How to work with a tutor in your classroom

Best Practices for Instructors:

• If possible, write your syllabus with tutors in mind. Consider when you might want tutors in your classroom to help with particularly challenging concepts.
• It is often more effective to have a tutor in your classroom several times for short periods rather than once for a long period.
• Meet with the tutor before he/she comes to your class to discuss your goals for the class and ask for the tutor’s suggestions.
• Meet with the tutor after he/she comes to your class to discuss how the class went and what might be done differently next time.

Sample Assignments and Activities:

• Marjorie Berman’s lesson plan for a humanities class (.pdf)
• Stephanie Berg’s Concert Report assignment for a music class  (.pdf)
• Laura Zeeman’s Book Review assignment for a history class (.pdf)

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

Tutors without Borders Advisory Committee coming soon.