CAE is always accepting applications for peer coaches. If you meet the qualifications below and have a passion to help students, submit an application to be considered. To ensure you have work study hours available, contact the Student Employment Coordinator in the Financial Aid Office at stuwork@luther.edu.

Qualified applicants must:

• Be current, work-study eligible Luther students
• Earn a B or better in the courses they wish to tutor
• Provide a faculty reference for each subject you would like to tutor for
• Be able to communicate effectively with other students
• Demonstrate reliability and professionalism

Peer Coach Training

Luther College’s Center for Academic Enrichment is Certified Level 1 from the College Reading & Learning Association’s (CRLA) International Peer Educator Training Program Certification (IPTPC).

CRLA and IPTPC are proud to serve as a benchmark and standard for excellent peer educator training programs around the globe.

As a CRLA Level 1 Certified Peer Coach, you will gain:

• Secure greater student and faculty confidence and respect for educational staff and program.
• Add completion of CRLA IPTPC to your resumes and will be able to talk about your training and experience in job interviews.
• Transferability of CRLA Peer Coach Certification to other certifying colleges and universities. In other words, a peer educator trained at Level I at one institution would be recognized at another.

CRLA peer educator training is required for all CAE peer coaches. Trainings are a total of ten hours for the semester. For the safety of all involved, tutor trainings will be a combination of in person, virtual, and asynchronous sessions.

Benefits

CRLA International Peer Educator Training Program Certification (IPTPC) offers numerous benefits for individual peer educator and programs. The following is a partial list of the opportunities and benefits that are possible with CRLA IPTPC.

Benefits to the institution:

• Sets a benchmark for academic support excellence across the institution.
• Ensures compliance with internationally-recognized best practices in higher education student support services.
• Increases assurance that peer educator services comply with standards for ethical academic behavior.
• Improves career-readiness by providing quality professional development for peer educators.
• Creates additional opportunities for students to connect to faculty.
• Strengthens the connection between the curriculum and academic support services.
• Provides qualitative and quantitative data that enriches responses to accreditation standards.

Benefits to program administrators:

• Documents program initiatives and processes.
• Gives feedback from highly-experienced reviewers.
• Provides tools for creating a coherent training curriculum.
• Attracts motivated students interested in professional development opportunities.
• Generates interest and respect from campus colleagues and students.

Benefits to program peer coaches:

• Teaches the skills and knowledge commensurate with best practices for academic support programs and services.
• Increases confidence in the content area, public speaking, academic organization, and job performance.
• Creates a pathway to documenting experience and growth over time.
• Encourages peer coaches to view themselves as para-professionals in their work.
• Improves training and evaluation focus.
• Strengthens resume in the form of internationally recognized certificate.
• Creates a culture of learning for peer coaches.
• Once Level 1 training is complete, pay goes up to next level of wages.

Benefits to students:

• The student experiences the benefit of working with someone trained in effective helping strategies, communication skills, and structuring the peer coaching experience.
• The student becomes more confident as a learner by participating in a learner-centered experience.
• Research has shown that students who attend peer coaching sessions with trained peer coaches perform better academically than those who attend appointments with untrained peer coaches.