Peer Tutor Reflection

Reflecting on my experience so far as a peer tutor, I must say that it is one unique and excellent learning experience. The teacher that is currently providing me with a chance to peer tutor is Mr. Calvert. Every day two, first block, I am in his learning center class assisting him with his students. This reflection talks about the details about my daily activities, challenges I have faced, and goals for the second term.

During class time, my job is to assist students with any work they are completing. This work is usually homework needing to be completed for other classes, or just extra practice. My day as a peer tutor usually starts off with me roaming the classroom and analysing students. The purpose of this is to provide me with an idea of what I might be helping students with. In most cases, I find a majority of the students usually reading or doing independent work where I am not needed. However, there are a couple of students that require my assistance with homework they receive. This does not mean I …show more content…
This is very common because of the variety of subjects students work on. One example of this is when one of the students needed help on a math question. This math question asked to find the surface are of a tetrahedral. This was something that I could not remember how to do. To solve this issue, I asked the student if I could quickly browse the internet for the solution and come back to him. Luckily, the learning center class was equipped with computers so I was able to search up the solution and get back to the student within five minutes. A major lesson learned from this was that it is okay to not have a solution to something. If I do not know the answer and cannot help directly with the question, there are other options. From this learning experience so far, I have learned a lot and have come up with future goals for