Resources for Peer Tutors
If you are a peer tutor at Gavilan College, these tabs contain useful information for you:
- WCONLINE
- Writing Center/Tutoring Center Staff iLearn | email mwong@gavilan.edu to request access
- Embedded Tutoring iLearn | email mwong@gavilan.edu to request access
- Subject Tutoring Request Form
- All Study Tools & Handouts
- AEC Faculty and Staff Guide
All peer tutors must take GUID 28, Tutoring Techniques within one semester of being hired. The course is usually offered in the Summer and Winter semesters. View the schedule of classes for more information about the course.
The Certificate in Peer Education Leadership prepares students to serve in a variety of on and off campus peer education roles including tutoring, mentoring, supplemental instruction, and community leadership. Students will learn a variety of traditional and non-traditional leadership skills and strategies for interacting with individuals and groups of differing opinions, values, cultures, and frames of reference.
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to apply fundamentals of peer education, restating facts and assumptions, describing people and conditions, and explaining the challenges and potential benefits inherent in any peer education relationship
- Model and assess effective active peer education strategies
- Interact with individuals and groups with sensitivity and awareness of differing opinions, values, cultures, and frames of reference
- Demonstrate knowledge of the group process
- Convey information in a variety of contexts and communicate effectively and responsibly with a number of audiences
- Approach interactions with colleagues and peers with poise and self-assurance
Basic Certificate of Proficiency (minimum 4 units):
- GUID 27 - Contemporary Leadership (3.0 units)
- GUID 28 - Tutor Training (1.0 unit)
- PSYC 52 / GUID 52 - Peer Mentoring, Education, and Leadership (1.0 unit)
Advanced Certificate:
Complete the Basic Certificate requirements plus 4 additional units from courses not used above and/or from the following:
- ENGL 12 - Tutoring Writers: Practice (1.0 unit)
- CMUN 1A - Introduction to Public Speaking (3.0 units)
- CMUN 4 - Intercultural Communication (3.0 units)
- CMUN 6 / PSYC 6 / POLS 6 - Introduction to Conflict Resolution (3.0 units)
- CMUN 8 - Interpersonal Communication (3.0 units)
- CMUN 10 - Small Group Communication (3.0 units)