Whether you're on-campus, online, returning to college, or just out of high school, Oakton's Tutoring Services is here to support everyone on their academic journey. Tutoring is free, accessible and convenient. Log into your myOakton account to access the tutoring schedules and forms below.
Oakton tutors can help with a wide range of subjects, including everything from anatomy to calculus, physics to accounting. Tutors work with students at the Learning Center at the Des Plaines and Skokie campuses and online.
You can drop-in for help during a tutor’s regularly scheduled hours, or for some subjects, email the tutor to set up a meeting time. Please log into your myOakton account to view the schedule.
Math tutors are available at the Learning Center at the Des Plaines campus, Skokie campus, and online. Students are served on a first-come, first-served basis.
Oakton writing tutors can help with essays and research papers for English and other subjects. Writing tutors can also help with college transfer essays, personal statements, scholarship essays, resumes, and cover letters.
There are three main options for writing tutoring. Please log into your myOakton account to view the forms and schedule:
To schedule a tutoring appoinment, please watch this video. For questions, please contact the Learning Center, learningcenter@oakton.edu, or 847.635.1658 (Des Plaines), 847.635.1434 (Skokie).
You can schedule no more than two appointments (90 minutes) per day. You can schedule no more than four future appointments at a time.
If you can’t keep an appointment, cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. If you are running late, please inform the Learning Center. Otherwise, your appointment may be canceled or given to the next student in line.
If you miss, cancel, or reschedule five appointments within a single semester, your access to tutoring services will be temporarily suspended. To reactivate access to tutoring services and resolve the issues, contact a Learning Specialist Supervisor at learningcenter@oakton.edu.
Muriel Dorsey-Johnson
Academic Intervention Specialist
mdorsey@oakton.edu
847.635.1704
Room 1413, Des Plaines
Stephanie Herrera
Hablo Español
Learning Support Coordinator
sherrera@oakton.edu
847.635.1795
Room 2414, Des Plaines
Thomas Hicks
Director of Student Success and Academic Interventions
thicks@oakton.edu
847.635.1657
Room 1417, Des Plaines
Mahera Sheikh
Office Coordinator, Skokie Learning Center
msheikh@oakton.edu
847-376-7684
Room A223, Skokie Learning Commons
Joshua Whitehead
Coordinator of First Year Experience (FYE) and Academic Interventions
jwhitehead@oakton.edu
847.376.7056
Room 1415, Des Plaines
Please contact an Office Coordinator for help connecting with a tutor.
Our tutors have different areas of expertise. To find the right tutor for your math course, log into your myOakton account to view the math tutoring schedule.
In most cases, a writing appointment is required. But there are some drop-in hours available for writing support. Log into your myOakton account to view the current drop-in schedule for writing tutoring to find the hours when you can get in-person help without an appointment.
No appointment is needed for math tutoring. All math help is provided on a drop-in basis. Log into your myOakton account to view the drop-in math schedule.
Yes, some tutoring hours are scheduled for the evening or on weekends. Log into your myOakton account to view the current tutoring schedule and find hours that work for you.
Our staff are ready to help! Please contact an Office Coordinator.
Tutors specialize in a wide range of subjects. To find out which tutors are qualified to help with your course, log into your myOakton account to view the current tutoring schedule. You can click a link at the top of the schedule to focus on a particular subject area.