Some observers are pinning their hopes
on volunteer tutors as a low - cost way of narrowing the achievement gap between low - income students and their more affluent peers.
Not exact matches
Keeping their
volunteers motivated means letting them see the results of their efforts, whether it's the smile
on a hungry child's face when they receive the food package a
volunteer packed, or the first book a learning disabled child reads after months of
tutoring.
They create schools for their «intelligent» children to attend, they pay for test preparation programs and
tutors, they spend countless hours
volunteering in their children's schools, they raise extraordinary amounts of money for these schools, and they call
on their vast network of friends and relatives to get their children into preschools and magnet schools and universities.
I encourage you to visit the Chicago
Tutor / Mentor Program Locator and see how we're using a desk top ESRI GIS and an on - line, interactive Google - based map to draw volunteers and donors to tutor / mentor programs in high poverty areas of Chi
Tutor / Mentor Program Locator and see how we're using a desk top ESRI GIS and an
on - line, interactive Google - based map to draw
volunteers and donors to
tutor / mentor programs in high poverty areas of Chi
tutor / mentor programs in high poverty areas of Chicago.
It can be freelance work,
tutoring, a bartending gig, running a blog or an Etsy shop, selling
on Ebay, carrying a part time job,
volunteer work... the list goes
on.
A support program was established for students in need of support and
volunteers worked one -
on - one with students in weekly sessions providing
tutoring and feedback and ensuring that they had the resources needed to complete homework.
Project
Tutor Helps Boise Students Stay
on Target in Reading and Math An inventory of practices in one school district revealed that many of its schools were deficient in the area of training for school
volunteers.
No school can succeed for long without doing so, but, especially for community schools, success depends
on the quality of the relationships that school and district staff maintain with various partners, including teachers, counselors, social workers, parents, clergy, elected officials, business leaders,
volunteer tutors, and others.
During her undergraduate years at Columbia, she provided SAT
tutoring and additional after - school support to low - income students
on a
volunteer basis.
Principal's Partners
volunteer to
tutor and read one -
on - one with students who need a little extra boost.
For the next 30 minutes,
volunteer tutor Heather Banschbach and 7 - year - old Ellis Jackson deepened their bond
on a January morning at Madison's Sandburg Elementary School.
I plan
on sharing them with my aids, parent
volunteers, parents and students during whole group, small group, brain break and
tutoring.
Reading Partners is a national nonprofit that recruits, trains, and supports community
volunteers to increase the amount of time and personnel available during the school day to deliver data - driven, one -
on - one
tutoring to students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Many parent groups also coordinate classroom
volunteers to
tutor children who are behind so that teachers can concentrate
on other students.
For
volunteers to make a lasting impact, it is essential that
tutoring programs be founded
on solid research.
If any of the students aren't catching
on, Waconda can offer a wealth of assessments to diagnose problems and subsequent one -
on - one
tutoring, either with specialist teachers or community
volunteers.
And United Way has partnered for years with the Urban League
on the Schools of Hope initiative, which uses
volunteer tutors to help at - risk students make the grade.
She bases a lot of her opinions
on her experiences tracking numerous students from public schools in her
volunteer tutoring, along with her husband, of high - needs students and her conversations with other parents in the system.
We do this by recruiting, training and supporting
volunteer tutors who provide free, long - term, one -
on - one instruction using research - based methodology.
Trained
volunteer reading partners deliver individualized one -
on - one
tutoring twice a week for 45 minutes, following a structured curriculum.
Using assessment data gathered during the first three sessions, the
volunteer tutor's letter to the child's family, posted
on WebCT, described each informal assessment task and the child's performance
on the tasks.
Amanda's additional duties as an educator include serving
on numerous school committees in a leadership capacity, sponsoring various after school clubs and activities including after - school
tutoring and parent education nights, and actively
volunteering in the community.
A resource coordinator might ensure that
volunteer tutors focus
on a particular student's areas of academic weakness, for example.
She has served for many years
on the board of that organization and also enjoys
volunteering with Alexandria
tutoring Consortium helping kids learn to love reading.
Whatever you intend to include, whether it's the event planning you do for your professional organization or the
volunteer math
tutoring you do
on weekends, make sure to show that you do more than show up at work and do as you're told.
Volunteer Experience: 2005 Participated in the Medallion Scholar Events 2004 - 2005 Participated in Big Brother / Big Sister Program 2003 - 2004 Volunteer English
Tutor 2003 - 2006
Volunteered in the Take Back the Night Program
on WMU Campus
you were a
volunteer, you were recommended by your professors to
tutor students, you helped the company you worked for save money
on a job, etc.).
Whiz Kids is a faith - based, one -
on - one,
volunteer tutoring / mentoring program that focuses
on first through fifth grade students who live in areas of Oklahoma City's highest drop - out rates and lowest socioeconomic levels.
For example, New York
volunteers provided 45 - minute
tutoring / mentoring sessions to children 4 times a week, whereas Boston
volunteers provided 40 - minute sessions 2 times per week
on average, and Port Arthur
volunteers provided 25 - to 45 - minute sessions 3 days a week.
READ Saskatoon for use with the Adult Literacy One -
on - One
Tutoring Program to ensure adequate staffing,
volunteer support and increased learning opportunities to
tutors and adult learners.