Learning Assistant Program

The Learning Assistant (LA) Program hires undergraduate students to collaborate with faculty mentors with the overall goals of transforming classes to be more interactive and enhancing student success.

For Students

Learning Assistants (LAs) are pedagogically trained undergraduate students who collaborate with faculty to create active, student-centered classrooms. As part of their role, LAs take a credit-bearing pedagogy course.

Learn more about becoming an LA

For Faculty

The LA program focuses on providing professional growth to Learning Assistants through a mentor-mentee model, where faculty mentors guide LAs in developing their teaching skills, engaging students, and enhancing the overall learning experience.

Learn more about becoming an LA mentor

Key Dates

November 7

Students: Priority deadline to apply to be an LA for Spring 2026 semester.

November 7

Faculty: Priority deadline to request to use an LA in your course(s) for Spring 2026 semester.

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"...Teaching students is very rewarding for me, especially in a topic that I’m passionate about, and I believe being an LA was a great exercise of that practice. I am very excited to continue LAing!”

While LA-ing for UP2 had a lot of challenges on top of UP2 being a challenging class, I feel like I have developed skills in patience and empathy. I say empathy because it takes work to understand the thought process of struggling students when solving a problem, and to understand where their logic is flawed.”