{"id":480,"date":"2018-05-01T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/learning-centre\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:10:23","slug":"teacher-zone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/learning-centre\/teacher-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We can help your students become better learners and writers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n        <style>\n\n        <\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"faq-content\"><div class=\"dc_faq\" id=\"individual-appointments\"><div class=\"dc_faq-title\"><button>Individual Appointments<\/button><\/div><div class=\"dc_faq-body\">\n<p>If your students need more support in academic writing, reading, time management or study skills, you can suggest that they make an appointment with one of our professionals.<\/p>\n<p>All our appointments are one-on-one and confidential. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\">Most importantly, students <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW135906332 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\">can make their own appointments<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\"> using our online scheduling service or see <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW135906332 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\">us in person at the College<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135906332 BCX2\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/services\/student-services\/support-options-for-at-risk-students-soars\">SOARS form<\/a> to refer students to this service. The Learning Centre is located upstairs in the Library (6D.2)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-content\"><div class=\"dc_faq\" id=\"english-labs\"><div class=\"dc_faq-title\"><button>English Labs<\/button><\/div><div class=\"dc_faq-body\">\n<p>Every semester, the Skills Centre professionals conduct writing labs designed for students not working in their first language. These labs are attached to two English courses\u2014 001: Remedial Activities for Secondary V English Language Arts and 101: Writing English.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/learning-centre\/english-labs\/\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more information about the labs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-content\"><div class=\"dc_faq\" id=\"in-class-presentations-and-workshops\"><div class=\"dc_faq-title\"><button>In-class Presentations and Workshops<\/button><\/div><div class=\"dc_faq-body\">\n<p>At a teacher&#8217;s request, we can come to a class to provide a presentation or a workshop. 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