WHAT IS API ?

API is a non-remedial peer tutoring program modeled on a nationally recognized one, Supplemental Instruction (S.I.)

API targets difficult or "high risk" courses - those with a high rate of D , F, or W grades and then provides regularly scheduled out-of-class peer facilitated sessions for these courses.

S.I. is currently in place in over 1000 institutions of higher learning both nationally and abroad.  At LaGuardia, we have been serving students since the spring of 1993. 

In API, once a "high risk" course has been selected, an API student leader is hired.  This is a LaGuardia student who has completed the course, earned a grade of B+ or higher, and received a recommendation from a faculty member.  The student then re-attends the course, takes notes and organizes a minimum of three out-of-class API group study sessions per week.  During these study sessions, the tutor reviews the material covered in class using collaborative or group learning principles while promoting active problem solving.

Our statistics mirror and often exceed national ones.  Students at LaGuardia who attend API study sessions score on the average one letter higher than those who do not.

Tutoring Schedule

The latest API tutoring schedule is posted on the bulletin board just outside room E115.

Events

The API 16th Annual Ceremony is scheduled for June 10, 2009.

Join Us

API will hire new tutors for Fall 1 2009 semester. Visit the "Hiring" page in this website for more information.