Huntington North Multidisciplinary Department
Peer Tutor I-IV
GRADES 10,11, 12
1 or 2 SEMESTERS • 1 or 2 CREDITS
This course is designed to teach advocacy, tolerance, and best practices; as well as give practical experiences to students interested in providing individualized education instruction to students/peers with various disabilities. This class prepares the students to work with their peers who have disabilities. Course content includes instruction on vocabulary, causes of disabilities, types of disabilities, what to expect when working with a student with disabilities, and strategies of effective instruction. Students are able to gain first-hand experience by providing individualized instruction to students in the special needs classroom or the general education classroom. Assignments are presented during monthly in class meetings then posted and often times completed in a Canvas online format. Students will have one class assignment per month.
Prerequisite: must fill out application. Recommended to have a GPA of 8.0 or higher. Students who have a GPA of under 8.0, but wish to explore this opportunity, can apply for a waiver and go through the standard interview process