"We aim to uplift our fellow peers in a safe and comfortable atmosphere in order to give them the friendly support and encouragement they need to grow and succeed as learners!" - Zanfina Muja, peer tutoring program sponsor at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. Read on to learn more about today's peer […]
The peer tutoring program at Evanston Township High School. Evanston IL, is run by program coordinator Ms. Avani Khandhar who is responsible for tutor recruitment, training and troubleshooting when tutors / tutees are not meeting expectations. The program matches tutors and tutees for peer tutoring. Prior to the pandemic, tutors and tutees met in person […]
This article features the operations of Peer Tutors, the peer tutoring program at Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois as explained by tutors and co-sponsors, Kelly Caplan and Geriann Pioquinto. Purpose of Peer Tutoring Program According to their mission statement, the program's purpose is to positively impact, directly or indirectly, the student to student learning experience, […]
This post highlights sample peer tutoring resource materials donated by West Springfield High School's peer tutoring program director, Melissa Morgan. Featured in a previous post, you can learn more about the program in this article. Peer Tutoring Intro Sheet Used at the beginning of a tutoring session, this information-gathering form helps collect data on who […]
The Peer Tutoring Resource Center conducted a Q & A with Melissa Morgan, English teacher and director of the peer tutoring program at West Springfield High School in Virginia. It's Morgan's second year in the role of director and we hope you'll gain some inspiration as you read about how the program operates. Purpose of […]
This article features Educore, a new virtual peer tutoring program at California High School, San Ramon CA. The Peer Tutoring Resource Center wishes to thank Chuyi Zhang (public relations contact) and Siddhant Joshi (program founder and executive director) for taking time to share inspiration from their program. Introduction Educore launched in August 2020 as a […]
This is a follow-up post on the peer tutoring program of Pioneer Valley High School, which was recently featured on this blog. In the article below, program coordinator, Heidi Leal shares what has been done to keep their peer tutoring program running during mandatory school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 20th commenced our […]
Update: There is a follow-up article about how this peer tutoring program has adapted to the online space during pandemic school closures. Today's article features the peer tutoring program at Pioneer Valley High School, Santa Maria CA. Read on to learn more from Heidi Leal about this thriving program. Program Lead Heidi Leal, Peer Tutoring […]
The Peer Tutoring Resource Center wishes to thank Robin Woodfolk for taking time to share inspiration from her peer tutoring program at Brookland Middle School, VA. Introduction My name is Robin Woodfolk and I am the Homework Club and Peer Tutoring Program Coordinator here at Brookland Middle School. The peer tutors work exclusively with the […]
