Free Academic Support Services

The Lakeland Learning Center offers student support through tutoring and academic success coaching. We'll help you strengthen skills and mindsets that will help you succeed at Lakeland!

Free tutoring is available for most credit classes! Our professional tutors are available during both in-person and remote tutoring sessions. No matter your program of study, our tutors are here for you.

Math-in-Minutes can help you quickly grasp concepts and complete your assignment with no appointment needed while you work with a peer tutor.

Writing Center tutors help you master your reading, writing and revision skills for all subjects and all types of writing.

E-Tutoring Online is also available to students who cannot attend tutoring during our regularly scheduled hours. You can receive support on evenings and weekends at eTutoring.OhioLink.edu.

The steps to make an appointment are simple.

1. Log into myLakeland.
2. Click the Student tab and look for the section called Schedule It.
3. Look for "Schedule a Tutoring, Writing Center or Academic Study Skills Coaching Session" and follow the prompts.

When you make an appointment, you'll receive an email confirmation along with a link to join the online meeting if you selected a remote session.

With so many different resources available, signing up for Lakeland Learning Center tutoring may feel daunting. If you are unsure where to start or what resources best fit your needs don't hesitate to contact us any time with questions or issues!

Contact us to talk through your options. We'll take the first step together.

Our success navigators are here to help you complete your college mission. Services offered by our navigators include:

• Study skills coaching
• Study tables
• Next Generation ACCUPLACER placement test prep
• Math support
• Remote and online learning support
• Early alert follow-up to help you stay on track

The steps to make an appointment are simple.

1. Log into myLakeland.
2. Click the Student tab and look for the section called Schedule It.
3. Look for "Schedule Tutoring, Writing Center, or Academic Skills Study Session" to book your appointment.

Sit down with your classmates to study strategies, internalize course content and help ensure you meet your goals in your specific class. A subject matter specialist will be there to lead the table and to provide guidance.

Check out our current list of study tables and stop by! No registration is required.

In-person, on-campus as well as remote sessions are available. Walk-ins are also welcome in the learning center!

Log in to myLakeland to schedule your appointment today! Once logged in, on the Student Tab, click Schedule It, click Schedule a Tutoring, Writing Center or Academic Study Skills Coaching Session and follow the prompts

Study Tables

While tutoring focuses on helping students understand general course content, study tables provide supplemental instruction in a walk-in, group setting. Here, you can focus on learning and study strategies, and internalize course content to help ensure a passing grade in your specific class.

Study table sessions provide a learning environment where you can study alongside your classmates to deepen understanding of material while receiving guidance from a specialist in the content area.

Tuesday & Wednesday | noon - 1 p.m.

Monday | 11 a.m. - noon
Tuesday | 1-2 p.m.

Please call the learning center for more information.

Student Success Navigators

Lakeland's student success navigators are here to help you complete your college mission. Please contact us with any questions about Lakeland's Learning Center, our services or to get in touch with a student success navigator!

Schedule an appointment with a student success navigator via myLakeland ScheduleIt to take advantage of:

• tutoring
• writing center
• academic study skills coaching

Visit our contact page to get in touch with any of our student success navigators, or schedule an appointment via myLakeland ScheduleIt.

Joee (pronouns she/her/her's) is a student success navigator at Lakeland's Learning Center. Basically, she is an extra resource for students when they have questions or concerns about academics, campus resources or the college experience in general. College is a magical place where people are empowered through learning, meaningful connections are made and minds expanded. However, it can also be difficult to navigate, especially when everything is new. Joee's job is to give students a point of contact when they need answers or feel lost. She helps students with study skills, note taking, time management, reading comprehension, writing, organization and other skills that help them to be successful in all their academic endeavors. Although she loves helping students in any capacity, her true loves are English and writing, and being able to see students develop these crucial skills, whether their work is creative or academic.

Joee graduated with degrees in English creative writing and German at Marshall University and moved to Cleveland two years ago to do an AmeriCorps year as a success coach at Lakeland. She ended up getting the opportunity to stay and continue her work in the learning center. She is further pursuing her love of writing, earning a master's degree in creative writing (nonfiction) through the Northeastern Ohio Masters of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) program.

