Embedded Peer Education
The LRC offers an extensive Embedded Peer Education (EPE) program. Faculty may reach out to the LRC to inquire about the availability of EPE to support their in-person and/or virtual course sections. EPEs attend all synchronous lectures with enrolled students and support student engagement and learning in a variety of ways, both in and out of the classroom. Asynchronous instruction is also enhanced with an EPE (known as a Canvas-Attached Tutor or CAT), who may be utilized to engage with Canvas course activities and other asynchronous elements. EPEs host weekly drop-in support hours for enrolled students, in addition to tutoring broadly in their content area.
Nominate or Recommend a Student to be a Tutor!
Nomination
Nominate students for these positions, based on their performance in the classroom. During our active recruitment cycles, we ask faculty members to nominate students you believe would make exceptional peer educators at CSUCI. We ask faculty members to especially consider students who may not perceive themselves as leaders, as is often the case for students from historically marginalized populations.
If you nominate a student please also encourage them to Apply to be a Tutor . We contact students who have been nominated and also encourage them to apply.
Recommendation
During the application process embedded educator applicants must receive two Faculty Recommendation Forms. Different from a faculty nomination, student applicants reach out to faculty to request the submission of a recommendation on their behalf.
- If you are faculty, and a student has asked you to complete a recommendation form, please download the Tutor Recommendation Form (MS Word, 22.2KB), fill it out, and email it to lrc@csuci.edu
- If you are a student applicant, once you have two faculty willing to submit recommendations on your behalf, please
do the following:
- Download the Tutor Recommendation Form (MS Word, 22.2KB) OR copy the link to this website page.
- Compose an email to each faculty member. This is a good opportunity to practice professional communication - an essential skill for being an embedded educator!
- Make sure your email includes the Tutor Recommendation Form as either an attachment or a hyperlink to this website. If you link to the website, let faculty know they can download the form.
- Include where to submit the recommendation form: Faculty should email their recommendations to: lrc@csuci.edu
- Include the due date! For Fall 2025, request that faculty email the completed form to the LRC on or before, Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Sunsetting Exam Proctoring
Due to limited staffing, beginning March 24th, the Learning Resource Center will no longer provide proctoring services. The week of March 11th will be our last week hosting make-up proctoring 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday–Thursday. While we cannot continue to proctor exams, we are happy to provide a quiet space in the LRC for faculty to proctor make-up exams 9:00 am -12:00 pm Monday - Thursdays. Should staffing increase, we will revisit renewing this service.
Information for Faculty
The Learning Resource Center offers a variety of resources and support for students and faculty at CI. We encourage faculty to add information about the LRC to your syllabi and Canvas pages as resources for your students. Information regarding tutoring for students for syllabus and/or Canvas (PDF, 3.61MB)
Watch this video to get an overview of how the LRC serves both students and faculty! (updated Fall 2023)
The LRC would like to collaborate with faculty in any way that we can. Please let
us know how we can best serve you!
Student Accountability
If you would like to encourage your students to visit the LRC for class credit, there is a verification form and a stamp that the student can request from their tutor that verifies the student's visit to the LRC. Please feel free to download and distribute the verification form to your students. The LRC tutors will sign a verification form only after working directly with a student.
LRC Visit Verification Form (PDF, 73.8KB)
Office Hours
The Learning Resource Center has shared office space available on a first-come, first-served basis for faculty and staff members who would like to conduct their office hours in the Center. If you would like to reserve a room, please contact the Administrative Support Coordinator at 805-437-8409.
Test Corrections
LRC policy states that tutors are not permitted to help students with take-home quizzes, tests, test corrections, or class projects directly unless specified by the professor by email or phone. If the professor has not directly contacted the LRC, tutors may assist by working with the student regarding the general concepts covered in the assignment. If you would like the tutors to help your students directly with test corrections, please contact the LRC at lrc@csuci.edu or 805-437-8409.
Program-Funded Tutoring
If your program would like to establish subject-based tutoring in an area not currently supported by the LRC, you may reach out to the Center to discuss the possibility of department-funded tutoring to be included in the LRC services. Such program-funded tutors are fully incorporated into the LRC's tutoring team, completing our CRLA International Tutor Training Certified program and receiving support, observation, evaluation, and administrative processing through the Center and our staff. Please contact Megan Eberhardt-Alstot, Interim Director of the Learning Resource Center and Academic Success Services at megan.eberhardt-alstot@csuci.edu or 805-437-8921 to explore possibilities for your program!