BYU Tutoring

What is BYU Tutoring?

BYU Tutoring Services offers free volunteer peer-to-peer tutoring for classes taught at BYU. Tutors help reinforce concepts covered in class and assist students in developing essential learning skills. All tutors have achieved a B grade or higher in their classes and have been oriented on essential tutoring skills.

"You who are extremely able, you who learn with comparative ease, reach down to those who have greater difficulty in mastering academic material that is relatively easy for you. In so doing you will bless your own life as you bless the lives of those you help. A little tutoring can do wonders for someone who does not quite comprehend. It will do wonders for you as you give of yourself and your knowledge to bless another."
Gordon B. Hinckley

Find a Tutor

The tutoring website is a work in progress. If you experience any issues signing up, please send a screenshot and short description to tutoring@byu.edu, or come to the Y-Serve office (WSC 2330) for assistance.

1. To find a tutor for a class, go to tutoring.byu.edu.
2. Once you have logged in with your BYU Net ID and password, the website automatically pulls up your class schedule
3. Click on the class that you need a tutor for
4. Sometimes it will show available tutors. If it does, click "select a tutor" and you'll be shown the tutor's availability.
   
   1. If they have a time listed that works for your schedule, you can schedule a one-time meeting or a recurring meeting with that tutor!
      
   2. If they have no times that work for your schedule (or they have no times showing at all), click the button that says "no times work for me." This will add your name to a small list of students searching for tutors.
5. Sometimes there will be no available tutors shown. If this is the case, you can click the button that says "request a tutor." This will add your name to a list of students searching for tutors.

Be a Tutor

The tutoring website is a work in progress. If you experience any issues signing up, please send a screenshot and short description to tutoring@byu.edu, or come to the Y-Serve office (WSC 2330) for assistance.

SIGN UP

1. To become a tutor, head to tutoring.byu.edu.
2. After logging in with your BYU NetID and password, you'll click on the tab that says "Become a Tutor"
3. Read over the requirements, check "I understand," and proceed to the application
4. Fill out the contact info and preferences, hit save, then continue
5. You'll then be asked to fill out a short survey
6. You'll then have a chance to set past classes to "available" (you must have received a B or higher to become a tutor for that class). You can also request to tutor for classes you have tested out of (or classes you could test out of)
7. To be approved, your information will be sent to the Honor Code Office to be cleared. You don't need to do anything for this step! This usually takes 1-3 business days. If you don't hear back, that means you've been cleared.
8. You'll need to attend a short orientation meeting (the available times will be listed on the "Orientation" tab on the tutoring website)
9. After you've attended an orientation and have been cleared by the Honor Code Office, you'll have access to more tabs on the website!

FIND PEOPLE TO TUTOR

There are two main ways to find people to serve!

1. First, you can go to "Find A Tutor" and click anywhere in your class schedule (which should show up automatically on the page) to add an available appointment.
   
   1. Make sure you've marked classes as "Available" on the "Available Classes" tab!
   2. Once you've done this, all you have to do is wait for students to sign up for tutoring with you! You will get an email notification when an appointment is scheduled.
2. Second, you can go to the "Unfulfilled Requests" tab. This tab shows all students who have been looking for a tutor but have been unable to find one.
   
   1. If you find a class that you feel confident tutoring in, expand the drop-down list and click "Contact" next to any student listed.
   2. When you click "Contact," the system automatically sends a message to the student, who will reach out to you to schedule a time to meet.

BECOME A LEADER

Volunteer Leader Description: Leaders are in charge of training tutors. They also help connect students with their tutor, and they help to answer questions about the tutoring program! For more information, visit our page called Be a Leader!

Volunteer Leader Commitment: In addition to volunteering, Volunteer leaders commit to a 1-hour monthly team meeting to discuss needs and make plans for the program.

Apply to become a leader by completing the application below: