Online training and classroom workbooks for tutors, coaches and trainers
Online Training
Whether one is new to the field, or has an established career in tutoring, academic coaching, training or student support center management, our unique training catalog offers a comprehensive approach to professional development. Each learner is paired with a master trainer who will mentor them through the course.
The Crossroads of Learning content, assignments and self-paced study sessions utilize the same brain-based learning techniques found in effective tutoring. In other words, our courses:
- Deliver concepts in easy to grasp "chunks"
- Reinforce learning and insight through spaced repetition and quickly individualized feedback from human mentors
- Support learner application of proven techniques immediately in their practice.
Learners may begin working minutes after on-line registration. All course materials and a printed certificate of completion are included in the tuition.
Tutoring Foundations (100 Level)
A skilled tutor can help a student become a better learner leading to higher GPA and retention. Tutoring Foundations is a series of high-quality and individually mentored tutor training courses. The curriculum was developed in 2007 in collaboration the National Tutoring Association. These university approved, self-paced and research based tutor training courses are available in three modules (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) and are flexible enough to accommodate new peer tutors as well as experienced tutoring professionals and administrators.
Academic Coaching (200 Level)
A skilled academic coach can help students identify and verbalize answers to not only academic questions, but many others influencing their life-long learning journey. Our courses train tutors, counselors and other staff in effective techniques for guidance and goal-setting, critical thinking, cultural awareness and the emotional intelligence required to support the development of students from all levels and backgrounds. In addition, it emphasizes the relationship aspects of coaching.
Readings and reflective assignments explore a variety of theories and techniques, stressing how coaches can utilize an individualized approach to each student. Participants learn to evaluate students based on their own unique needs, challenges, perceptions, and goals and then facilitate a plan to fit that student. The course is individually mentored and uses real-world issues to reinforce material.
Train-the-Trainer (300 Level)
For those wishing to train their tutors directly this program provides the
professional development enabling trainers to conduct approved Tutoring
Foundations classroom or on-line tutor training. This program builds on our university approved Tutoring Foundations curriculum with a capstone course covering classroom pedagogy and processes, adult learning principles, classroom management, and more. Successful completion of the program will provide any learning, writing or academic center with in-house staff who can conduct face-to-face trainings on-site using our Tutoring Foundations classroom workbooks and curriculum.
Workbooks
Schools, community groups, non-profits and for-profit providers can quickly and confidently integrate a workbook-based curriculum into their classroom training programs.
- Workbooks are one-per-student consumables, spiral bound with heavy covers and include suggested exercises, a final review quiz, and plenty of room for notes, reflections and interactive activities.
- Research based, practitioner focused content
- Based on the university approved in use since 2007 by hundreds of schools and other providers
- The workbook series includes the Tutoring Foundations Basic, Intermediate and Advanced levels, Academic Coaching, and the Academic Coaching Capstone.
- Seven hours of student classroom instruction suggested per workbook (easily split into multiple instructional periods)
- Curriculum delivery may be "mixed and matched" between online and classroom workbook versions
- Workbooks may only be purchased by organizations who have completed a workbook agreement and utilize either staff trainer(s) who have completed the Train-the-Trainer course or that bring in Crossroads of Learning approved visiting trainers.
Learning Support Academy
Would you like:
- Your organization to have direct access to our courses?
- Conducted by your own staff?
- Delivered within a fully featured online learning community?
The Learning Support Academy is an online, private, secure, branded learning community of practice. You'll be able to provide:
- Professional development
- Resources library
- Peer and expert coaching support to tutors, academic coaches, mentors, counselors and their trainers.
Organizations, such as schools and colleges as well as community and commercial tutoring and coaching centers will:
- Lower costs
- Remove common obstacles to providing game changing student support
- Increase student success, staff engagement and mission alignment.