The Peer Tutoring Program is a free service provided to all Middlebury College students for entry level subjects currently offered by the College. Students who use this service benefit from supplementary Study Group sessions in addition to regularly scheduled review sessions and contact with professors during office hours.
We offer peer guided Study Groups for many courses. All Middlebury students are welcome to attend. Check HERE for the current schedule.
Please select from the following list of choices:
For Clients
How to get a Peer Tutor
Client(Student) Responsibility
Group Study Sessions
For Peer Tutors
How to become a Peer Tutor
The Tutor Code
Peer Tutor Log Sheets
Group Log Sheet
1. Check the Group Study Sessions schedule to see if your course is being offered.
2. Attend the sessions regularly. Be sure to arrive at the beginning of the session.
3. If your course is not supported by a Study Group, please call Ext. 3131 and one of our staff members will assist you. Please read over the Client (your) Responsibilities before attending the session.
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As a client, you are responsible to
1. Attend class, take notes, and do (or attempt to do) assigned work. Remember, your professor is your primary source of information. A peer study guide can help you review and clarify trouble spots but can not fill in for your missed classes.
2. Do your own work. The peer study guide is willing to direct and advise you. However, the they will not do your work for you.
3. Attend your Study Group sessions. It is your responsibility to notify your Study Group EARLY if you can not make the session.
4. Have a positive attitude. Approach each session with the objective of gaining as much academically as possible. You should have questions ready and reading assignments completed.
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Prospective tutors should come to the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR) to pick up a Payroll Authorization Form (PAF). The PAF needs to be signed by the academic department before you begin tutoring in the chosen subject. Prospective tutors should be in good academic standing, have good interpersonal skills and exhibit a desire to help others in their learning process.
All Peer Tutors are required to have the following BEFORE TUTORING begins.
a) departmental approval - this could be a faculty member who knows the student's abilities or a person designated by the department.
b) authorization by the Center for Teaching, Learning, & Research (CTLR) - the administrators of the budget that pays tutors. The PAF must be returned to the CTLR.
C) Attend Peer Tutor training sessions, call ext. 3131 for training session dates.
Facts about Peer Tutoring:
Peer Tutors must attend a training meeting at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research and have departmental approval BEFORE any tutoring takes place.
Peer Tutors are not graders, nor teaching assistants.
Peer Tutors provide tutoring to Midd students for entry level subjects currently offered by the College with special consideration for students at risk of failure in a course in which they are currently enrolled.
Since this service is based on student need and tutor availability, there are NO guaranteed hours.
Peer Tutors turn their log sheets in on a weekly basis at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research and are paid from a Federally Funded Work Study/Peer Tutor Program.
Clients are Middlebury students who would benefit from tutoring in addition to regularly scheduled review sessions and contact with professors during office hours.
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We do .....
explain concepts that students have difficulty understanding.
use alternate methods of explaining content and give examples that may help students better understand.
share successful study strategies based on experience and training.
believe a student's work should reflect their own ability.
give positive reinforcement - help student become more confident in their own abilities.
keep careful records of each student-tutor contact.
honor the privacy of the client. We do NOT .....
do assignments for students - including lead them through assignments.
assist in take home exams.
grade assignments or discuss assigned grades.
attempt to judge the acceptability of completed assignments from the instructor's point of view.
comment on an instructor's grading policy, teaching style, or personality.
proof read drafts of papers, although we do read for logic and clarity.
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