Fun Facts: Aside from reading and writing Joee loves to run (and must do it daily rain or shine or else she's grumpy). She enjoys anything outdoors, which Cleveland seems to think is a big joke eight months out of the year. She's a dedicated cinephile who cannot wait sit down in a movie theater. She also has an addiction to popcorn and buying clogs. Her biggest motivation is the students she has the privilege of working with!

Christy received her master's of education in instructional technology from John Carroll University. She received her undergraduate degree, B.A. in mathematics from Boston College. Currently Christy teaches a variety of math courses at Lakeland. She tutors various groups of students across campus to empower them to conquer their math fears, and she works as a math placement specialist to proactively help students prepare for the math placement test. She hopes to help many more students be successful in reaching their academic goals.

Fun Facts: Christy enjoys outside with her family doing activities such as swimming, hiking and skiing among other things. She also enjoys cooking as well as eating the food.

Join Christy's Women's Math Empowerment tutoring group! We meet twice every week during fall and spring semesters.

It's Time to TACKLE Studying!

Take Action and Connect to Key Learning strategies to Excel.

TACKLE Studying is designed by our expert student success navigators and is perfect for any student, whether you're just getting started or struggling to get through this semester. On this studying success page we have included resources you can browse for assistance and learning opportunities.

Download our TACKLE Studying toolkit, and access valuable resources by or tapping the links found in the tool kit document.

Managing the demands of college while dealing with the ups and downs of day-to-day life can be challenging, whether you are a first-year student, transitioning from high school, a transfer student, a continuing student, a first-generation student or a returning student. Being a college student means you must quickly adapt to the demanding workload of an academic semester all while dealing with new routines, new people and different responsibilities. This balancing act can be challenging. Luckily, you do not have to balance these demands alone! Our student success navigators share their reflections and favorite study skills below to help you stay anchored!

Study skills is a big umbrella term actually and it's so important because every student needs to know what to study, how to study, and when to study to achieve academic success! Without our study skills we cannot know what we are learning and how well we are applying this new knowledge. Part of Tackle Studying Toolkit is about exploring how study skills encompass so many aspects of college. Everything you do before class, in class, and after class make up study skills, which, is why my favorite study skill tip is the study cycle. Dividing your study responsibilities into smaller review sessions that focus on an intense review and reflection while breaking for 5-10 minutes makes for a more effective and direct study experience! You can find more about the study cycle under the study skills section of the Tackle Studying chart.

 The best study tip I have is to optimize your study time, so you can optimize your rewards.  It is also important to have a good time management plan so you can be focused on your work and be efficient.  Time management skills will allow you to be able to enjoy and take advantage of your downtime.  I host a TACKLE MATH program for students who want to build math skills and confidence before taking their math class at Lakeland, or alongside it to practice math skills they're learning.  In both Tackle Math and the women's center math empowerment group I talk more about time management plans (both monthly and weekly) and studying in smaller chunks.

Study skills are really all about metacognition, or being able to think about the way we think. When we are cognizant of how our brains work and retain information, we begin to see the difference between actual learning and when it occurs, and mere rote memorization and just going through the motions of what we consider "studying" to be. It's all about awareness and practicing reflection. Bloom's Taxonomy is an especially helpful tool in this regard because it lays out the different levels of learning as a reference tool: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating. Students can use Bloom's when reflecting on how well and to what degree they've mastered any concept, problem or subject matter.

Remembering information will only get you so far, therefore, one of my favorite study tips is to study not just to pass a test, but as if you had to actually give a presentation on the material to the whole class. This goes beyond being able to recall and recognize ideas and definitions – you are the expert. It requires getting to the very top of the learning pyramid and possessing a deeper knowledge of the material, so that when those tricky test questions pop up on an exam that require you apply, reorganize or make judgments on a concept, you'll be able to tackle it head on with confidence"

It's Time to TACKLE Math!

Take Action and Connect to Key Learning strategies to Excel.

Attend TACKLE Math skill building sesisons! Improve your math skills, practice math basics and build your confidence to take your next course or the placement test.

