Students

The most important qualities of a good tutor are empathy, communication, a positive attitude, and a desire to help others. Learn more about the roles and responsibilities of an L2L Tutor. If you are at a school with an L2L program, speak with your teacher about how to get involved.

Tutors are usually a couple grades ahead of their peers, but there are also in some cases in which L2L programs are set up with tutors and peers in the same grade.

It is the School Coordinator’s responsibility to decide whether it is feasible to offer L2L programming in this way. In some schools, L2L is embedded into the Grade 11 leadership course.

There is no cost for students to receive peer-tutoring with L2L. One of the driving purposes of our program is to offer academic support to students who would not otherwise receive it to due to a lack of financial means.

Tutors can benefit from participating in L2L in the following ways:

• Developing communication and leadership skills
• Some secondary schools offer L2L as part of a for-credit course, so some students can obtain academic credit for participating
• Many schools accept tutoring hours as community service hours
• Helping another student and making a difference in their lives
• Obtaining valuable experience to add to their resume
• Receiving a certificate that recognizes their achievement

Peers being tutored can benefit from L2L in the following ways:

• Having free-of-charge, one-on-one academic support in areas requiring improvement
• Developing a relationship with a supportive peer
• Seeing an improvement on test scores and grades
• Developing the confidence required to succeed in and out of school