Peer Tutoring

Vista Heights
Middle School
Peer Tutoring
THE BEST!!!!!!!
You get what you put in
Learn how to advocate and
interact with individuals
with disabilities
Be an example to our
school and community!!

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Confidentiality
The things you see, hear, and do are not
for public knowledge
Please, do not share
Their names
Disability
Embarrassing incidents

The right to confidentiality for persons

with disabilities is provided by federal
law (PL 94-142).
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 Class Rules
Vista Heights Values
Respect and Responsibility
1. Follow Directions the First Time
2. Use Time Wisely
3. Use Appropriate Language/Volume
4. Keep Body and Objects to Self
*Technology with Permission
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Peer Tutoring Expectations:
What is an exceptional Peer Tutor?
Positive attitude
Excited for student, Praise
Be with THE STUDENT
Work immediately with student, avoid the PT
cluster
Be a good role model
Follow class rules
Take initiative
Lunch invite, say hi outside of class
Take data
Daily collection, talk with teacher
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Peer Tutor Schedule
Sign in/Attendance
Name Tag

Life Skills General Class

Conversation Walk to class
Daily Schedule In Class Support
In Class Support Come Back
Tracker Tracker

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Participation and Assignments
You have
Assignments!
You need to be
here and you are
Due almost every
needed here
other Friday
Sign in (Check Calendar)
You earn 10 pts Every Term
If you forget 4 Assignments
-2 pts 1 Term Project
2 Observations

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Consequences
Verbal warning
Loss of participation points
Meet with me in the hall
Parent Phone call
Meet with counselor or
administrator
Class change out of peer tutoring

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As a peer tutor, YOU get to
make a DIFFERENCE!
Here is a helpful video to get
you thinking

https://spark.adobe.co
m/video/zR5Y9

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 Every person is
lovable and capable.
Different Abilities
1. Autism
2. Deafblindness
3. Developmental Delay
4. Emotional Disturbance
5. Hearing Impairment/Deafness
6. Intellectual Disability
7. Multiple Disabilities
8. Orthopedic Impairment
9. Other Health Impairment
10. Specific Learning Disability
11. Speech/Language Impairment
12. Traumatic Brain Injury
13. Visual Impairment (Including Blindness)

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 Person First Language
People First Language is an objective and respectful way
to speak about people with disabilities by emphasizing
the person first, rather than the disability.
(http://www.txddc.state.tx.us/resources/publications/pfanguage.asp)

Say This:
Student with Autism Not This:
Person with diabetes The disabled
Individual with Down Syndrome Normal People
Autistic
Retarded

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Precision Statements:
Giving Good Directions
Appropriate 1. Name, please
___________
Voice 2. Name, you need to
Use their name __________
Give a Statement 3. Name, if you dont
__________ you will get a
Say what you no on your tracker.
want them to do
Short and Concise *Get the teacher

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Precision Statements:

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Teaching
Procedure
WE YOU
I DO
DO DO

Model Guided Independent

Practice Practice

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Praise
Immediate
Support desired behavior/skill
Specific
Understand the desired behavior/skill
Vary
Generalize desired behavior/skill
Sincere
Were all human and enjoy being good
at something!

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Correction
WE YOU
I DO
DO DO

Model Guided Independent

Practice Practice

The word is Lets read What is the

brother together, word?
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Trackers
*Note on Free Time
When you finish the
tracker, there is 5 minutes
of free time. This is not for
you! Stay with your
student.
- Play a game
- Talk
- Read
- Color 18
Goals: Data Collection
Assessment Drives Instruction
Three Options
1. +
2. P+
3. P-
Comments:
Good - Stayed on task. Needed a verbal
Bad - Did good ______

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Goals: Data Collection
Prompt Example:

Full Physical Hand over hand

- How to use a toy

Partial Touching
Physical - Touch elbow

Gesture Pointing/facial
expression/mouth words

Verbal Indirect- Come here, put in

trash
Direct- What next? Where
does it go?

Independent No prompt
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