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Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL)
Apply to Become a Peer Leader
What is PLTL?
Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a nationally-recognized and NSF-endorsed program for supporting students in mathematics and the sciences. It was originally developed for chemistry, but has been applied to other fields successfully. The purpose of the program is to create an environment in which “cooperative learning” can take place to supplement the class and increase student success.
Peer Leaders Responsibilities:
One of the most important aspects of the PLTL program is the peer leader. Peer leaders are mature, responsible students who have scored a B or better in the subject. SFU peer leaders are paid and gain valuable experience while reinforcing knowledge about the subject.
Additional responsibilities for peer leaders include:
Conduct weekly one-hour workshop sessions as scheduled and facilitate the completion of a faculty-developed activity with the peer group, who will be required to attend the workshop sessions
Attend one science leader’s training course prior to the beginning of the fall semester, tentatively scheduled for the Friday before the first week of classes
Attend weekly preparation meetings with the faculty member who is instructing the course and other meetings as needed
Maintain attendance records and policies established for workshop participants
Provide any completed student activities to the course faculty member as required
Informally assess the progress of individual group members
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"It helped me be prepared for what the next couple of lectures would focus on, so I was able to keep up. I had seen the material in PLTL even before it was introduced in class."
"The most valuable aspects of the PLTL program were allowing us to work in a group to comoplete all of the assignments that way if we didn't understand something we could easily ask another member of the group."
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