Peer Tutoring – video transcript

Candice Ryder: I think peer tutoring is like a informal kind of get to know you. It’s less intimidating than meeting up with a professor, and it’s someone that’s been through it just exactly the way that you have been.

Victoria Cline: I decided to become a peer tutor because that’s what I wanted when I first came here and I, you know, there were resources but they weren’t so developed yet and I think that, you know, the the younger students here would benefit so much from having someone that they can look up to in those those beginner classes, you know, I’ve discussed with a lot of the faculty, they’re hard. They’re really hard. And that’s where a lot of people, you know, get scared that, you know, they might not make it and, you know, that that anxiety kicks in so it’s nice to have somebody that can lead to, you know, hold your hand through that and show you you can do it and, you know, like I’m here and you can make it and academically you know it tests test scores improve, confidence improves, there’s a lot of benefits to coming to people so that’s why I wanted to make, you know, that vision that the faculty had come true.

Ryder: You know, I just think peer tutoring is a great way to connect people. I’ve met a lot of people grown a support system and even a lot of the peer tutors here have been to peer tutoring with others.

Grace Finley: So the peer mentoring has been really helpful for me I did that my freshman year and um my junior year, too so I was able to learn a lot from that um and it’s really like specifically targeted towards what your needs are.

Ryder: Come to a session, see how it goes, and then if it’s not for you that’s okay and even if you just come in and talk about how your day is or how your classes are going still just having that community is good. [Music]