Become a Tutor

Turn academic strength into service and leadership.

SOAR tutors help younger students succeed while building communication, responsibility, mentorship, and volunteer experience.

Benefits

Why students tutor through SOAR.

Earn meaningful service and volunteer experience

Tutors learn to explain clearly, show patience, and make academic success feel more reachable for other students.

Strengthen leadership, communication, and teaching skills

Tutors learn to explain clearly, show patience, and make academic success feel more reachable for other students.

Help students gain confidence in classes you have already mastered

Tutors learn to explain clearly, show patience, and make academic success feel more reachable for other students.

Join a student-led academic readiness community

Tutors learn to explain clearly, show patience, and make academic success feel more reachable for other students.

Application process

A clear path to tutoring responsibly.

1

Submit the tutor application

SOAR prioritizes tutors who can be reliable, professional, and clear when supporting another student.

2

Share subjects, grades, strengths, and availability

SOAR prioritizes tutors who can be reliable, professional, and clear when supporting another student.

3

Complete any review or approval steps

SOAR prioritizes tutors who can be reliable, professional, and clear when supporting another student.

4

Begin helping students through matched sessions

SOAR prioritizes tutors who can be reliable, professional, and clear when supporting another student.

Requirements

Strong tutors combine mastery with responsibility.

Tutor candidates should have strong grades in the subjects they want to teach, a professional attitude, and the ability to explain concepts in a patient, organized way.

School-based SOAR peer tutors may also follow advisor-approved certification, eligibility, attendance, and conduct requirements.

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Ready to apply?

Use the tutor application to share your academic strengths, availability, and interest in helping other students.

Open tutor application