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- Tutoring program chalks up success
- Holland Hopes to Keep Tutoring Program
- Two volunteer groups help Washoe schools with upgrades, academics
| Tutoring program chalks up success Posted: 14 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT DEKALB – Add up the statistics collected during the first semester of Northern Illinois University-provided tutoring for DeKalb High School students, and the results are clear. More math tutors are needed next year. Of the 200 tutoring sessions conducted over the spring, 88 involved mathematics. Nearly half of those – 43 – centered on problems with algebra. Geometry concerns accounted for 22 sessions, equaled only by the 22 sessions rooted in biology questions. Tutors suspect that the daily frequency of math homework and the immediate confirmation of right and wrong answers helps high school students to better measure their understanding of the subject and whether they're in trouble. "Our students overwhelmingly need that math support," agreed Jennie Hueber, assistant principal of DeKalb High School. "We're hoping to put something in place next fall so we can better support our students who need tutoring, and we're hoping to spread the NIU tutors throughout the school day rather than just having them available after school. The after-school service was really well utilized, though, so we will continue that." "We already have more math students signed up for next year, because we want to serve that need," added Judy Cox-Henderson, the coordinator of clinical experiences in the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who designed the tutoring internship course with DHS psychologist Stacy Bjorkman. "The DHS teachers are very, very supportive of our continuing the program and want to work with us on ways to make things happen to encourage more students to come. We were all kind of disappointed we didn't have a lot of students coming for help with English – we had a really good group of English tutors." NIU's new tutoring internship awards academic credit to students who tutor three hours a week at the high school. They attend workshops, interview and observe teachers and analyze textbooks for user-friendliness. They also keep strict activity logs that produce rich data on what kind of academic support was needed, what advice and plans were delivered and what feedback was communicated to teachers. For DeKalb High School, which offers free after-school tutoring to a targeted group of students, the NIU interns greatly expand the number of teens able to access academic assistance. Ninety students took advantage of the NIU tutoring; 80 percent of those came only once or twice, although 11 students attended three, four, five or six times. Five students had sessions in the double digits; the most by one individual was 16. One student tallied 15 visits, another 11 and two at 10. Most students – 80 percent – brought only one subject to the tutoring table. Tutors also taught skills involving reading, writing, vocabulary, problem-solving, research, studying, completing homework, general organization and exam anxiety. "We think that, for the first time, this went extremely well. We've had a chance to look at the data the NIU students collected, and we've had chances to speak with Judy Cox-Henderson, so this was really a learning experience for us," Hueber said. NIU's future teachers gained valuable lessons, Cox-Henderson said. "They learned, from working one-on-one, that they could find out a lot about the students' understanding through their facial cues and body language and that they would be much more sensitive to those kinds of things in the classroom," she said. NIU student Matt Crocco, who plans to teach high school math, enjoyed the semester. "I wanted to get some hands-on experience with students to see what their issues are," Crocco said. "I think math is probably one of the most important subjects in school, and kids really aren't learning it well. I want to make math easier to explain to them so they can understand its relevance in their lives. I give students a reason to know math." "There were a couple regulars I saw who improved drastically over the semester," he added. "The ones who came in regularly benefited a lot." Jaclyn Curtis, who plans to teach high school social studies and government, wasn't as busy as Crocco and the other math tutors, but found the experience valuable nonetheless. "All the tutors got to know each other. We bounced ideas off one another, we learned from each other and the workshops really complemented our observation class," Curtis said. Some of that work began the old-fashioned way, advertised through word of mouth at a high school orientation fair for eighth graders from Clinton-Rosette and Huntley middle schools. "We had a little table set up with our tutors," Cox-Henderson said. "We hope we can get the incoming freshmen to see that tutoring is a normal part of the high school experience. Maybe it's the new freshmen who are really going start utilizing the tutoring center." Comments Add CommentsThere are 45 hours, 2 minutes remaining to comment on this story. Click here to read the rules for posting commentsWe have changed our registration and comment module, so all registered users will need to register again in order to post comments. We apologize for the inconvenience. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
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| Two volunteer groups help Washoe schools with upgrades, academics Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:53 AM PDT Two volunteer groups have been working through the summer in Washoe County classrooms, teaching and tutoring and also helping with the school-revitalization effort for the summer. Americorp's VISTA and National Civilian Community Corp, both federally funded programs, have been working in the school district. Seven VISTA volunteers work in the classrooms of four campuses, and eight NCCC volunteers in about eight schools doing cleanup and working at putting classrooms back together after technology retrofitting and other upgrade projects. VISTA was created in 1965 as Volunteers in Service to America and joined the Americorp network in 1983. VISTA members commit to serve full time for a year at a nonprofit or local government agency, working to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses and strengthen community groups. There also is a 10-week summer program in which college students work to provide similar kinds of service. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential program for men and women ages 18-24. Members are assigned to one of five campuses, in Denver; Sacramento, Calif.; Perry Point, Md.; Vicksburg, Miss. and Vinton, Iowa. AmeriCorps NCCC members receive a living allowance of approximately $4,000 for the 10 months of service. They also receive housing, meals, limited medical benefits, up to $400 a month for childcare, member uniforms and a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award upon successful completion of the program. Kim Soule, volunteer development specialist for the school district and VISTA, said the VISTA summer program is a 10-week version of the year-round VISTA program. Students from the University of Nevada, Reno, while working for the federal government, are sponsored by the Washoe County School District. The volunteers receive a stipend of about $930 per month and, at the end of service, they receive a $1,150 education award. "The opportunity to learn the complexities of the school district and the possibility of getting a job in the school district is an asset," Soule said. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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