Today's article showcases an online peer tutoring platform, you may have heard of - Schoolhouse. If you're wondering how this platform can benefit your students, read on as we share all the information we gathered from Akshay Ravikumar, Product Lead, Marketing Lead and Founding Engineer at Schoolhouse. Schoolhouse.world is a non-profit organization founded by Sal […]
This post highlights Brett D'Errico's work in shaping peer tutoring programs in California's Tustin Unified School District by taking a closer look at Foothill High School's Knights for Knowledge peer tutoring program. Established in the 2017-2018 school year, Dr. D'Errico helped create this program while he was an Assistant Principal at Foothill. What began as […]
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 […]
In this article, Catherine Birch, a 7th and 8th grade personalized learning teacher and instructional coach at Beverly Hills Intermediate in Pasadena, Tx shares her peer tutoring practices. Why Birch took to peer tutoring I initially adopted peer tutoring because my students learn in a personalized environment, and they have diverse needs. They are also […]
The following links to peer tutoring and other teaching resources are also listed in the Resource Library and Useful Links sections of this site. Collaborative Strategic Reading Learning Logs by Adolescent Literacy This reading log form is designed for use with CSR (Collaborative Strategic Reading) assignments. CSR teaches students to work cooperatively on a reading […]
Whether you’re looking for a simple activity for your students to use in reinforcing a particular math concept or ideas for an enriching class project, the following recently listed peer tutoring lesson plans allow you to take advantage of some of the benefits of peer tutoring techniques without having a full-fledged program. Mathematics Peer Tutoring Activity […]
Today’s article features Laura Dougherty, a recent contributor to the Peer Tutoring Resource Center's ( PTRC ) research library, who donated a report based on her findings from using peer tutoring techniques in her science class . The report was written while she was a teacher at Glasgow Middle School VA, where she had also implemented a […]
The latest addition to the peer tutoring research library is a report by Laura Dougherty in which she reflects on her experiences in employing peer tutoring practices in a 6th grade science class at Glasgow Middle School, Alexandria, Virginia. The study was conducted as part of George Mason University's Language Minority Beginning Teacher Induction Project. Dougherty's class comprised of students […]
Today we’re featuring an organization that aims to “educate and inspire through peer based academic support.” The National Scholar Foundation Inc. was founded by high school student, Michael Nock, a peer tutor and a junior (this fall) at Wake Early College of Health and Sciences High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Michael is also pursuing […]
