The Peer Tutor Training Program
Won
the Innovation Award of the
Illinois Council of Community
Colleges Administrators
The Peer Tutor Training Program
Won
the Innovation Award of the
Illinois Council of Community
Colleges Administrators
Des Plaines, IL (December 9, 2003) – The Peer Tutor Training Program at Oakton Community College has won the 2003 Innovation Award from the Illinois Council of Community Colleges Administrators (ICCCA).
Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, this program trains high school juniors and seniors who exhibit strong math skills to become peer tutors at Oakton. Twelve area high school students completed the inaugural 2003 summer session of the program and have been certified as tutors by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). They are:
High school juniors and seniors who complete AP Calculus and are interested in tutoring mathematics are selected to participate in the program. The program is limited to 15 participants each summer. Participants are paid for training and practicum and receive CRLA certification upon successful completion of training.
- Shira Calamaro, Niles West High School
- Wasim Chowdhury, Niles North High School
- Jeffrey Keith, Glenbrook South High School
- Richard Kempf, Niles North High School
- Tiffanie Kimura, Glenbrook South High School
- Julian Klosowiak, Glenbrook South High School
- Irina Kogan, Maine East High School
- Natalia Kogan, Maine East High School
- Bryan Leavitt, Glenbrook South High School
- Yagna Pathak, Niles West High School
- Alexandra Pedzinski Niles North High School
- John Siy, Glenbrook South High School