At Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, California, the school’s peer tutoring program creates opportunities for students to support one another academically while developing leadership skills. The program is coordinated by Karen Hazlewood, the school’s Academic Leadership / Peer Tutoring Coordinator, who recruits, trains, and supervises student tutors who provide academic assistance during intervention […]
At San Mateo High School, the Peer2Peer Tutoring Program is led by Rotem Penaloza-Bluvstein, who oversees recruitment, training, and placement of student tutors. The program began during the 2020–21 school year, initially operating over Zoom. According to Penaloza-Bluvstein, the idea originated with a student, Charlotte Tan, class of 2022. As a sophomore with a free […]
Milford High School in Milford, Ohio, is home to a student writing center directed by faculty members Betsy Woods and Joe Claus. The center’s mission is simple: to provide peer assistance with all types of writing. The program, now in its 14th year, was modeled after Miami University’s Howe Writing Center—though on a smaller scale—and […]
In our continued effort to inspire our readers in developing and maintaining effective peer tutoring programs, we believe it’s important to showcase diverse peer tutoring models and how they take shape. While the core goal of peer tutoring remains the same—enhancing academic success and social-emotional growth—the structure and implementation can vary widely. One such program, […]
Over his 20 years as a high school teacher, Dr. Brian Johnson observed that many struggling students benefit greatly from extra, personalized academic support. During office hours, he often encountered students who had spent weeks in class grappling with certain concepts, only to "get it" within minutes of one-on-one guidance. These moments highlighted the impact […]
Peer tutoring is well known for its comparatively outstanding positive educational impact. In the past 16 months, the online voluntary peer tutoring club I started at my school has served over 500 tutoring requests. However, a productive online system requires certain key elements, such as contextualization and organization, that maximize the potential for on-demand peer […]
Today's peer tutoring program feature stands out from our typical program spotlights, which have primarily focused on school or classroom-based initiatives. Richard Siler, the circulation supervisor at Sandy Springs Library in Fulton County, GA, oversees all teen programming, including the Teen Advisory Board. One initiative from this board is a peer tutoring program, which began […]
In this peer tutoring program spotlight, we turn our attention to the student-run tutoring club at Pope High School (Marietta, GA), sponsored by teacher, Corie Benton. Alongside her co-sponsor, Poonam Goel, Mrs. Benton not only offers guidance to club members but is also the primary liaison for parents and guardians seeking tutoring assistance for their […]
Explore the most recent additions to our K-12 peer tutoring resource library in the summaries provided below. Schoolwide Model Resources Peer Tutor Training & Recruitment AVID Inquiry-Based Tutoring Approach AVID's resource, Tutoring With Inquiry Instead of Answers, provides guidance on employing inquiry in tutoring sessions. It aims to empower tutees by encouraging active participation and […]
