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Hello Sonya, At Hillyer College, a 500-student two-year college within a 6,000-student University, we pay our tutors $8.20/hour, an amount set by the University. Tutors are sophomores, juniors, or seniors who have been through our Associate degree program and remained in the University. They must have a faculty recommendation, have earned a B+ or better in the courses they will tutor, and be on Dean's List. Each semester we set their schedule based on open hours in our Center and their free hours. Tutors work 4-7 hours a week. They are paid whether students drop in for tutoring or not. We also have a Preceptor program in our advising classes. A Preceptor is a junior or senior who regularly atttends a freshman class with a group of students who are all advisees of the professor of that course. The Preceptor is a former student of that professor. The Preceptor can then help students with the advising and registration process as well as with the course. Preceptors are paid $500 for the semester. They are chosen by the instructor of the course. I hope that this information is useful to you as you set up your peer mentoring program. Good luck! Barbara Barbara Dean Wolfe Chair, Department of Academic Strategies Director, Academic Strategies Center Hillyer College, University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 phone: 860-768-5011 fax: 860-768-5085 [log in to unmask] Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:18:23 -0400 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Sonya_Prince?= <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Paying Peer Mentors We are looking into beginning a peer mentoring program at the community college I work for. I was asked to create a budget for the pay and supplies needed. My question is: How do you choose the hours you pay the mentors? Do they have a set number of hours per week? Do they mentor more than one student? Do you pay them for each student they mentor? What is the average amount of hours mentors work per week? These are the only questions I can think of so far. If you have any input, I would really apprciate it. Thanks in advance, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]