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| Program has CHS students tutoring peers Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT CHILLICOTHE -- Students who struggle academically at Chillicothe High School soon could find themselves in tutoring sessions led by their peers. CHS is rolling out a new academic coaching program that administrators hope will bring students up to speed once they've fallen behind. About 60 students have signed on to serve as coaches. The high-performing sophomores, juniors and seniors will tutor incoming freshmen who display the greatest academic need. Students in other grades who meet certain criteria also will be eligible. Pupil services coordinator Jeff Fisher, who's overseeing the program, said some students can't keep up for a number of reasons. For instance, they might have trouble learning the material the first time, they don't have help at home or they might be embarrassed to ask for help. "What do we do when students don't learn? We hope teachers find enough time to get them caught up," Fisher said Tuesday at a training session for the coaches at CHS. Even if teachers find the time, struggling students often resent their efforts to help, Fisher said. "If students have a poor rapport with a teacher, they just shut down," he said. "Sometimes you need a different messenger with a slightly different message." Science teacher Josh Queen said students view teachers as "different and apart" from them. In his own classroom, Queen has seen students respond positively to informal help from peers. "They may feel like adults are preaching to them," said Rachelle Gray, manager for Goodwill Industries of South Central Ohio's GoodGuides youth mentoring program. Goodwill is sponsoring the CHS program and, on Tuesday, provided training to the coaches, making them certified student leaders. Gray said Goodwill will continue to support the school's Freshman Focus program, which teaches social skills to ninth-graders on Fridays. Study hall also will remain, but students with slipping grades will be pulled from it and placed in the academic coaching room, Fisher said. In fact, the two rooms are connected for that purpose. During each class period, six academic coaches will staff the modified study hall room at six different stations -- one for each core subject, one for electives and one for homework help. An estimated 40 students will receive tutoring each period. The academic coaching teacher will be in the room throughout the day, as will a coordinator and a monitor for the program. Different drop-in teachers will visit the room during each period. "I know if I was in their position, I would want the help," said senior Casey Oates, an academic coach. "I know I don't like to ask for help. I just like to know it's there." The academic coaches are worried they might not be able to help all the students they'll tutor, Fisher said. "If we help even one student succeed and go on to do something they wouldn't have done otherwise, this will have been a rousing success," he said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Library offers free online tutoring Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:31 PM PDT By David Vitrano L'Observateur LAPLACE – One of the time-tested methods of aiding a child who is struggling in school is through tutoring. The intensive, one-on-one sessions can be very effective, but unfortunately, they can be very expensive as well. A new offering of the St. John the Baptist Parish Public Library System offers all the benefits of a personal tutor without any of the cost usually associated. Area residents will have the opportunity to get help with their classes through Tutor. com, an online tutoring tool.Offered through the state library system, the free service provides a live — via computer — one-on-one tutor in a wide variety of subjects. "It's a live tutor," said Roberta August, library supervisor. "The tutors help them walk through the process." To take advantage of the service, students can access the site either at the library or remotely, provided they have a St. John library card. To access the site remotely, users can visit www.stjohn.lib.la.us. There they can click the link to the state library site. Another link will take them to Tutor.com. Tutors are available in math, science, social studies and English for fourth- through 12th-grade students. They can also help with many standardized tests and lower level college courses. Students can access tutors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the tutor will remain in the session as long as help is needed. Free demonstrations are available at all parish branches. Tutor.com took the place of Brainfuse's HelpNow!, which was only accessible for a few hours in the evening. It joined other online academic help sites available through the library such as Learning Express, which offers practice tests for everything from the ACT to the U.S. Citizenship Test. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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