Student Success Center (SSC)
Upon the creation of the Division of Student Success at UNCG in 2018, the Student Success Center was renamed the Academic Achievement Center. A separate office (The Office of TRiO programs) was created at the same time, and the Student Support Services program (SSS) was moved out of the SSC and under that umbrella group.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER (AAC)[]
General Information[]
The AAC is located in the Forney Student Success Commons, in room 114.
The Academic Achievement Center (AAC) is an academic support program that challenges students to become independent and successful learners. Services such as tutoring (primarily 100-200 level courses), academic skills, and supplemental instruction. We work toward helping students improve study skills, increase their understanding of course content, enhance self-confidence, and encourage positive attitudes toward learning.
TUTORING[]
Individual Tutoring Students meet 1:1 with a peer tutor for one hour each week. The AAC does its best to accommodate requests for individual tutoring, but due to increased demand, most of our appointments are small-group (see below).
Small Group tutoring Group tutoring consists of one tutor and no more than 5 students. All students in a group must be enrolled with the same professor, preferably in the same section.
Student Responsibilities During your first tutoring session, your tutor will discuss our tutoring contract with you. This contract covers goals of tutoring, student responsibilities, and a tutor's responsibilities. Please pay close attention to the section detailing student responsibilities.
Among other things, we do maintain an attendance policy. In particular:
- Students may only cancel three times during a semester. To cancel an appointment, contact your tutor no less than 6 hours in advance if you cannot attend a scheduled session.
Subjects We Tutor[]
While we strive to provide tutoring in as many disciplines as possible, there are some that are not feasible for us. To check our list of supported courses, go to http://go.uncg.edu/aac_tutor.
ACADEMIC SKILLS[]
Our Academic Skills staff can help you with enhancing your study skills, note taking approaches, test taking strategies, reading methods, or other areas that impact your coursework.
What Will Academic Skills Do For Me?
- Improve your grades
- Become a better listener and note taker
- Improve your reading comprehension
- Score better on tests and overcome anxiety
- Budget your time better
- Study more effectively
The Academic Achievement Center offers FREE services to the entire UNCG undergraduate community. Our main goal is to help students become better, more self-sufficient learners. We utilize a variety of assessment instruments to help identify students' learning needs and concerns.
Scheduling an Appointment If you are interested in receiving assistance with developing your academic skills, please go to http://go.uncg.edu/aac_skills to schedule an appointment.
Workshops (OWLS)[]
In addition to one-on-one sessions, the Academic Skills staff also conduct OWLS (Outreach Workshop Learning Series) workshops for faculty and any student group with more than ten students on campus. For a complete list of these topics and to sign up for a workshop, please go to http://go.uncg.edu/aac_workshop
SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION (SI)[]
Program Overview[]
Supplemental Instruction (SI) is solely funded by UNCG and is a series of weekly discussion/ study group review sessions for students taking historically difficult courses. SI is available for all students enrolled in specific course section who want to improve their grades. SI sessions consist of discussion and activities facilitated by an SI leader who has successfully completed the course.
General Information[]
The Supplemental Instruction Program began at UNCG in Spring of 2003 as a pilot program. Since then, it has grown each year as its popularity increases. But what exactly is Supplemental Instruction? The Supplemental Instruction Program, or SIP, is a formal study group designed to help you achieve success in a course that has been designated as historically difficult.
Review Sessions: Discussion and review is available for all students enrolled in a specific course section who want to improve their grades. SI occurs on a weekly basis in 3 one-hour sessions. These weekly sessions consist of a discussion facilitated by a trained SI leader who has successfully completed the course.
SI Leaders: The leader knows the class content. The leader will be in class every day, hearing what the class hears and reviewing what the class reads. What that leader will not do is lecture; the leader's job is to help students think about the lectures and readings, and then put the course material into perspective during the SI sessions.
Participation: Students enrolled in a course that offers SI can attend any or all of the weekly sessions. The SIP Leader will make an announcement at the beginning of class regarding the location and time of each session.