TLC Mission Statement
The mission of the UW-Stevens Point Tutoring-Learning Center (TLC) is to offer services, programming, and courses that facilitate student success in a collaborative and inclusive community that values each member. Peer-to-peer interactions, supported by UWSP faculty and staff, focus on the growth and development of the learner and the peer educator. The goal of the TLC is to empower students as they develop resiliency and successful habits in their fields of study and beyond.
TLC Introduction and Views of Learning:
The Tutoring-Learning Center offers student-centered academic support across disciplines. In cooperation with faculty and staff, the center provides peer-to-peer assistance through individual and small group collaboration.
The Tutoring-Learning Center staff strive to maximize academic potential and promote student success and retention in a safe and welcoming environment. We adhere to the following views of learning:
- An inclusive environment is integral to a liberal education.
- Every student brings unique abilities to the UWSP campus community.
- Each discipline has a unique way of reading, writing, and learning.
- Learning is not generic; learning always occurs in a specific context.
- Active learning improves a student’s ability to be successful and leads to student ownership of learning.
- Collaboration encourages the development of critical thinking and benefits both learner and peer educators.
- Training of peer tutors, consultants, and discussion leaders includes current learning theory and promotes ethical practices.
- Peer educators model successful learning strategies which encourage students to thrive in a university environment.
- Collaborative relationships with faculty and staff members across departments and disciplines are a vital component of our services.
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