Students As Tutors
Students As Tutors (SAT) is a community-embedded, near-peer tutoring and mentoring initiative designed to strengthen academic success, build protective factors, and cultivate the “space between self and collective efficacy.” Through a structured, multigenerational ecosystem of support, SAT engages elementary, middle, high-school, college, and adult community members in a coordinated model where each generation supports the next—academically, socially, and developmentally.
SAT’s model is rooted in the evidence base for cross-age tutoring, peer mentoring, and cooperative learning, which demonstrates consistent gains in academic achievement, self-confidence, motivation, and social connection for both tutors and tutees.
Mission
The mission of Students As Tutors (SAT) is to cultivate strong, interconnected communities by training and supporting students to tutor and mentor one another across grade levels. Through academic support, relationship-building, and leadership development, SAT fosters the space between self and collective efficacy—equipping students to contribute to, learn from, and uplift the communities they call home.
Key Services
• Individual and small-group academic tutoring
• Social-emotional and study-skills coaching
• Technology and homework support
• Cross-age mentoring (high school → younger students; college → high school)
• Professional skills development for tutors (communication, SEL, boundaries, leadership)
• College and career readiness support
• Program coordination and oversight to ensure quality, safety, and continuity
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These services build on the structured training modules, communication strategies, confidentiality expectations, and positive behavior practices outlined in the SAT program materials
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