Become a Peer Tutor!

Would you like to become a Peer Tutor?
Would you like to help your fellow students?

Go no further--Learning Support Services has an opportunity for you!  If you are interested in tutoring, check for openings where you would fit, or just turn in an application--you never know when we will need a peer tutor for a certain course!

Why would you want to tutor?

Tutoring your fellow classmates has a number of benefits, both obvious and hidden. 

You practice skills and refine abilities that you already have.  For example, your reading, writing, communication, and counseling skills will become finely honed.  You will communicate more clearly, logically, and will most likely become more creative as you strive to find new ways to explain old things.  Unlike some instructors, relying solely on lectures and textbooks, you are forced to teach "out of the box."

You help others. 

The students coming to you are doing so because they don't understand the material.  Many times, you will help someone succeed in a situation where they would not have been able to on their own.  Not only are you assisting in their academic career, but you are also providing the boost in self-esteem that goes along with doing well.

Employers love it.

Being a peer tutor shows employers that you have communication and leadership skills.  You could effectively run presentations, and probably could write and speak very logically and convincingly.  Also, it shows that you have the responsibility and compassion it takes to tutor--tutoring is professional work experience.  Obviously, if you are going into education, it would look good to have some teaching experience under your belt.  

You get paid. 

This may be a cynical way to view things, but you do get paid.  At Edgewood College, the rate is the same as the work study wage determined by the Financial Aid office.  You do get paid to receive all of the benefits explained above!
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Current Openings:

• Chemistry (all levels)

• Mathematics Walk-in

• Spanish (all levels)

• Psychology

• Religious Studies

• Genetics

• Philosophy 101 (Logic)

If you would like more information about any of these positions, please contact Sara Anderson.
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Requirements

In order to be a Peer Tutor, you must:

• Have a lot of patience

• Receive a "B" or better in the course you wish to tutor

• Be in Good Academic Standing

• Be able to relay information to others

• Have a lot of patience

• Receive a positive endorsement from the instructor

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Training

You are required to attend training at the beginning of the year, along with regular monthly inservices.  There may be a Blackboard component with weekly requirements.  Students are paid for all training time.  Failure to attend these inservices may result in termination of employment.
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