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NMSU TRIO Student Support Services awarded recertification for peer tutoring program
New Mexico State University’s TRIO Student Support Services received a five-year recertification as a level one, two and three certified peer tutor training program by the College Reading and Learning Association through January 2026.
“This certification is instrumental in the development and delivery of exemplary tutor training for the TRIO SSS program,” said Trese Collins, TRIO Student Support Services tutor coordinator. “It affords our peer tutors the opportunity to become certified on a national and international level as a level one certified tutor, level two advanced tutor and level three master tutor. It also benefits our students because they are able to work with experienced, knowledgeable and trained peer tutors, which is essential to the success of our students.”
NMSU’s recertification is the first for the program since CRLA updated and restructured the process and the criteria for this certification.
“When I received the news, I was overjoyed because this had been a year and a half process of working on this certification and another year of waiting for the certification approval and notification that the TRIO SSS tutoring program had been awarded the certification.”
Recertification is a three-phase process, and each phase of the application is level specific and includes the development of training topics, materials and evaluations given at the completion of training, tutoring experience hours, and goals/objectives for each training topic.
“Another new aspect of the application is that each level of certification requires program evaluation of the peer tutors performance,” Collins said.
Certificated programs must demonstrate sound hiring and selection practices for peer tutors; planned training experience; tutoring experience must include working directly with students for a minimum of 25 hours per level; and regular evaluation of tutor knowledge.
“Lastly, the process includes providing a narrative on the population of students served, program history and program objectives and philosophy,” Collins said.
To learn more about the TRIO Student Support Services, visit https://triosss.nmsu.edu.
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