Undergraduate Peer Tutor

Issued by Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Saint Mary's has partnered with Knack to create the Undergraduate Peer Tutor badge. Earners of this badge have been trained in the best practices of peer-to-peer tutoring, 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 the tutoring sessions.

Type Experience
Level Foundational

Additional Details

Skills

Academic Integrity
Active Listening Skills
Active Questioning
Metacognition
Student-centered Instruction
Study Skills For Higher Education

Earning Criteria

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