Peer Tutor I

913100 Peer Tutor I

Prerequisites: Application required - 11th-12th grade Credit: 1

This course is designed for qualifying junior and senior students to assist at-risk students with a major emphasis in the areas of math and reading. Peer tutors are assigned to a particular class and work directly with individual or small group tutorial sessions. Tutors are not to be considered teacher aides. All student tutors are to meet and maintain academic and citizenship/conduct requirements stipulated by the course description and application guidelines. Students must be available for a training/information meeting the week before classes begin. Peer tutors are selected through an application process during the spring prior to the year in which they serve as peer tutors. Assignments are made based on student and campus needs.