Honors Learning Assistant Interest Form SP26

Spring 2026 Learning Assistant Interest Form

We are seeking students who are interested in serving as Learning Assistants for our Honors Seminars in Spring 2026. If you are interested please answer the questions below. Learning Assistant responsibilities will involve assisting a faculty instructor in their course. Responsibilities may include facilitating discussions, preparing course activities, and answering student questions. Learning Assistants will be required to attend the class at its scheduled time. Serving as Learning Assistant will fulfill the Honors Co-Curricular: Teaching/Mentoring requirement for 2nd and 3rd years; 1st years will receive 1 unit of Honors Elective credit.

If you are selected as a candidate, we will be in touch with you about your availability to be a Learning Assistant for your selected course(s).

Interest forms are due by March 6, 2026

1. Name (First and Last): *This question is required.

2. What is your major?

3. What year in school?

4. What is your Cal Poly email?

5. Have you served as a teaching assistant, learning assistant, or peer mentor while at Cal Poly? If yes, please briefly describe your experience(s) below. If not, please leave this question blank.

6. Please briefly describe your interest in serving as a Learning Assistant. Include why are you interested and what you hope to learn from this experience. *This question is required.

7. Below are Honors courses (299s) seeking Learning Assistants for Spring 26. Please indicate which courses you are interested in serving as a Learning Assistant: *This question is required.

HNRS 299-01: Mondays 2:10pm-3:00pm Lean and Loafe: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"
HNRS 299-02: Wednesdays 2:10pm-3:00pm: Why Poetry? Why Now?
HNRS 299-03; Mondays 11:10am-12:00pm: Aerospace Physiology - Spins, G's, Crashes, and Altitude
HNRS 299-04; Tuesdays 4:10-5:00pm: Spike Lee to Ousmane Sembène: Filmmaking in Africa and the Diaspora
HNRS 299-05: Tuesdays 12:10pm-1:00pm: Find Your Fit: Careers, Strengths & Next Steps
HNRS 299-06: Tuesdays 9:10-10:00am: Crafting Compelling Applications for National and International Fellowships and Scholarships
HNRS 299-10; Thursdays 10:10am-11:00am: Leadership and Group Dynamics