Faculty partnerships

Strengthen student learning by partnering with us. Integrate quantitative reasoning, writing, communication, and academic success skills into your courses.

Schedule a class visit
Add a blurb to your syllabus
Attend a success workshop

How you can partner with us

Encourage your students to visit the Learning Commons

Copy/Paste Syllabus Blurb: Add informational text or links about the Learning Commons in your syllabus, assignment instructions, or course site so students know where to go for help.

The Learning Commons offers free one-to-one academic support for: 

  • Success Coaching: personalized support to help students build effective learning strategies and achieve their academic and/or personal goals. 
  • Quantitative Skills Center: tutoring and resources for math, statistics, physical sciences, and other quantitative reasoning coursework. 
  • Writing & Communication Center: guidance for course papers, writing projects, presentations, and communication skills across disciplines. Yes, we do grammar! 

Visit the Learning Commons website to learn more and make appointments. We are located in UW2-030. 

Invite us into your classroom

Schedule a 10-minute class visit: Schedule short visits to your class sessions (5–15 min) that introduce our services and how students can access them. Email us at uwbalc@uw.edu to schedule your visit!

schedule your class visit

Request an embedded tutor: Learning Commons tutors work alongside faculty to support students directly in the classroom. Embedded tutoring services include:

  • Facilitating small-group work and in-class support
  • Clarifying concepts, course material, and methods connected to classwork
  • Guiding student through materials for specific tasks and assignments
  • Using questioning techniques to help students activate and build their own understanding
  • Explanation of quantitative concepts, theories and formulas
  • Leading peer-review sessions in the classroom
  • Modeling of learning strategies and study skills

Embedded tutors participate in ongoing professional development to hone(?) their pedagogical approach to learning. They work closely with faculty to meet the students in both skill level and engagement.

Embedded tutors are an effective way to extend your instructional reach without adding to your workload. We bring academic support directly to the classroom, where it has the most impact. Email us at uwbalc@uw.edu to learn more about embedded tutors.

request an embedded tutor

Interactive, customizable workshops

Academic Success Coaching offers dynamic, interactive workshops, online or customized for student clubs, staff, and faculty, designed to help you achieve your academic and personal goals.

Attend an Academic Success workshop

Designing assignments with the Learning Commons in mind

Share your assignment instructions with WaCC staff to help them support students and/or provide feedback on clarity, structure, and alignment… Be specific about what you want your students to do: Phrase the assignment specifically, “Meet with a peer tutor about revision suggestions.”

  • Incentivize, don’t require: Assign extra credit with an open timeline (not a specific due date) and a small deliverable such as a reflection on the process or how they will revise their work based on WaCC feedback.
  • Session confirmations: WaCC peer consultants can confirm student appointments via email or our written confirmation form. Please inform your students to ask for confirmation (we don’t automatically ask) for engaged tutoring sessions longer than 25 minutes.

Connect with a Learning Commons Lead (see below) to learn more!

Contact & next steps

You can reach out to these contacts to schedule classroom visits, course consultations, or to borrow materials: