ongoing needs, Mentors will hold drop-in hours to provide a more individualized approach to discussing concerns of their multilingual peers, providing academic support, reinforcing Fitchburg State’s respect for linguistic diversity, and facilitating appropriate referrals.

Purdue OWL: Unsure of how to cite a source? Purdue OWL has a number of examples and guides for citations in APA, MLA, Chicago style, and other formats.

APA Style Blog: This website is great for citing more unusual sources (like YouTube videos and interviews) in APA style. 

Focus Booster: Time management app that tracks your time on different tasks; this is a great way to implement the Pomodoro method (study distraction-free in 25-minute blocks of time, followed by 5-minute breaks).