We want to help you succeed at Virginia Peninsula Community College. Therefore, it is important that you attend appointments as scheduled. We understand emergencies and unexpected changes, but please be considerate of fellow students who may be able to use the tutoring slot if you cannot keep it.
- Tutoring is free and available to students currently enrolled in courses at Virginia Peninsula Community College. Note: for dual-enrolled high school students, we can only help with your dual-enrollment classes.
- Appointments with VPCC tutors are made online through Brainfuse Tutor Match.
- Students are not guaranteed an appointment time or a particular tutor. All appointments are subject to tutor availability.
- Students are limited to ONE appointment per day and THREE hours per week, per class. If you exceed these limits, we reserve the right to cancel appointments that are over the limit.
- To cancel your appointment in Brainfuse, you must cancel/reschedule at least 1 hour before your scheduled session.
- If you cannot make a session or know you will be late, contact the tutor or email tutoring@vpcc.edu.
- Students will be considered late if arriving/checking in more than 15 minutes after the appointment time without notifying the tutor. We reserve the right to cancel the appointment and count the appointment as a no-show if a student has not arrived within this time.
- Students who have two last-minute cancellations, late arrivals, or no-shows within 30 days must speak to the Tutoring Coordinator to reinstate tutoring privileges.
To gain the most from your tutoring sessions, please read and follow the guidelines below:
- Tutoring is not a substitute for class/lab attendance and individual work, or for meeting with your instructor during office hours.
- Come to your tutoring sessions prepared. Have textbooks, class notes, assignments, paper, pencils, and old tests, when applicable.
- When possible, come to the tutoring session with a specific, identifiable problem.
- Group Tutoring appointments may have up to 5 students. Time with the tutor will be shared, and you'll learn from others' questions, as well as have opportunities to ask your own.
- Tutors will not do the work for students (i.e. write papers, do projects, or complete homework). The tutor’s responsibility is to assist students in understanding material/concepts. Tutors may guide, ask questions, make suggestions, paraphrase, and otherwise assist students with homework and writing assignments, but will not assist with take-home tests, extra credit assignments, and quizzes in keeping with the Virginia Peninsula Community College Student Handbook’s description of academic honesty.
