It’s that time of year when we as educators are busy setting up classrooms and programs and welcoming new students. If you are like me, you are a bit sad to see the relaxed pace of summer come to an end but also excited about working with students again with a renewed energy and passion […]
A summary of some recent additions to our peer tutoring resource listings: Schoolwide Resources Category: Peer Tutoring Program Design and Planning Peer Tutoring as a Strategy for Positive Behavior A summary of how peer tutoring can be used to support positive student behavior from the website of EMSTAC (Elementary & Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center). […]
Below is a summary of the most recent links added to the peer tutoring resource library. Schoolwide Peer Tutoring Program Design & Planning Peer Tutoring for Students with Autism This brief guide from Teacher Vision provides suggestions on how to facilitate structured tutoring sessions between students with autism and their socially competent peers. In this […]
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2017 by outlining some new resource listings you’ll find around the site. Schoolwide Peer Tutoring Resources Peer Tutoring Course (G. W. Graham Secondary School) In this course, students learn how to design and teach a lesson. The document contains a course timeline, evaluation forms and a lesson plan template […]
The peer tutoring resource being featured today is FUNdamentals First: A Guide for Kindergarten Teachers Using Peer Tutoring in the Classroom. This resource guide which explains how to implement peer tutoring practices at the kindergarten grade level was developed as part of a California State University Northridge graduate project, in which author, Shelby Mendoza, proposes the use of peer […]
Today's peer tutoring resource spotlight features a peer tutor training and peer tutoring program planning guide written by a certified school psychologist and administrator as well as a trainer and consultant to schools and organizations. Despite what the title of the guide suggests, this resource is more than a peer tutor training manual. It also […]
Peer Tutor Handbook: A Curriculum for High School Students Serving as Peer Tutors to Students with Special Needs is a peer tutor training guide listed in the peer tutoring resource library and certainly worth exploring! Originally published in 1995, the document was written as an instructional guide for the high schools that participated in a peer tutoring program […]
The latest listing in the peer tutoring resource library is a comprehensive cross-age tutoring curriculum guide by the Utah State Office of Education (USOE). This guide is used in the cross-age reading tutorial program developed by the USOE for elementary grade students. The program was developed to give students who are reading below grade […]
Based on our observation, it seems relatively easier to find research supporting the benefits of peer tutoring than finding information on how to actually get a program started. This article provides a brief overview of how to set up a peer tutoring program at your school . The Peer Tutoring Manual written by retired Oakland […]
