Wondering how to start a high school peer tutoring program? The Peer Tutoring Resource Center website has a plethora of resources and links addressing this very topic. Below is a compilation of a handful of some popular resources among PTRC's community of teachers. Here is an article that introduces the Peer Tutoring Manual - a […]
In our last blog post, we featured the peer tutoring program of Hillcrest High School in Strawberry, Arkansas. Today, we're giving you a peek into some of the documents used within the program. The Peer Tutoring Resource Center wishes to thank program founders, Natasha Turner and Rachael Netrefa for offering their time to share details […]
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 […]
Starting a peer tutoring program often requires support from parents, teachers and other school officials; and it's not uncommon to find that some of these individuals are unfamiliar with the notion of peer tutoring. For example, parents who aren’t familiar with peer tutoring strategies often have concerns about letting their children participate as peer tutors […]
Today we’re sharing two helpful peer tutoring articles by Dana Monaghan M.S., CCC-SLP of Teach Tutors. Dana is a public school educator and has coordinated a peer tutoring program that won a local “Striving for Excellence” award. She is also a self-published author of a tutor training manual and workbook (available at TeachTutors.com) titled Building […]
A great way to find ideas for setting up or improving your own peer tutoring program is by learning from the experiences of others in the development of their own programs. Today, we offer you an opportunity to learn about the peer tutoring program of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS) in Massachusetts. We’d like […]
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 […]
