The Learning Assistant Program supports faculty in large enrollment classrooms identified as high need for additional support. Learning Assistants work with faculty to develop class curriculum and facilitate group activities and out of the classroom support hours. The positive reception and higher levels of engagement with active learning have promoted a tripling the past two years in numbers of learning assistants and adding a new full-time staff member in 2017.

• 60+ Learning Assistants served with TILT Training
• 14 faculty partners collaborated with Learning Programs
• MATH 155, MATH 157, MATH 159, MATH 160, MATH 161, LIFE 210, LIFE 212, MECH 103, PHY 121, PHY 122, ECON 202
• Topics included Student development, Group Formation, Questioning Techniques, Science of Learning, Growth Mindset, Active Learning, Dealing with Distressed Students, Being a Peer Educator, Micro Aggressions and Affirmations, and Student Engagement.

The Catalyst Learning Community is a retention initiative for Fall 2018 currently recruiting students to serve as academic leaders in the classroom and research environments. We are working to recruit first-generation and underrepresented students for a $4,000 scholarship and placement as a Learning Assistant in their second-year, and as a Research Assistant in their third year. We are also creating accompanying academic courses focus on the science of learning, teaching, and research methodology to provide support for students and to encourage the exploration of academic career pathways.

TILT provides monthly peer educator trainings open to all campus tutors, study group leaders, and leaning assistants. In addition, TILT coordinates monthly new staff trainings and term orientation days which provide an overview to the peer educator role, campus resources, Sexual harassment online module, Notice and Respond with CSU Health Network, and Active Assailant training with the University Police Department. Our services are offered to a dozen campus partners for their student staff to attend.

On January 2017, TILT applied to the College Reading & Learning Association’s (CRLA) International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) and received a five-year certification through 2022 for Stage 3, Levels 1 and 2. CRLA's ITTPC has been endorsed by the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA), National Association for Developmental Education (NADE), and the Commission XVI of the American College Personnel Association. In addition, other national organizations/programs who endorse CRLA's ITTPC program include:

• ATCLA: Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance
• ATP: Association for the Tutoring Profession
• NCLCA: National College Learning Center Association
• NCDE: National Center for Developmental Education

Attendance

TILT Tutoring had 17,195 student contacts in the 2016-2017 academic year, with tutoring participants visiting an average of 4 times per semester. 4,278 unique students were served by the program during this same period. The growth of the program has been trending upward for several years now, as illustrated by a closer look at Fall semester numbers, 2014 through 2016:

Fall 2016 U-Turn Data

Learning Programs in the Institute of Learning and Teaching and Student Achievement hosted the “U-Turn Event” on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. U-Turn is an academic intervention event tied in with over 24 different offices/departments and supporting the Early Performance Feedback Program with Student Achievement and the Taking Stock Survey early alert program with Residence Life. A total of 282 students (a decrease of 19 students compared to last year) participated in U-turn. Of the students that attended FA16 U-Turn, 66% were freshman, 22% were sophomores, 9% were juniors, and 3% were seniors. 97% of attendees were in Good Standing, 2% were on Academic Probation 1st term, 0% were on Academic Probation 2nd term, and 1% had no academic standing at the time of the event.

With an unprecedented number of students attending U-Turn on October 11, we were unable to serve everyone with the amount of staff we had volunteering throughout the day. In order to accommodate more students, we offered two additional opportunities for students to meet with a Navigator who attended U-Turn but did not have the opportunity to meet with someone.

A total of 43 students met with a Navigator for U-Turn 2.0 on October 13 and 14. Of the students that attended FA16 U-Turn 2.0, 58% were freshman, 30% were sophomores, 9% were juniors, and 2% were seniors. 98% of attendees were in Good Standing, 0% were on Academic Probation 1st term, 2% were on Academic Probation 2nd term, and 0% had no academic standing at the time of the event.

Spring 2017 U-Turn Data

Learning Programs in the Institute of Learning and Teaching and CASA hosted the “U-Turn Event” on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A total of 84 students (a decrease of 30 students compared to last year) attended the event. Of the students that attended SP16 U-Turn, 56% were freshman, 32% were sophomores, 8% were juniors, and 4% were seniors. 74% of attendees were in Good Standing, 25% were on Academic Probation 1st term, 1% were on Academic Probation 2nd term, and 0% had no academic standing at the time of the event.