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Peer Tutors Receive Two
4-Hour Training Sessions Plus Brush-up Workshops Each Semester
Introduction
/ How Peer Tutoring Works / Tutor
Training / Students' Stories / Resources
Peer
tutor training
Training for Peer Tutors begins with two
four-hour sessions, and includes briefer follow-up sessions each
semester.
Topics during the initial 8-hours of training
include the following resources, generously shared by the BSU TRIO
Programs.
Eleven
topics
for beginning peer tutors
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Tutor
code of ethics - 18 guidelines
from the National Association of Tutorial Services.
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Learning
styles quiz
--A free online
inventory and information about learning styles is available from
an instructor at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
--From the Center for New Discoveries in Learning. Personal
learning style inventory (must be purchased).
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Guidelines
and building
blocks for effective tutoring
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Steps
for assisting math students
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Effective
communication skills
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Modeling
teaching strategies
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Role
playing situations
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Veteran
peer tutor words of wisdom
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Incorporating
study skills into tutoring
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Steps
for doing math
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Strategies
for distracted and disorganized learners
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Tia Short provides eight hours of training during
two sessions before a Peer Tutor can start
Mayda Murillo (left) likes being
tutored by Ashley Cardona because "She understood what I was talking
about." More..
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