Tutoring

Take advantage of our free tutoring services, available to currently enrolled Jefferson students across Jefferson campuses. Work together with a tutor in a supportive environment to strengthen your understanding of course materials, writing, research, study skills, Blackboard and computers, and reading.

You are welcome and wanted at tutoring, whatever your ability, age, documentation status, ethnicity, experiences, gender identity, language, neurodiversity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all the other things that make you you!

We offer:

• In-person tutoring on the Downtown and Southwest campuses
• Three kinds of online tutoring: live video tutoring, Submit It tutoring, and Brainfuse

For more information on the types of tutoring that we offer and the schedule for each type of tutoring, see the Types of Tutoring Page. If you have questions about the tutoring process or tutoring policies after reading this page, please contact us at jf-tutoring@kctcs.edu.

Use the button below to schedule or enter an appointment for in-person and live video tutoring.

Learning Commons tutoring is open Monday-Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (in person and online) and 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (online). Not all times and subjects are available at all locations,

Tutoring sessions are active and collaborative. You and the tutor will work together on the topic that you want to discuss. They work with you, rather than doing your work for you. Depending on the subject you would like to work on, you will be paired with one of our peer, librarian, adjunct faculty or faculty tutors.

Tutoring Policies:

• Tutoring sessions last up to 50 minutes.
• You can use tutoring up to:
  • 6 times per week
  • 3 times per day
  • 2 times for the same subject per day
• You can make an appointment up to 30 minutes after the session start time. 
• You can meet with a tutor in a small group of 2-4 people. To schedule a small group appointment, contact tutoring at jf-tutoring@kctcs.edu.
• If you can’t come to your appointment, please cancel in advance.
• If you are 20 minutes late to your appointment without letting us know, your appointment will be marked missed, and the appointment slot becomes open to other students. (You can still show up after 20 minutes, but that session will no longer be reserved for you.)
• If you miss 3 appointments in 1 semester without canceling, you won’t be able to make an appointment for the rest of that semester without speaking with the director of tutoring services.
• Due to safety concerns, we will not hold a tutoring session with anyone driving a vehicle at the time of the session.
• We love working with you during official tutoring hours! We cannot tutor outside of that time.

Tip: To get the most out of the session, be ready with all relevant materials (including your syllabus, assignment, rubric, readings and class notes). 

Are you a JCTC student taking classes at a different KCTCS college? Are you a student from a different KCTCS college taking classes at JCTC? Email us at jf-tutoring@kctcs.edu to make an appointment.

We are unable to offer tutoring for class tests, placement tests, personal writing projects, resumes, or courses taught outside of KCTCS. Check out these resources for placement tests. 

If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know. We are happy to work with you!

Our goal is to make all of our materials and services accessible. Please inform staff of accessibility barriers you encounter, and request accommodations that will make activities and information resources accessible to you. You can contact us at jf-tutoring@kctcs.edu, talk to your tutor during a session, and/or tell us about your needs in the notes section when making an appointment in TracCloud.

Possible accommodations include:

• Working in Teams so that we can use automated closed captioning
• Using an interpreter, who you can schedule by contacting the Access*Ability Resource Center at jf-arc-office@kctcs.edu
• Meeting in a less stimulating environment, such as a side room
• Audio recording your session

To learn more about the services offered by the Access*Ability Resource Center and whether you are eligible, please go to the ARC page.