Peer Tutor Training Seminar
Tom Rousseau, M.Ed.
Assistant Dean, Academic Support Services
Peer Tutor Center
(978) 665-4136
Syllabus
The Peer Tutoring Training Seminar is a ten-hour
course of study conducted on two consecutive weekends at the
beginning of each semester. All students who want to work
as a peer tutor must complete this training seminar. The Peer
Tutor Training Seminar primarily follows the chapters in the
text provided, �The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective
Tutoring� by Ross B. MacDonald, Ph.D., published by The Cambridge
Stratford Study Skills Institute, Williamsville, New York,
1994. Students are expected to read the text and participate
in discussions, create role plays, present scripted scenarios
and make presentations as a member of a cooperative learning
group of three to five students. The training will explore
the role and responsibilities of a peer tutor and will impart
the fundamental research based knowledge and skills of effective
peer tutoring. The method of instruction is designed to allow
students to practice and demonstrate their understanding of
the concepts of the course.
Part I � Tutoring Goals (Chapter 1)
Philosophy, Goals and Ethics of the Academic Success Peer
Tutor Center
- Definition of Peer Tutoring, Job Description, Role and
Responsibilities, Code of Ethics, Six Goals of Tutoring
- Limits of the Peer Tutor's role and making referrals.
- Peer Tutor Guidelines, Basic Do's & Don'ts � 25 Pointers
for Tutors.
Part 2 - The Tutoring Process
- The 12 Step Tutoring Cycle (Chapter 2) Beginning a session,
Task Steps and Closing a tutoring session
- Tutor Self-Evaluation and Tutee Feedback form
Part 3- Tutoring Options (Chapter 3)
- Six options: Initiate, Reply, Evaluate, Explain, Active
Listening, Quiet
Part 3- Tutoring Options
(Chapter 3, continued)
B) Communication & Assertiveness Techniques
That Empower Learners - Active Listening (Encouraging, Paraphrasing,
Reflecting, Summarizing); Questioning Strategies; Verbal/Non-Verbal
Helping Behaviors; Humor; Additional Tutoring Strategies.
Part 4 - Tutoring Patterns (Chapter 4)
- Initiation - Reply
- Explain � Active Listening
Part 5 � Respect for and Appreciation of Differences
- Tutoring with a multi-cultural frame of mind (Chapter
5) Tutoring students with disabilities
Part 6 - Integrating Study and Learning Strategies
- Self-assessment of factors that impact learning. Planning
the session to accommodate various learning preferences.
- Understanding and integrating the use of learning and
study strategies in the tutorial session.
- Strategies to build application, analysis and synthesis
of subject matter
- Note-taking from class lectures (Cornell Note Taking System)
- Taking notes from texts (SQ3R)
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