Sessions available for summer 2022 are remote via Webex and in-person:

• Register for your session here!

No matter where you are in your math journey at Lakeland, we can help you navigate. Download our TACKLE Math Toolkit to make sure you're on the right path.

Our math placement specialist helps students prepare for math success, from the point of getting started in the college process to getting through to completion.  She helps students preparing to take the Next Generation Accuplacer placement test, and students planning or already taking a math course overcome barriers to success. Contact Christy Blasier at cblasier@lakelandcc.edu  if you need help with:

• Preparing to take or retake the Next Generation Accuplacer Placement Test.
• Improving your proficiency with math skills.
• Building mathematical confidence and learning to self-empower.
• Working on study skills, and test-taking strategies.
• Math tutoring and support. Learn more about tutoring here.

Christy received her master's of education in instructional technology from John Carroll University. She received her undergraduate degree, B.A. in mathematics from Boston College. Currently Christy teaches a variety of math courses at Lakeland. She tutors various groups of students across campus to empower them to conquer their math fears, and she works as a math placement specialist to proactively help students prepare for the math placement test. She hopes to help many more students be successful in reaching their academic goals.

Fun Facts: Christy enjoys outside with her family doing activities such as swimming, hiking and skiing among other things. She also enjoys cooking as well as eating the food.

Join Christy's Women's Math Empowerment tutoring group! We meet twice every week during fall and spring semesters.

Preparing for the Placement Test

Lakeland wants to help you do your very best on the placement test. Getting a better score will mean taking fewer college classes and graduating sooner, saving you time and money as you begin your college journey.

Writing and math placement tests are required for students who do not have college-ready ACT/SAT scores or official transcripts with qualifying college credit.

When taking advantage of the resources below, please keep in mind that Lakeland Community College currently utilizes the Next-Generation ACCUPLACER placement test.

Are you preparing for the MATH or WRITING placement test? Sign up for a virtual test prep workshop here!

▲Contact Lakeland's Learning Center for free access.▲

Both self-paced online practice courses and on-campus personal help is available.

• College Board study app gives you free access take practice tests.
• Online Course and Practice Tests are available from Longsdale Publishing with a self-paced program containing instructions and practice tests.
  • To access practice tests from Longsdale Publishing, you must contact Lakeland's Learning Center to get our school number and access key.

• In-person placement test prep workshops are offered by the Lakeland Learning Center. Contact us for more information and to register for your free workshop.
• Student success navigators can give you personalized help in your preparation for English reading, writing and mathematics. Contact us to schedule an appointment.

• College Board study app for math and writing
• Khan Academy pre-algebra course
• Kahn Academy algebra I course
• Khan Academy algebra II course (mastery of this course is ideal for placement into college-level math)
• Khan Academy SAT test prep for reading, writing and mathematics

Frequently Asked Questions

• How many appointments can I schedule?
• Why do I need to select a class before reserving an appointment?
• How far in advance can I cancel tutoring and writing center appointments?
• How can I check my tutoring and/or writing center appointments?
• How should I prepare for my tutoring appointment?

You may schedule one appointment for each class that we offer tutoring in each week (Monday through Thursday). If you do not show up for a scheduled appointment, you cannot schedule an appointment in the same week. If you do not show up twice, you will be unable to schedule. If you cancel an appointment, you will be able to schedule another appointment.

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The Learning Center maintains records of which classes students are requesting tutoring sessions for. Also, an email is sent each week to the instructors to let them know that you are making the extra effort by attending tutoring sessions.

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You may cancel up to two hours before your session starts. This time is needed to allow another student to use the time slot.

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Log in to myLakeland and access the "Learning Center/Writing Center" channel from the "Student" tab to schedule, view, and cancel your tutoring and/or writing center appointments.

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For Tutoring bring your textbook, class notes / handouts, and syllabus. Attempt to complete homework PRIOR to tutoring session. Have read the textbook as assigned in class. Formulate specific questions.

For the Writing Center bring your assignments, readings, and any drafts of writing you may have done.

NOTE: Please be aware that tutoring is not a substitution for classroom instruction. You are required to attend class in order to be eligible for tutoring. We do not provide help on take home exams.

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