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De Anza College's Academic Skills Center is available to students who need extra help with their classes. Students can access the service for free in L-47 for tutoring in English, English as a second language, foreign language, social science, business and accounting. Help in mathematics, science, engineering and computer information systems is available at S-43.

Peers tutor in L-47 and S-43, but in the Writing and Reading Center, instructors' tutor along with teacher assistants and peers. Peer tutors take Learning Assistance 98, a one-unit pass/no pass course required for all new general subject tutors. Students who want to become writing tutors must take Learning Assistance/ English Writing 97. Peer tutors are paid $8 an hour. If you feel like doing group tutoring, the pay is $10 an hour.

After two consecutive quarters, the pay can be raised to $8.75 and $10.50 an hour respectively. Another perk for students is the flexible job schedule where students have to work ten hours a week.

There are four ways De Anza students can utilize the Academic Skills Center and the tutors. Group tutoring is lead by a peer tutor who has already taken the class and that person leads the group. Supplemental Instruction is offered in conjunction with some courses by arrangement with the course instructor. Regular attendance is required for group tutoring but drop-in group tutoring is available for some courses.

Individual tutoring is for students who need assistance throughout the whole quarter and need more one-on-one time. Students meet with their tutor two hours a week. Online tutoring students submit their questions, and specialy trained tutors will respond within 48 hours or less.

There is drop-in tutoring for students who have a brief question. A "brief" session is 30 minutes. There are also study skills workshops available for a variety of other subjects.

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