Peer+Tutor+Program

At El Cajon Valley High School, we have implemented a peer tutor program in which students can receive assistance in the class from a student who is bi-literate. We work with counselors to place students who speak both English and another language (often Arabic/Chaldean/or Spanish) in courses that require significant language support (such as Beginning ELD, or a Sheltered Math 1 course). Students in this program are not teacher aides. Our peer tutors are often former/current ELD students, and many of our peer tutors are the top performing students at our school. Peer tutors have the option of earning 5 credits for being a peer tutor (as opposed to 2.5 for being a teacher's aide) or having their peer tutor experience count as volunteer work (which looks good on college and employment applications).

Requirements: All peer tutors need to be proficient in the course for which they serve as a tutor. This is much more of an issue in math courses. Further, all peer tutors must participate in 3 trainings per term, which happen at lunch.

Training Materials (designed by Maxine Sagapolutele and Jessica Hunt):
 * Peer Tutor Packet
 * Peer Tutor Reflection Activity (developed by Anthony Devine for a peer tutor training)

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