The Academic Success Centre is always looking to hire new Peer Tutors from various programs at Red River College Polytechnic where there is student demand. If you know a current Red River College Polytechnic student who excelled in your course and enjoys helping their fellow-classmates, there are two ways you can refer the student to the ASC:
1. Encourage the student to apply to become a Peer Tutor by completing the Peer Tutor Application Form.
2. Send an email to peertutoring@rrc.ca and include the students name, student ID number, and the course(s) the student can provide tutoring in.
Peer Tutoring is one of our many free tutor-led supports designed to help students succeed in their program. Peer Tutoring is now available online only to students using WebEx or MS Teams.
Students can book an appointment with a Peer Tutor, Tech Peer Tutor, and Writing Peer Tutor:
Peer Tutors: Provide course content tutoring to students.
Tech Peer Tutors: Help students develop their tech literacy skills and familiarity with using LEARN, HUB, WebEx, MS Teams, and Office 365.
Writing Peer Tutors: The Writing Centre offers writing peer tutors for select courses. Writing peer tutors are current Red River College Polytechnic students who have excelled in writing-based courses and been recommended by their instructors to tutor students. Click here to learn more.
At the most basic level, Peer Tutors use content knowledge and familiarity with course materials to help students better understand and apply course content.
Peer Tutors increase success by working alongside Red River College Polytechnic students to improve content knowledge and academic learning skills providing the opportunity to review, practice and question new material learned in class. Peer Tutors also assist in building the foundational skills needed for success at Red River College Polytechnic.
Peer Tutors strive to help students become independent and confident life-long learners through providing tutorial services in a safe, supportive environment that accommodates a diversity of learning and cultural backgrounds.
