Graduate Peer Tutor
Issued by
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Saint Mary's has partnered with Knack to create the Graduate Peer Tutor badge. Earners of this badge have been trained in the best practices of peer-to-peer tutoring for adult learners, including how to create a friendly, safe environment in the tutoring session, how to maintain tutoring records to ensure confidentiality, how to employ a variety of learning strategies to assist students in becoming independent learners, and how to assess a students’ progress throughout tutoring sessions.
- Type Experience
- Level Foundational
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Provided individual and/or small group tutoring to improve academic performance; identified the educational needs of individual students; demonstrated active listening to ensure the students’ questions were understood and addressed; encouraged active learning to provide both hands-on experience and immediate feedback in the learning process