“Tutoring center nearing 1st 5-week session finish” plus 3 more |
- Tutoring center nearing 1st 5-week session finish
- KnowledgePoints gears up workshops, tutoring in Florham Park
- More Parents and Students Acting to Combat Summer Learning Loss
- I Teach store offers teaching aides, tutoring
| Tutoring center nearing 1st 5-week session finish Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:27 AM PDT BY JESSICA GOFF / THE DAILY IBERIAN A fledgling tutoring center is gearing up to service Iberia Parish high school students during the coming school year. The West End Tutoring and Skill Center, at 524 Hopkins St., will finish up its first five-week tutoring session with seven high school students and three students in a GED program. Center executive director Will Berry said the center is preparing to take in "as many students as it can" when the facility reopens on Sept. 7. Berry began working on a blueprint for the tutoring program in January, which is housed in the Com-munity Outreach Center owned by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. The program works with local high schools to help improve reading, writing and math skills. Keyboarding skills and basics to a foreign language are also taught during sessions, Berry said. The center's schedule will run parallel with the Iberia Parish school district's calendar. Iberia Parish Superin-tendent of Schools Dale Henderson encouraged students to take advantage of the program. "This is a wonderful opportunity for our students who need a little extra help," Henderson said. "As a school system, we want to do everything we can to support the efforts of this program. They have a very noble cause." Cornell Nezzet, a 17-year-old Westgate High School football player, has been studying in the program throughout the summer. He said language arts is his favorite subject, next to physical education, he added jokingly. His day at the center begins at 4 p.m. with journal writing. Then he's on to Spanish class, which is followed by a math lesson taught by 25-year teaching veteran Michael Daye. The days ends at 7:30 p.m. Berry said he was a teacher for 35 years and dubs himself the "biggest cheerleader for education." He said the tutoring center is meant for high school students who are either behind in school or just want to enhance their learning skills. He calls it "catching up, getting even or getting ahead." He said constant support is the key to inspiring teens to be open to education. He hopes the center will curb the parish's high school drop-out rate. "I think students respond when they see that there is a genuine interest on part of the instructor and there is a perception that teachers really care," Berry said. The center is funded through United Way and federal grants. The sessions are free to students, and Berry anticipates expanding the teaching staff for the fall tutoring session. Part of the West End Tutoring and Skill Center's mission statement is not only to "provide each student with the skills to learn," but to "recognize value in self and others." The center plans to provide mentors to advise students along with enhancing curriculum skills. The center will hold a "Welcome Back to School" night, which will include a hot dog cookout on Sept. 7. All parish students and their families are invited to attend. For more information on the tutoring center, call 577-6275. Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| KnowledgePoints gears up workshops, tutoring in Florham Park Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:36 AM PDT FLORHAM PARK – The KnowledgePoints Learning Center, with locations in Regency Plaza, 186 Columbia Turnpike, next to Trader Joe's, and at Lifetime Fitness, 14 Fernwood Road, both in Florham Park, is now enrolling students for its summer tutoring programs and workshops. In addition to its regular tutoring programs in math, reading, language arts, and "SAT/ACT Prep," KnowledgePoints is offering a series of noontime workshops that combine education, skills development, and fun. July is featuring two separate writing workshops, for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8, that will help students develop writing competencies and styles. In August, a study skills workshop and a "Getting Ready for Algebra Tune-Up" will prepare students for a smooth transition into the new school year. The summer tutoring hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Noontime workshops run to 2 p.m.For information about KnowledgePoints summer programs, call (973) 593-0050 or visit www.knowledgepointslearning.com.
