Gillespie and Kail on tutoring programs

This is a nice enough overview on what to consider when you are considering peer tutoring for your WC, although not detailed enough to be the only source a director would use. One question I have is about the statement “on the job training…put peer-tutors at unnecessary risk…in positions of authority that they are untrained to exercise properly” (326). What do the authors mean by this, especially in light of Harris’s article on using the tutorial process as a model for training tutors? The statement seems dismissive in order to get to the descriptions of their own tutoring courses. In addition, I would have liked them to tie assessment back to expectations. How will the tutor's performance be measured is a question to ask and discuss with the tutor before the assessment takes place.