S.O.S., Inc.: Students for Other Students is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the funding, development and operation of peer tutoring programs in public primary and secondary schools.

In our peer tutoring programs, older and more advanced students tutor younger, less proficient students. The student tutors are paid $6.00 an hour and typically work three hours a week. The tutees, who are often "at-risk" children, receive valuable one-on-one instruction, and often come to view their tutors as positive role models.

S.O.S. also serves as a resource for schools that want to put a student-to-student tutoring program in place by offering the benefit of our ten years of experience with such programs. We have developed considerable expertise in what makes peer tutoring work. While each school district is encouraged to develop its own guidelines and protocols that make sense for its own unique needs and resources, S.O.S. works with school administrators and teachers to solve problems and develop highly effective peer tutoring programs.

This website is hosted by College of Education & Allied Professions at the University of Toledo. It contains the history of S.O.S., Inc., up-to-date data about the schools which now have S.O.S. programs in place, and information on how to apply to have an S.O.S. tutoring program started in your school.

A number of corporations, foundations, institutions and individuals support S.O.S. with generous financial and in-kind assistance. As a 501(c)(3) corporation, S.O.S., Inc. encourages personal and corporate tax-exempt donations and offers assistance in planned giving.

We offer a number of resources to schools seeking to operate student-to-student tutoring programs, including sample documents, regulations and protocols. Our online bookstore features copies of studies that demonstrate the benefits of peer tutoring, books for sale, and bibliographic information. We also provide links to similar programs that involve peer tutoring and related ideas.

We invite you to tour our site, and to contact us with any questions, comments or suggestions.

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