Millikan Tutors to the Rescue
PHOTO COURTESY OF Karly Vincente-Barrios: This photo depicts Zuriel Vaca peer-tutoring Natalia Ruiz in the library.
March 1, 2022
Is that math class kicking your butt? Maybe there’s just something missing from that English essay. Need to study for a history test? Just not quite grasping chemistry? Do not fear, Millikan Tutors are here!
Millikan hires their very own students as tutors in order to teach other students who may be struggling. The Millikan tutoring program first began around 2005, but only had teachers as tutors. By 2012, the peer-tutoring program evolved into what it is now.
In the February 2013 issue of the Millikan Corydon, Rachel Perry, a staff reporter states, “The program fosters a community feeling [through peer-tutoring] between students of all grade levels, SLCs, and academic levels.”
There are currently 10 tutors, however, there’s always an opportunity to be hired as a tutor when the current tutors graduate.
“To find tutors, we ask teachers who they think would make a good candidate. Also, the tutors themselves recruit for the program. Once we have a pool of candidates, we look at course history and grades,” Michael Prado, the Director of Tutors and Millikan English teacher says.
Prado states, “We offer free tutoring to everyone in nearly every subject that is taught at Millikan. We use a peer tutoring model that has been replicated throughout the district. Juniors and seniors, who have earned high grades consistently are able to share their expertise in content areas with their peers.”
This free peer-tutoring opportunity is available in the library after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 2:45pm – 4:00pm. If you are interested in tutoring, show up after school to learn more.
Pablo Hermosillo • Mar 4, 2022 at 12:23 pm
In Issue 5/2022 (published March 1, 2022), Kezziah Hernandez and Liana Ngauv wrote an article titled “Millikan Tutors to the Rescue”. This article mentions how Millikan offers peer tutoring on campus after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. They also mention a quote from Micheal Prado the director of Tutors and Millikan English teacher who says “We offer free tutoring to everyone in nearly every subject that is taught at Millikan”. I like how they incorporate different quotes throughout this article, because it brings another perspective and lens to the article. Before reading this article I was not aware that Millikan offered peer tutoring for almost every subject taught here at Millikan. This is great and very useful to know because if I ever need help for an upcoming test, I can show up and strengthen my knowledge by the help of these tutors. This is also amazing because you are getting tutored by other students here at Millikan who have recently taken those classes, and passed them, so you know they really understand the subject. This article was very well put together, starting with the information and ending with the quotes. The next time I need help for a specific subject I will make sure to attend the tutoring after school here at Millikan.
Jordan Caceres • Mar 4, 2022 at 12:08 pm
In Issue 5/2022 (published March 1, 2022), written by Liana Ngauv and Kezziah Hernandez titled “Millikan tutors to the rescue”. In this article they detail what the program is, and how peer-to-peer tutoring evolved from the initial program started over eighteen years ago. To start, seeing this article makes me extremely happy considering I myself am one of the original ten tutors (as of March 3rd we’ve hired new ones). I fully believe many people could benefit from having a tutor help them, whether to help with understanding or at the very least help them keep on track with completing their assignments. That or they just need someone to rephrase the same thing their teacher said for them to understand it. Or review old topics that help with the new ones. The rest of the article tells about the tutors qualifications by Mr Prado who is the teacher in charge of tutoring. Overall this article is informative and to the point, both good things. However I believe that it would be wise to add or create a different article on the students and tutors themselves. Many tutors have repeat students who come in daily or weekly and are often paired with the same person. Asking about their experience would not only show how tutoring works alleviating those who are uncertain on if it will help, but also show that there is little to fear when attending. I promise we’re all friendly people.
Liana Ngauv • Mar 8, 2022 at 11:43 am
I can definitely see a feature story on the peer-tutors in a future issue in order to expand on this news story! Thank you for the comment, Jordan.