Building Tutoring Supports with the Canadian Tutor Standards

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  • Date: Day 1, Tuesday
  • Time: 10:45am - 12:00pm
  • Location: Fall Room

Presenters:

Jonathan Vandor, Peer Programming Team Lead, University of Toronto

Session Description:

Since 2023, the University of Toronto Tutor Training Program, or UT3, has trained current students in effective and ethical ways of supporting their peers, and its associated Directory has facilitated hundreds of tutoring sessions since November 2024. This presentation spotlights the development of the UT3 and how the Canadian Tutor Standards (CTS) can guide a parallel process at your institution.

Learning outcomes:

  • Participants will examine the University of Toronto Tutor Training Program (UT3) as a case study and apply key principles from the Canadian Tutor Standards (CTS) to assess and improve their own tutoring initiatives.
  • Participants will learn how to conduct environmental scans and stakeholder consultations to identify gaps in tutoring support and design a structured tutoring program that aligns with institutional needs.
  • Through guided discussions and activities, participants will outline actionable steps to establish or enhance their tutoring programs using the CTS framework, ensuring effective, ethical, and sustainable tutor training.

Thank you for taking the time to join our LSAC community today. Before we begin, we would like to pause to intentionally express our gratitude for the land we are on today and to all the Indigenous Peoples past, present and future that have and continue to be stewards of these lands. We recognize that moving forward we are mutually responsible for the caretaking and preservation of this land for future generations.

We commit to co-creating an accountable space. In our LSAC community, we are committed to creating an accountable space where we welcome individual growth, learning, and unlearning. In this space, we recognize and gently remind one another that we are all tender humans with our own stories and experiences, both positive and negative. We aim to lead with kindness, openness, and patience as we identify and break down barriers to create a safer space for us all. 

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