My Peer Tutoring Class

Becoming a tutor will help me improve upon my knowledge of learning, studying, and test-taking techniques. It will provide me with real world

Being a part of my school’s peer tutoring program has been the most gratifying experience of my high school career. As a student, I can relate to those that struggle in a subject and are unable to connect with the material being taught in class. I have worked with students who have lost confidence in themselves because of the difficulty they were having in school. To be given the opportunity to assist students to reach their academic goals is fulfilling. As a peer tutor, I edit essays, share scholarship searches, assist with homework, and provide studying tips and test taking strategies. I enjoy working with my group to develop habits to be more successful.With each higher grade earned, test anxiety relieved, and confident smile of those that I help, I know that the work I am doing is

Peer tutoring, is simply helping your peers to the best of your ability, with a subject that they are struggling with or just want justification on. I personally have been tutoring others since I was in seventh grade when I began helping elementary school aged children with their homework after school at a community center near my middle school. Tutoring became a newly found passion of mine at that time, and I have enjoyed the opportunity ever since. When I saw that Antioch offered tutoring as a senior class, I was ecstatic, and I signed up immediately. If I am not mistaken, similar to signing up for service learning, one must have a teacher recommendation to take this particular course. There may be other guidelines that I am not aware of at the time, but believe me, taking peer tutoring is well worth it. As a senior, you have to worry about applying to colleges or jobs, applying for scholarships, getting community service hours, working, finishing your capstone project, taking senior pictures, making invitations and announcements, finding internships, and so much

My time spent in the Clinical setting, so far, has been extremely inciteful as to how to become a better educator in a classroom setting. Through the data I collected I was able to connect Borich’s Seven Variables of learning to the students. By being in the clinical setting for nearly two months, I have been exposed to new ways of thinking when it comes to structuring a classroom and instructing a classroom. Within this reflection you will find out how I would better plan an effective lesson for the pupils in my future classroom. You will also discover what I will do about certain issues in the classroom and how I will address/fix them.

Peer Tutoring has been shown an effective learning strategy and innovate solution in multidisciplinary classroom structures. As teachers seek productive methods to incorporate meaningful learning and maintain efficient time management in the classroom, peer tutoring has been implemented as an effective option. Through the process of peer tutoring, the tutor and the tutee both gain individualized skills, immediate performance feedback, continuous progress monitoring, increased peer relationships and self-esteem improvement. With such a strong record of effectiveness, this study proposes an examination of the effectiveness of peer

Over the course of this class I learned that tutoring can be defined as many different concepts; from being a helpful guide to giving students a step by step tutorial on what they need to do to complete the assignment properly. Some try the hands-off approach where they let the student take control of the tutoring session only helping when it is necessary, but otherwise just watching over the student. This got me thinking about how I would be as a tutor and the approach that I would take when guiding students with their assignments. Keeping all of this in mind, my tutoring philosophy would have a combination of being a hands-on tutor, but not doing all the work for the student. By this, I mean that I will guide them step by step with whatever

Peer-tutoring is a collaborative activity that allows the exchange of knowledge to occur outside of a classroom setting. As a peer tutor, I do my best to establish a safe space where students can share their writing insecurities and self-develop as writers. During my sessions, I focus on establishing a comfortable work environment to encourage meaningful dialogue and allow tutees to articulate their writing needs. By establishing a welcoming work environment, I can engage in meaningful discussion with tutees and familiarize myself with their writing so I can effectively implement a tutoring approach that suits their needs as writers. My tutoring philosophy mainly focuses on gaining familiarity with the tutees writing and personality through

The campus resource I decided to participate in, is a Chemistry 1020 Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS). These sessions are created for courses that students struggle in such as Chemistry, Anatomy, Biology, and Finance. PASS sessions are a great way to stay on top of your courses throughout the semester. It provides students with the chance to ask questions from the lecture as well as get extra practice with difficult concepts. The most recent PASS session that I attended gave me the opportunity to test my knowledge on Thermochemistry, Equilibrium, Phase Changes and Kinetics in the form of a mock midterm. Our PASS leader created the mock midterm not only to test our knowledge on chemistry but to also teach us about time management on an exam.

I originally began college with the intent to become a doctor. As classes became harder I began tutoring my classmates. My sophomore year I was given the opportunity to be a part of a tutoring program started by the educational department. This tutoring program was like no other. We partnered with the neighboring elementary school to hold tutoring sessions for the students and their parents. We were responsible for teaching the parents the content as well as fun activities for them to do at home with their children. There was one mother who came to every session. All of her children had a learning disability and she had only completed 8th grade. Her children struggled with Math and Science. I remember her bursting into tears because her children

This year for my peer support class i had to do many things. These things included doing assignments on many topics such as TBI’s, Autism and the three learning styles which are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK). I had to also work one on one with certain students to help them achieve what had to be done for that class. Something else i was expected to do was to try and be there everyday, This was expected of me for many reasons such as, the teacher needs me to be there to help if needed and because the class is based on attendance so if you aren't there you can't do the monthly logs. I was also expected to sit with students and not just sit on my phone if nobody needed help. I think i completed the tasks that were asked of me pretty

At North Haven High School, I have established a leadership position by founding the afterschool Science Peer Tutoring. I enjoy science and more importantly teaching my peers when they need help. I was inspired to start the science peer tutoring after I realized some of my peers struggled with their first year in Chemistry. To help them as well as refresh my skills, I founded the club. In doing so, I was able to meet new students and build new friendships. With growing interest, I was able to recruit two students to help me tutor. Throughout junior year, we were able to assist students —ranging from ninth to eleventh grade— by helping them with their classwork and homework. As the founder of Science Tutoring, I had the opportunity to coordinate

Tutoring is a first for me, but I do have experience teaching others how to do tasks and steps. With me, Tutoring represents the possibility to show a child or adult new topics or concepts they never knew. The idea helping enrich someone's life brings a sense of self achievement with me.

Last school year, three of my peers and I decided that our high school needed a peer-tutoring club, so the last few months of my junior year and the first few weeks of my senior year were dedicated to starting this organization. We organized the structure and goals of the club, and presented our ideas to the administrators. Once we got our approval, we immediately began planning lessons. Two days a week we meet with groups of students that come to us for help on improving their ACT scores or general grades. Our service is open to any and every student. We have tutored students in dual-enrollment courses and in standard academic classes.

In Hugh-and-Future’s-teaching-episode, they started the lesson with an introduction-activity by asking students what they knew about the ‘Chinese language’. They smoothly transitioned into providing learners with clear objectives for the lesson planned, by listing it on the PowerPoint-slide, “to learn simple Chinese-characters and identify basic-rhythmic-notes.” The developmental-activities designed to teach the concept was to learn how to draw basic Chinese characters, which Future integrated into his teaching, by using ICT to show these characters in animation, thus making it visually stimulating for the learners. To measure the growth of knowledge that occurred in students during that lesson, he conducted student-questioning round on Chinese characters learnt. Hugh then took the remainder of the lesson and explained the pattern behind basic rhythm beats and demonstrated this by getting students to perform drum beats via pen tapping. By teaching us the notes behind the rhythmic patterns in music, he scaffolded students into making up their own beat patterns using the 3 basic rhythms learnt, thus fostering hands on learning.

Teaching can be a challenge, you never know what to expect and each classroom will be unique. However, you will always have to be prepare for teaching in a situation you may not be comfertable with. Educating students and practicing proper knowledge on subjects such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability are vital in creating a safe and respectful classroom for all. School is often looked upon as a place of security for students and it is our job as teachers to help maintain that status.