Advance inclusive education via peer tutoring with a framework from authors Rebecca Brooks and Elizabeth Castagnera. Whether starting from scratch or refining an existing program, readers gain a versatile curriculum to facilitate a credit-bearing high school course. These ready-to-use materials promote authentic academic engagement and help cultivate a genuine collaborative environment among students and educators in general and special education classrooms.
Grades 9–12 teachers can use this book to:
• Understand the research that proves how tutors and tutees benefit academically and socially
• Create, promote, teach, and assess a credited class for students who want to be peer tutors
• Read accounts from students who have tutored and students who have been tutored
• Strengthen and reinforce collaboration among students, educators, and administrators
• Receive learning objectives and activities for seven tutor training sessions