The University of Minnesota Morris has earned student tutoring certifications from the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), an international organization of learning assistance professionals. UMN Morris received both Level I and Level II certification. Level I certification requires that tutors have a minimum of 10 hours of training and 25 hours of tutoring experience to be certified. Level II certification requires an additional minimum of 10 hours of training (for a total of 20 hours) and an additional 25 hours of experience (for a total of 50 hours).
For certification, the UMN Morris Student Success Center had to submit an extensive certification application packet documenting all of the training offered to tutors, as well as detailed descriptions of tutoring practices, policies, and procedures. Learning Assistance Coordinator Rebecca Cofer spent over 60 hours gathering information and aligning training and development practices for UMN Morris tutors and peer-assisted learning facilitators with the required elements of CRLA. In addition to providing enhanced training for all tutors, the certification provides tutors a notable line on their resumes, as certification is not practiced at every institution or center.
CRLA certifies tutoring programs across the world. Its purpose is to provide tutoring centers with the structure for certifying tutors across a multitude of levels with both industry best practices and students' needs kept in mind.
To learn more about the tutoring services offered at UMN Morris, contact the Student Success Center.