A senior peer tutor shares their experience and helps deliver and develop tutor training.
If you are interested in developing and delivering tutor training and guiding new tutors, you can apply to become a senior peer tutor! As a senior tutor, you share your experiences and best practices with new peer tutors and bring a valuable student perspective to the planning and delivery of tutor training. You work together with tutor trainers and take part in activities flexibly, as your own studies allow. You participate according to your own capacity — just as you are!
What do you do as a senior peer tutor?
- You take part in planning and developing tutor training.
- You help deliver training sessions.
- You support new peer tutors in their role.
- You organise various activities and events for peer tutors.
- You can take part in delivering orientation for new students.
- You agree on other tasks together with the peer tutor trainers.
What is expected of you?
- You have previous experience as a tutor (as a peer tutor or an international tutor).
- You are interested in developing training and guiding new tutors.
- You are able to participate flexibly according to your own schedule in peer tutor training sessions and joint meetings.
Why apply to become a senior peer tutor?
- You get to use the skills you gained through tutoring and pass on your experience.
- You learn skills needed in tutor training design and delivery.
- You gain valuable work experience and expand your networks.
Activities and credits
- You aim to attend peer tutor training sessions as well as planning meetings scheduled together with the group.
- You begin planning the tutor training together with the trainers before the first training sessions take place. The activities continue throughout the tutoring year.
- You complete the course 1131015 Acting as a Senior Peer Tutor
- You can take part in activities flexibly alongside your studies. The number of credits depends on the extent of your involvement.
Contact information
- International Affairs Specialist Kirsi Konttinen, [email protected]