Education

Reading: Peer Tutoring

Schools providing peer tutoring should have some type of system in place to make sure the students providing the tutoring are qualified to do so. Schools look for students who make As or Bs in the courses they will provide tutoring in or have made As or Bs in the prescribed courses in the past. Be sure to ask the school your child attends about the prerequisites the tutors must meet and any kind of training the tutors may receive before helping other students.

Why Students Provide Peer Tutoring
Many students who provide peer tutoring are simply interested in helping other students become the best they can be. These tutors have a genuine desire to help others and want to use their abilities to comprehend certain subjects in a positive way. As an added bonus, listing experience as a peer tutor can also look attractive when applying for scholarships and for admittance to colleges and universities.

Some peer tutoring gives a tutor the opportunity to earn money by offering academic help. The amount of money a tutor may charge can be established by a group or set up by the individual tutor. Usually, peer tutors have a desire to help others and the money received is an added bonus to the good feeling of knowing someone has been helped.

Sometimes, peer tutoring gives students an opportunity to make new friends by sharing in study time together. The student who is tutored should learn more about the academic subject, but may also benefit from the positive relationship formed. The good study habits and choices to work hard in school can be as helpful as the information passed from the tutor to the student. Peer tutoring has proven to be a very useful tool in helping students better understand every subject in school.