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SALS can help students develop learning strategies that will bring their academic goals within reach, but it can also help them develop transferable skills that will benefit them in the workplace.
Their very reassuring and encouraging, they’ve helped me in more ways than one, they’ve given me that confidence that I can do this
I would say SALS supports the faculty by supporting the Students. The faculty wants their students to be successful. In the School of Business students particularly seem to have challenges with business math, with accounting and with statistics.
I’ve used a lot of services with SALS. I’ve used essay writing with Leslie, I’ve used biology and chemistry assistance with Nicole and Brett, I’ve used all of the workshops and attended every one of them that has been offered here throughout the last couple of years.
All of the things they offer at SALS are enriching to the college experience and knowledge acquisition and being effective here.
I love it when a students comes back to me and says I didn’t this workshop, and it has changed the way that I study, I’m not able to spend less time studying but my grades are getting better.
SALS is an excellent opportunity for students to get another perspective. I think that’s another important thing because sometimes in the classroom you can say it a hundred different ways but some students just cant get it. But they hear it from a different person and all of a sudden it makes sense.
As long as the student comes to us we will help them. We will help them to identify what it is they need help with. They can come to our interdisciplinary team and work with people one-on-one as well as in group settings we will help them identify what they need help with and help them obtain those skills so they can become successful in their program and beyond.
Students can make appointments by phone or they can come drop into the centre. I usually do a triage where I discuss with the student what exactly their concern is, whether they need help with biology then I’ll know who to make the appointment with. Often times they’ll need help with more than one subject which, means multiple appointments with different staff members. We just work it out with their schedule and what’s available with the staff member.
Truly the most satisfying part of my job is being directly and positively involved in the students academic success. Seeing a student come in their first year and their confidence is low and they are just no not used to being at this level of post-secondary education and watching them grow from their two or three year programs to watching them walk across the stage at graduation. It’s really satisfying.
If you’re falling behind we have this fantastic service that will help you get back on track. It’s paid for as part of your tuition fees so take advantage of it.
I come in and I have peer tutoring, I also attend all the workshops they offer, for instance test studying, study strategies, success matters all of the workshops that they offer are free, they’re convenient for your own time.
They are here waiting for you to come over and ask for help. Success matters, and we are committed to students success and SALS models that.