Supplemental Instruction
Come study smarter, not harder!
Supplemental Instruction holds weekly study sessions for historically difficult courses. These fun and interactive sessions are run by SI Leaders who have received an A in the course. They also attend every class lecture with you.
Most study sessions are being held in an online format on TutorOcean. You can find Leaders' session times below in the “Session Schedules” tab.
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Atlanta Campus
Perimeter College
How do I use Supplemental Instruction?
Supplemental Instruction is a series of regularly scheduled review/study sessions for students taking historically difficult courses led by students (SI Leaders) who have already taken the course, earned an A- or better, and have a GPA above 3.0.
Attend a Supplemental Instruction session to:
- Develop effective study strategies and habits that lead to higher grades
- Learn how to manage academic stress and anxiety
- Establish a fun and beneficial relationships with peers
- Engage in an interactive learning environment
- Maintain motivation to complete courses successful and graduate
What happens in Supplemental Instruction sessions?
- Ask questions
- Discuss material covered in lectures
- Solve practice problems
- Compare notes
- Organize study material and maximize your study time
- Learn study techniques
- Learn how to talk to you professor during office hours
- Identify campus resources
What does a Supplemental Instruction Leader do?
- Provide assistance to students enrolled in an academically challenging courses
- Plan and facilitate out-of-class study sessions three times a week throughout the semester
- Attend all course lectures
- Attend all SI leader trainings and meetings, and complete tasks throughout the semester to enhance the SI Leader experience and SI program for students
- Assist in the collection and reporting of evaluative data regarding the selected course
SI Leaders are trained in proactive learning and study strategies as well as facilitation skills. SI Leaders are facilitators who assists students to integrate course content and learning strategies.
To become an SI Leader, you should have the following qualifications:
Undergraduate Students:
- Enrolled in at least half-time credit hours at Georgia State University
- Have already completed the SI course with an A- or better in a previous semester
- Atlanta Campus Only: Attend an Information Session (Fall 2021 dates will be posted on the application and the SI bulletin board)
Graduate Students:
- Enrolled full-time and/or in the required number of credits required by your program
- Be a student in the Philosophy, Political Science or Economics Departments, and be invited to apply for the position by your department the Office of Supplemental Instruction
Graduate and Undergraduate Students:
- Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Possess excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Have a working knowledge of campus resources for academic success
- Provide a recommendation from a professor; instructor in the discipline is preferred
How do I become a Supplemental Instruction Leader?
Graduate Assistantship Opportunities
What should I expect from an SI Leader in my class?
SI Leaders should:
- Maintain consistent attendance in all your lectures, with proper attention given to the material discussed
- Facilitate three sessions per week outside of class time
- Conduct ongoing communication about lecture/session material and recommendations for topics to emphasize in sessions
What shouldn't I expect from an SI Leader in my class?
SI Leaders should not:
- Grade test or quizzes
- Report students’ SI Session attendance to you
- Act in the same role as a TA
What is my role as an Instructor participating in SI?
- Encourage all students to attend SI sessions regardless of performance
- Include the SI Leader’s name and session days/times/location in your syllabus
- Meet weekly with your SI Leader for a brief conversation about what to review during their sessions
- Recommend excellent candidates for future SI Leaders during the SI Office recruiting process
Can I attend an SI session held for my class?
- So that we preserve the casual atmosphere of the sessions and keep the anonymity of SI participants, please do not attend SI sessions
Atlanta Campus
Kate Kendall
404-413-2061
supplementalinstruct@gsu.edu
Perimeter College - Alpharetta, Clarkston, Dunwoody, Newton
pcsi@gsu.edu
Perimeter College - Decatur
Debra Harris Phillips
678-891-2579
dphillips44@gsu.edu
How do I attend online SI Sessions?
When are online SI sessions?
Do I need to download anything to attend online SI sessions?
I am having trouble with audio. What do I do?
Can my SI Leader hold sessions at a different time?
Additional Online Resources
Unable to find an SI session? Need additional help with difficult subjects?
