Peer Tutoring Program
In order to provide a quality experience for both tutors and tutees, prospective tutors are required to a complete training and information session to help them develop or reinforce their teaching skills. Tutees should expect tutors to encourage them to utilize active learning and study strategies, conceptualize their understanding of scientific knowledge using various methods, and practice recall and application of their knowledge utilizing practice questions. Depending upon the need, tutoring sessions are typically scheduled weekly and may last only a few weeks or may continue throughout a course or semester. Tutoring sessions are limited to a maximum of three hours per week.
Request a tutor
You may request a tutor at any time and are encouraged to do so proactively at the earliest indication of difficulty in a course by completing an online Peer Tutor Request Form.
Once
your form has been received and reviewed by Academic Success to
identify and assess your needs, you will be matched with a peer tutor.
Your peer tutor will contact you to schedule an initial tutoring
session.
Tutee responsibilities:
- Be sure to schedule training sessions at times that do not conflict with curricular activities (e.g., large group sessions, TBLs, Clinical Correlates, PBLs or CBLs, Labs, etc.)
- While face-to-face tutoring sessions are recommended, tutoring sessions may be held utilizing technology such as Skype for Business or WebEx.
- Attend all scheduled tutoring sessions. If something unforeseen develops that prevents attendance, notify the tutor prior to the scheduled meeting time.
- Communicate with your tutor the topics/areas in which you are having difficulty so that they may prepare effective learning activities to assist you.
- Confirm the next meeting date and time at the end of each session.
- If
you exceed 10 hours of tutoring during the academic year, you will be
required to meet with Dr. Swafford to reassess your goals, tutoring
needs, and/or to identify alternative academic support services or
resources.
Total tutoring hours may be limited to 10
hours per student each academic year depending upon the number of
tutoring requests and available peer tutors.
Please note that
using tutoring assistance is not a substitute for consulting with
faculty and/or course directors, nor is it a substitute for attending
classes, TBL/PBL sessions, case-based learning activities, or labs, etc.
Apply to become a peer tutor
Advanced
medical students (M2s, M3s and M4s) are eligible to apply as tutors and
will receive training as well as financial compensation. Tutors are
expected to have performed at or above the mean in classes that they
wish to tutor. Tutors must also be recommended by a faculty member,
course director, clerkship director, or administrator.
To apply to become a tutor, please reach out to the director of Academic Success for additional information.
Once
approved by the director of Academic Success, tutors will be notified
and may begin tutoring after they receive authorization to work by CMU
Student Employment Services and participate in a mandatory orientation
session. This session will include payroll information and processes,
tutoring guidelines, available resources, learning and study strategies,
logistics and other recommendations.
Tutors are currently paid
hourly and may tutor from one to three hours per week, depending upon
course schedules and tutee needs.
For more information or questions, contact the director of Academic Success at CMEDAcademicSuccess@groups.cmich.edu or 989-774-3338.