The Tutoring Center adheres to the code of ethics established by the Association of Tutoring Professionals and endorsed by the College Reading and Learning Association. Additionally, we abide by and support Garrett College’s “Characteristics of Student Excellence” and “Principles of a Just Community.”
Association of Tutoring Professionals’ Code of Ethics cited below in its entirety (CRLA, December 2012):
- Best Interest: Tutors will be committed to acting in the best interest of tutees as specified by the employing organization or institute.
- Responsibility: Tutors will take responsibility for their own behavior and work to resolve conflicts that may arise between themselves and a client.
- Integrity: Tutors will practice and promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness.
- Fairness: Tutors will exercise reasonable judgment and take precautions to ensure that their potential biases, the boundaries of their competence, and the limitations of their expertise do not lead to or condone unjust practices.
- Commitment: Tutors will fulfill commitments made to learners.
- Respect for Others Rights and Dignity: Tutors will respect the dignity and worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality and self-determination.
- Excellence: Tutors will strive to maintain excellence by continuing to improve their tutoring skills and engage in applicable professional development activities.
- Respect for Individual Differences: Tutors will respect cultural, individual, and role differences, including those based on age, sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status.
- Professionalism: Tutors will not engage in inappropriate relations with tutees.
- Confidentiality: Tutors will maintain the highest privacy standards in terms of protecting personal information relative to those whom they tutor.