Visit the Academic Success website to learn more about other GSU programs
Meet Our Student Staff
Atlanta Campus
- Nancy McDaniel (Assistant Director)
- Chelsea Cason (Administrative Coordinator)
- W Wang (Graduate Assistant)
- Michelle Wood (Graduate Assistant)
- Larissa Christophe (Co-Program Assistant and Mentor)
- Esther Hyacinth (Co-Program Assistant and Mentor)
- Ayoka Allen (Mentor)
- Leah Laing (Mentor)
- Raven Collier (Mentor)
- Anaya Wilson (Mentor)
- Mia McMahon (Mentor)
Not Pictured: Desirae Serrano-Diaz (Student Assistant)
Perimeter Campuses
- Debra Harris Phillips (SI Program Coordinator, Perimeter Campuses)
- Annie Stewart (Program Leader))
- Juliana Anyalechi (Mentor)
- Charmia Miles (Mentor)
- Melissa Sharpe (Mentor)
- Samantha Whisner (Mentor)
Atlanta Campus
No Accounting Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
- Ryan Wise
Atlanta Campus
No African-American Studies Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
Not Pictured: Dave McElroy and Shameka Respress
Atlanta Campus
- Fareedah Badmus
- Camilo Bautista
- Quan Do
- Subashri Garimalla
- Dagim Haile
- Janejila Khampa
- Leanna McKenzie
- Mia McMahon
- Zeba Panjwani
- Kisha Patel
- Huma Raza
- Sam Smallwood
- Ablavi Woeledji
Not Pictured: Moriamo Bhadmos, Alex Brown, Inara Jawed, Annique Linonge, Rush Morris, Rachael Ogbuagu, and Vaishnavi Veeranki
Perimeter Campuses
- Nikki Baldwin
- Ebru Coskun
- Belinda Dapreis
- Jessie Fron
- Katey Gordon
- Savannah Kademoglou
- Courtney Lewis
- Joan Olubanjo
- Lily Thai
- Mam Yassim Touray
- Maria Trejo Cruz
- Ashley Snepp
Not Pictured: Lorainne Cadet, Niang Cing, Samantha Clarke, Emma Exum, Olivia Scott, Grayson Stanley, Britana Tulloch, and Autumn Woodward
Atlanta Campus
- Eunice Bolay
- Zaina Khan
- Britton Lewis
- Abby Ramcharran
- Marium Raza
- Julia Rohrman
Not Pictured: Imani Collins, Macai Seymore, Noah Williams, and William Zegers
Perimeter Campuses
- Kseniya Harrington
- Claire Nguyen
- Rubaiyat Shopon
Not Pictured: Kathryn Lemann
Atlanta Campus
No Computer Science and Engineering Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
- Sean Lovell
- Jay Nipper
Not Pictured: Colby Conway, Yunsu Kim, and Logan Norris
Atlanta Campus
- Ahnaf Amin
- Carly Blaier
- Rachael Faul
- Jessie Justice
- Alyssa Taitt
- Wisdom Uwaifo
- Blake Walker
Not Pictured: Sydney Saygbe
Perimeter Campuses
No Economics Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Atlanta Campus
No Engineering Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
Not Pictured: Vishnupriya Radhakrishnan
Atlanta Campus
No English Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
- Dana Edwards
- Najah Fuller
- Olivia Li
- Therese McKain
- Osiris Zelaya
Not Pictured: Farhan Bardari, Sarah Longa, Katrina Mack-Macon, and Titus Telford
Atlanta Campus
No Geology Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
Not Pictured: Victor Hernandez and Laila Thurman
Atlanta Campus
- Victoria Blount
- Morgan Ward
Perimeter Campus
Not Pictured: Stephanie Kidayi, Dileep Pemmana Reddy, and Bailey Smith
Atlanta Campus
- Britzy Baranda
- Rahul Chawa
- Awo Farah
- Sadia Hoq
- Favour Ibeh
- Minjoo Jeong
- Aditya Kumar
- Esther Martinez
- Gift Nnakwu
- Devika Rangnath Papal
- Harita Yepuri
- Winnie Zheng
Perimeter Campuses
- Meklit Abera
- Ibrahim Alameyrah
- Max Budnick
- Akira Cao
- Trenton Hobby
- Abner Noel
- Stuti Patel
- Gbemisola Sowunmi
Not Pictured: Wilhemina Aboagye, Dagmawi Begashaw, Hassan Coleman, and Yuqi Chen
Atlanta Campus
No Neuroscience Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Perimeter Campuses
Not Pictured: Alexander Buchanan
Atlanta Campus
- Carter Delegal
- Mert Karaca
- Abby Saether
Not Pictured: William Fraker, Ashley Kim, Antonio Monaco, Marlon Rivas Tinoco, and Yifan Wang
Perimeter Campuses
No Philosophy Leaders are available for Spring 2022.
Atlanta Campus
- Caitlyn Grunert
- Tanya Mbofana
Not Pictured: Rachel Anderson, Agrlin Braxton, David Bullock, Mohammad Hamza Iftikar, and Anaya Wilson
Perimeter Campuses
Not Pictured: Katrina Fellows and Danny Keomanideth
Atlanta Campus

Raven Collier
Perimeter Campuses
No Psychology Leaders are available for Spring 2022.