If you would like to apply to join the Project Tutor
volunteers, please visit our application
page for more information.
Goals and Objectives:
- Reinforce Instruction
- Tutors are given books, activities, and games
based on the state standards to use during their
30 minute tutoring sessions
- Encourage Academic Improvement
- Tutors primary goal is to foster enthusiasm
for reading and confidence in math
- Increase Self-esteem
- Students who enjoy reading, read more and
therefore become better readers
- Once students know their basic math facts,
they have the confidence to tackle more complex
math problems
Accomplishments:
- 2006-2007 School Year
- Project Tutor began with 10 elementary schools
- 58 Community Volunteer Tutors were trained
- Training sessions were held in September and
February
- 77 fourth-graders were tutored in Math
- 58 third-graders were tutored in Reading
- *Tutor recognition celebration in May
- 2007-2008 School Year
- Project Tutor is in 20 schools this year
- 80 Community Volunteer Tutors have been trained
- Training sessions were held in September,
October, December, February
- 90 fourth-graders were tutored in Math
- 130 third-graders were tutored in Reading
- *Tutor appreciation celebration in May
Who, what, how & why:
- Some students need just a little encouragement,
reinforcement, and practice to be able to master
the skills necessary to be successful in school.
Project Tutor fills that need. We train community
volunteers to work with students for two, thirty
minute sessions, twice a week.
- Parents are required to sign a permission form
for their child to participate in the program.
- All Project Tutor reading and math materials complement
the basic 3rd grade reading and 4th grade math curriculum
and follow the state standards.
- It is a supplementary program
- It does not follow the same sequence of skills
as the classroom
- Project Tutor time is not to be used to make up
classroom work
- Third grade reading and fourth grade math were
selected as the grade levels that could most benefit
from additional tutoring.
- Third Grade Reading
- In 3rd grade, learning becomes more abstract
and requires more thought.
- Students can no longer rely on memorizing
words, they need to learn how to decode and break
words apart.
- In 3rd grade students transition from learning
to read to reading to learn
- If a child is reading below grade level at
the end of 3rd grade there is a good chance they
will continue to struggle in Jr. High and High
school.
- Fourth Grade Math
- In 4th grade, Mathematical concepts begin
to be much more difficult (especially in the
second semester).
- Much more mathematical reasoning is expected
of students in order to “use” the
basic tools previously taught.
- Concepts become more abstract and require
more creative thought.
- Skills that have been learned individually
are pulled together for multi-concept problem
solving.
- Students who have not built a firm foundation
of mathematical skill will begin to fall farther
behind their peers.
*Tutor Appreciation Celebration
Each volunteer tutor spends hours working with and
getting to know their students over the course of
the school year. In honor of that special bond, each
tutee creates a special handmade thank you for their
tutor. These are given out during the annual Tutor
appreciation dinner in May. In addition, the tutors
are given summer learning packets to distribute to
each of their tutees. These packets are equipped
with fun learning activities and games to reinforce
the skills they practiced during the year and to
help keep students reading and learning over the
summer break.
How to join the Project
Tutor volunteers
If you have questions please contact Dr. Ruth Calnon
at 854-4161 or email
.
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