WHAT ARE SI SESSIONS?
Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions are designed to support students who are enrolled in challenging courses. SI are a series of weekly review sessions for students taking historically difficult courses and are provided for all students who want to improve their grades.
Student leaders who have previously taken and mastered one of these courses are trained to host three study sessions each week throughout the semester. Note: The SI leaders attend your course lectures, too! So, they can experience the class, just as you do.
Whether you have one question or simply want to keep up on the material from week to week, you and your peers will work and think through things together. Your personal preparation and regular attendance are highly recommended. Students who attend and participate over the course of the semester typically earn higher grades than those who do not attend at all or attend less often.
HOW CAN SI SESSIONS HELP ME?
- Understand key concepts
- Articulate what you know and don't know about the subject
- Build on foundational material and integrate newer knowledge as the content becomes more complex
- Prepare for quizzes and exams
- Earn the grade that you want, but you will need to be a willing and active participant!
HOW DO I USE THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH SI?
- SI sessions are scheduled throughout the semester. You may come and go as attendance is voluntary.
- SI leaders will make a few announcements in your class lectures and share session times.
Note: If a leader is not attending your specific class lecture time but is attending an earlier or later time, you may not hear a verbal announcement. However, your faculty member will let you know that SI sessions are available. - Your professor may have included the SI session times in the syllabus or posted the session times in Canvas.
- Visit Starfish for available times.
Supplemental Instruction Sessions - Spring 2024
- AERF 1113 Flight Science I (Channon)
SI Leader: Joshua Harman
Su 2:00p - 3:00p, Glaske C109
Th 6:00p - 7:00p, Glaske C109 - AVTC 1003 Foundational Concepts/Aviation Studies (Hellings)
SI Leader: Juan Aguirre Gutierrez
Tu 6:00p - 7:00p, Glaske C104 - AVTC 1403 Aircraft DC Electricity (Owens)
SI Leader: Carissa Peterson
TuTh 7:30p - 8:30p, Glaske C105 - CHEM 1113 Gen Chemistry I (Zhu)
SI Leader: Parinita Varma
MoWe 7:00p - 8:00p, Glaske C106
Su 4:00p - 5:00p, Glaske C106 - MATH 2013 Calculus II (Blevins)
SI Leader: Joseph Freriks
MoWe 8:00p-9:00p, Glaske C103 - MEGR 2023 Dynamics (Gowing)
SI Leader: Hudson Finnamore
Tu 7:00p - 8:00p, Glaske C107
- MEGR 3323 Mechanics of Materials (Gowing, Olson)
SI Leader: Caleb Tesfaye
Tu 8:00p - 9:00p, Glaske C101 - MEGR 4723 Heat Transfer (File)
SI Leader: Mark Dodson
We 7:00p - 8:00p, Glaske C108 - PHYS 1113 General Physics I (Hamilton)
SI Leader: Taylor Fiorenzi
Th 5:30p - 6:30p, Glaske C104 - PHYS 1113 General Physics I LON-CAPA (Hamilton)
SI Leader: Jared Nishimura
We 7:00p - 8:00p, Glaske C107 - PHYS 2013 University Physics I (Ball)
SI Leader: Jonathan Mounce
Mo 7:00p - 8:00p, Glaske C101 - PHYS 2013 University Physics I LON-CAPA (Ball)
SI Leader: Jared Nishimura
Tu 7:30p - 8:30p, Glaske C103
BECOMING A SI LEADER
Join the Achievement Center Staff! SI leaders are faculty-recommended students who have at least a 3.0 GPA. Here are a few qualifications:
- Successful completion of the course you wish to conduct SI sessions for
- Available to attend all SI course-related lectures and facilitate three study sessions per week
- Enjoy working with peers in a collaborative learning environment
- Possess strong communication skills
- Utilize effective facilitation or group dynamic skills
- Possess exceptional leadership skills
- Ability and desire to work openly and constructively with the SI supervisor
- Currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student
- Recommended by the faculty member who teaches the specified course
If you are interested in becoming an SI leader, contact AchievementCenter@letu.edu