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| More Parents and Students Acting to Combat Summer Learning Loss Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:00 AM PDT New information from WyzAnt Tutoring suggests that more parents and students are taking action to prevent summer learning loss with private tutoring. Much work remains to be done, however, to ensure that all students have the awareness and resources necessary to avoid learning setbacks during the summer. (PRWEB) July 27, 2010 -- Summer vacation can be a lot of fun for children in the United States. Our nation's youth often spend portions of their vacation at a summer camp, engaging in outdoor sports like swimming and tennis, or going on family vacations. Increasingly, however, fears of summer learning loss have prompted some researchers and parents to call for more educational enrichment during the summer months. The National Summer Learning Association notes that, "All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer ... students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer." While the amount of summer learning each student needs varies from case to case, most observers believe that additional enrichment is beneficial. A July 2010 survey by WyzAnt Tutoring suggests that many parents and students have gotten the message about summer learning loss and are proactively combating it with private tutoring. Nearly half of the tutors that responded indicated that they currently have students who are using the summer to prepare for classes in the fall. Another quarter of respondents found that areas in high demand during the school year—including math, science, and foreign language subjects—remained just as popular during the summer months. In fact, according to WyzAnt, overall demand for private tutoring falls by just 15-20% during the summer months. With all the negative press about the country's education woes, it's refreshing to know that many students and parents have committed to combating summer learning loss. Apart from private tutoring and subject-specific strategies, other young learners may find summer learning opportunities in a good book or at a community event. Local libraries often organize reading challenges and other great activities. Whatever their preference, it is important for young people to stay intellectually active during the summer. As parents, teachers, and community members, it is everyone's responsibility to provide summer learning opportunities. ### WyzAnt Tutoring Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| I Teach store offers teaching aides, tutoring Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:13 AM PDT No lesson seems too difficult for educators Shelley Dominguez and Cindy Krause to teach. Dominguez and Krause opened I Teach at 123 State Hwy. 35 N. in June 2009. Not only has the duo tutored children in all subjects, but they have helped adults with their technology questions, and even helped one woman program her iPhone. In addition to tutoring, I Teach is a gift shop and an educational supplies store. Customers enter the gift shop first, where Yankee and Skinny Dip candles, jewelry, purses, home décor and homemade fudge are sold. The second half of the store is where the school supplies are housed. "It's like a secret society back here," Krause said of the transition between gift shop to school supply area. Tutoring is done in the room in the very back."Both of us are educators who have worked for Calhoun County Independent School District. We both work outside of CCISD now, but we have a desire to see others achieve academically," Dominguez said. Krause lives in Olivia and teaches fifth grade reading and language arts at East Side Intermediate School within Palacios ISD. Dominguez lives in Port Lavaca and is an elementary school principal for Industrial ISD. The educational supplies are not only for teachers, either, Dominguez said. "Parents want to see their children strive academically, so we wanted to provide a place for parents, students and teachers to come for supplies in Calhoun County and not have to go to Houston or Victoria," she said. Krause said it is hard to plan out the whole school year in one shopping trip to Victoria or Houston and not be able to find those things that also refresh you as a teacher. If a teacher forgets something or runs out, it is too far to drive all that way to replace it. "We want to make sure we have products available that aren't just gifts, but educational. Parents come in with questions or are looking for ideas and we share ideas with educators and parents," Krause said. Once they opened I Teach, word spread quickly within the community, particularly among its teachers. "Teachers begged us to stay open," Dominguez said. "We have awesome conversations in here," Krause said. "People share their ideas with us, like during science fair time. We want to carry things that are new, but not cater just to the trends, either." The women also provide tutoring services. "We tutor all subjects. We don't require that parents sign a long contract. We schedule tutoring on an as-needed basis. We charge $20 an hour plus any extra materials the child may use," Krause said. The majority of the children they tutor are elementary to junior high students. They do have some high school students and students seeking a GED. The women also tutor adults in technology. "We have helped clients with Microsoft, Excel and Photoshop," Krause said. "No job is too small or too insignificant. It all applies to teaching." "It's about giving back," she said. "Parents want to know how they can help their kid. They identify the problem and they want guidance." Krause said help does not have to be expensive. A $3-supply from their shop can last a child the whole summer, but the women can also order specialized products and have it in the shop within a week. With school starting up again soon, Dominguez said teachers want their classrooms to look great. In the future, the educators hope their store will serve as a networking hub for other educators. "We know of ideas from teachers to pass on to other teachers. We are still involved in the educational community without teaching within CCISD," Krause said. People they like to help the most are new teachers, Dominguez said. "We can say, 'You really don't need that yet, but you will need this.' They can get overwhelmed. We help them narrow it down and spend the least amount of money," she said. I Teach summer hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of portlavacawave.com. We encourage your feedback and dialog, all comments will be reviewed by our Web staff before appearing on the Web site. Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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