Tutors Without Borders

Welcome to the Tutors without Borders program website. Tutors without Borders places tutors in, around, and near classrooms across Red Rocks Community College. Tutors do the same things in, around, and near classrooms that they do in the LARC, including

• Working one-on-one with students to help them grasp challenging concepts
• Working in small groups with students to facilitate activities or exercises
• Speaking to large groups of students about services or concepts

Students who interact with tutors in their classrooms are more likely to seek out tutoring independently. Instructors who have tutors in, around, or near their classrooms report that their students better understand course material.

Here are some ways tutors have been used in, around, and near classrooms:

• Bill Thompson, Math faculty, has had a math tutor attend every meeting of a particular math class and work with students during class in small groups on particularly challenging concepts.
• Marjorie Berman, History and Humanities faculty, has had a writing tutor visit a history class to help students practice descriptive writing for a particular writing assignment.
• Many instructors have had library tutors walk their students through the process of locating sources through EBSCO Host.
• Rich Thatcher, Construction Technology faculty, has had a tutor available during lab times.

Here’s what some participating instructors have said about the program:

“I really appreciated being able to talk to a tutor about my  essay assignments, and the students felt more comfortable  going to the LARC to work with a tutor after working with one in class.” –Laura Zeeman

“With a Writing Center tutor in class, the tutor and I can reach all the students and help them improve their writing, no matter what stage of the writing process the students are in.” –Niki Nolles

“More learning occurs in a class when there are more brains in the classroom.” –Marjorie Berman

To find out more, keep reading. If you want to participate in the program as an instructor or tutor, you’ll need to attend an orientation.

Once you’ve attended an orientation, please follow this process in working with tutors.

You’ll find sample assignments and activities involving tutors here and in the ACE.

Ruth Wengrovius
ruth.wengrovius@rrcc.edu
Tutor Coordinator
Phone: 303-914-6701

Tutors without Borders Advisory Committee coming soon.