Today's student in need of tutoring is often tomorrow's student tutor, said Ocean County College officials.
“Students can help another student in a way no other teacher can,’’ Anna Milewski told the Ocean County College Board of Trustees about the student tutoring program she is completing.
“You speak a different language than we do,’’ joked Dean of Academic Services Maureen Reustle.
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Sometimes those who are tutored become tutors, explained Frank Kellogg, who became a tutor getting accounting help from Trevor Woolley. Kellogg will be back next year at OCC passing on help in accounting subjects to other students.
This year more than 40 students were trained to act as tutors at OCC through a program led by Lorett Cramer, a learning specialist in the Center for Academic Excellence at the college. Support came from Diane DeFilippo, an academic support specialist, and writing skills coordinator Dr. Christine Kephart.
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The combined effort led to certification of the Center along with the Writing and Math Centers, by the College Reading and Language Association.
That means students like Milewski, Woolley and Niicole Lloyd can be certified as peer tutors for meeting internationally accepted standards of skills and training.
Students are recommended by the OCC faculty to become tutors and often are mentored by the professor throughout the semester.
Milewski, a chemistry tutor, will be attending Rutgers University. Woolley is on his way to Pace University, hoping he will be able to continue tutoring there.
