Chicago State University
Learning Assistant Program
Learning Assistants
LA Time and Effort Reports
LAs complete the monthly report form above. It should take about 10 minutes. In your comments please try to cite specific examples from your experiences. These are really important to us in disseminating the program and making program revisions.
LAs complete the monthly report form above. It should take about 10 minutes. In your comments please try to cite specific examples from your experiences. These are really important to us in disseminating the program and making program revisions.
Students! Applications for F24 are open!
Apply here.
(Know a faculty member you would like to work with? Talk to them about becoming an LA mentor.)
(Know a faculty member you would like to work with? Talk to them about becoming an LA mentor.)
Instructors
Faculty Course Proposals are closed for F24. If you want to submit a late application email msabella@csu.edu.
What does an LA do? ... Tiara explains:
Learning Assistants are undergraduate students who, through the guidance of weekly preparation sessions and a pedagogy course, facilitate discussions among groups of students in a variety of classroom settings that encourage active engagement.
S23.1.LA Program Newsletter.pdfNews and Highlights
- CSU LAs Korvell Russell and Adaeze Olikagu invited to serve as moderator and panelist at LSAMP Spring Symposium.
- Benchik-Osborne, Van Duzor, and Sabella present on student leadership in the LA Model at the 2023 Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting in Portland Oregon.
- Sabella and Roberts (CSU Physics alumna) had a paper published in the Physics Teacher Magazine focusing on "Creative Astronomy: Broadening the Scope of an Online General Education Course by Leveraging an Authentic Collaboration between Learning Assistant and Instructor" 61, 43 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0080890
- Van Duzor and Sabella lead Learning Assistant Workshops at Morton College and St. Augustine College.
Check out the video to learn more about why you should be an LA!
InviteCard.LA Apps.F22.pdfNeed an invite card to give to potential LAs? Print double sided and cut twice!
Flyer-LA Apps.F22.pdfNeed to print a flyer? Download and print.
The CSU LA Program involves undergraduate majors as Learning Assistants in our courses. Learning Assistants learn about modern, innovative instruction and then assist faculty in their courses to facilitate collaborative learning and help other CSU students develop deep understanding of the material.
For more info:
Mel Sabella, msabella@csu.edu
Andrea Gay Van Duzor, andrea.vanduzor@csu.edu
CSU LA Directors
CSU's LA Program is based on the LA model developed by the University of Colorado - Boulder
The CSU LA Program has been funded by the APS PhysTEC Program, the CSU Learning Assistant Center, the National Science Foundation - (DUE# 1524829 & 1911341), the Department of Education, the Illinois Space Grant Consortium, the Center for STEM Education and Research, and the Federal Work Study Program.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, or NASA.