About the Quantitative Skills Center
The Quantitative Skills Center is here to help you in any course that has a quantitative component. We have students come to us for help from Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Business, Economics, Chemistry, Psychology Statistics classes and more. If you aren’t sure, just stop by and ask! We will do our best to help.
Our History
In the fall of 2013 the Quantitative Skills Center of Washington College received a generous gift to establish an endowment for a tutor’s salary. The gift was made in honor of Colin Hollingsworth, a graduate of Washington College in 1933.
The Colin Hollingsworth Tutor Endowment will provide a salary for a selected tutor throughout each academic year. In addition to academic abilities, the tutor will be selected based on leadership potential and passion for helping others. The student selected will continue to serve as a tutor in the Quantitative Skills Center but will also take on the added responsibility of helping the Director with the training of new tutors and serving as a mentor and resource for the entire staff.
The Quantitative Skills Center has been level 1 certified by the International Tutor Training Program Certification. This means that we are authorized to certify each tutor upon completion of the training program and twenty five hours of tutoring. More details can be found at crla.net.
CRLA Certification
The College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) is an organization dedicated to the improvement of education at the college level. They work with universities and colleges all over to discuss and develop new educational techniques with the shared goal of facilitating student learning.
The Quantitative Skills Center has been level 1 certified by the International Tutor Training Program Certification. This means that we are authorized to certify each tutor upon completion of the training program and twenty five hours of tutoring.
The level 1 certified training program is comprised of the following:
- Six 90 minute training sessions
- Peer tutor observations
- Supervisor observations
- Online discussions among new tutors
Benefits of the Program
- Tutors learn professional techniques that they can apply to their interactions with students.
- Tutors gain leadership skills that extend to other areas of their professional lives.
- Certification motivates tutors and rewards them for their hard work and dedication to the students.
- The program gives added credibility to the Quantitative Skills Center among faculty members and administrators.
- CRLA certifications look great on a resume!