Welcome to BCC Tutoring!
Tutoring can give you a deeper understanding of your coursework and set you up for
academic success, no matter the degree or certificate program. Berkshire Community
College's (BCC) Tutorial Services provides tutoring for most courses. Tutoring and
other services are offered free to any BCC student currently registered in a BCC course.
Our highly skilled tutors are trained to help you:
- Clarify an assignment
- Organize your materials
- Understand course content
- Connect readings to lectures
- Prepare for tests and quizzes
- Evaluate and revise your writing
- Develop study strategies
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Tutoring
In-person, remote and small group tutoring is available for most courses. You can
meet with a tutor in the Tutoring Center or through Zoom. Success Skills Strategies
Workshops are also available upon request and as a resource on the Moodle Tutoring Services (select "Enroll Me Now"). Math Drop-in help is available during the fall and spring semesters. You can find
the schedule in the Tutoring Center.
Use Request a Tutor Now to schedule your tutoring appointments. Please indicate your preference for In-person or Remote tutoring on the form.
Smarthinking
Students can now access Smarthinking directly through their Moodle accounts.
The link can be found directly under the Writing Center button on the right side of
the New Student Orientation module:
Just click and you're in!
Smarthinking provides you with free, on-line tutoring with a professional tutor. You
can schedule an appointment or log-in anytime for drop-in tutoring in all subjects.
Student Success Skills
When you practice proven student success skills, your learning is enhanced and your
knowledge deepened, and you feel supported on your path toward success in a degree
or certificate program. Tutorial Services provides sessions, workshops, and general
help with these strategies, including:
- Getting and staying organized
- Effective listening and note taking
- Textbook reading
- Your preferred learning style
- Memorization and test taking
- Time management
Schedule a Student Success Skills session on one or more of these topics by emailing
us at tutorial@berkshirecc.edu.
Our Staff
We'll match you with the best available tutor — peer or community — for your course
and your needs. Complete the Request a Tutor form to get started.
Peer Tutors are current BCC students who are recommended by their professors to tutor in a certain
course or subject. They bring a valuable connection to the classroom and faculty to
their work. Peer Tutors must have earned a B or better in the course they wish to
tutor.
Community Tutors are local people from a variety of backgrounds and expertise. Some have prior classroom
experience, and all are able to offer a practical application of many fields of study.
Become a Tutor
Interested in sharing your expertise as a BCC Tutor? Drop us a line and let us know what courses you can tutor, and when. Both Peer Tutors and Community Tutors are compensated for their time.
