Information on Orientation Sessions

Regularly Scheduled Orientation Sessions for Loyola students who wish to tutor in the Fall Semester 2023 will be held online on Tuesday, September 5th, Wednesday, September 6th, and Thursday September 7th at 7 p.m.  For more specific information, please email literacy@luc.edu.   You can also register by emailing the same address.

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You must attend one of the three scheduled evening orientations during the second week of the semester if you have never tutored at the Literacy Center before.

The regularly scheduled required orientation program for tutors new to the Center is given on three separate evenings in fall and spring. The same material is presented; you must attend one of the three. Once you have completed the orientation, you may tutor any evening/s you wish, as arranged with the LCLC managers.

The orientation session for tutors new to the Center is essential. It will help you find out if you want to tutor—not everybody is sure at first—and the presenters will tell you what you need to know to be an effective tutor. You can't tutor if you are not trained; it's that simple. Once you are trained, however, you will find that there is still more you need to know—about grammar, about pronunciation, about helping your learner with specific questions. That's why there are always two trained staff members on hand to help you. At the LCLC you are never alone; there are staff and resources to help you whenever you have questions.

All orientation sessions run from 7 p.m. to approximately 9:30 p.m. The orientation sessions (and tutoring) usually took place at the Literacy Center, 2nd floor conference room, Loyola Hall, 1110 W. Loyola Ave but are now held on Zoom. Email literacy@luc.edu for specific information.  

If you have tutored for the LCLC before, you do not have to attend an orientation session. Just let us know which night/s you wish  to tutor by e-mailing literacy@luc.edu or locolice@gmail.com.  That stands for LO yola CO mmunity LI teracy CE nter.

Want to register for orientation?  You can e-mail Jacqueline Heckman, director of the LCLC, for more information at literacy@luc.edu. 

If you are a Loyola student who has missed our regular orientation sessions, please email the staff at locolice@gmail.com or literacy@luc.edu and ask for an appointment for a "flash orientation." We offer these by appointment only at a time convenient for you and us.