“Tutoring program begins Monday” plus 3 more |
- Tutoring program begins Monday
- Tutoring company begins expansion
- Tutoring center opens a San Bernardino spot
- Thousands of Knox County students not taking advantage of free tutoring
| Tutoring program begins Monday Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:03 AM PDT Full Committed Ministry, through its Community Outreach Program, is beginning a tutoring program Sept. 6. Ten children will be selected for each of the four categories: K-2nd grade, 3rd-4th grades; 5th-6th grades and 7th-8th grades. Class times and days vary, depending on the grade of the student. Fridays are set aside for extra help, absentees and special testing. "Because our aim is to mentor the leaders of tomorrow the criteria for selection of the children will be left to the discretion of the staff," program director Tina Ratliff Boley said. "The children must be manageable, willing to learn and willing to excel."We prefer students whose parents take an active interest in their child's education." There is a minimal fee for the tutoring to cover the cost of supplies and necessities, Boley said. Space is limited and enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, call Boley at 750-1378. 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 |
| Tutoring company begins expansion Posted: 18 Sep 2010 11:06 PM PDT Submitted photo. Pictured above are some of the tutors that work for Dallas Peer Tutors. The organization, which was co-founded by Ian Anderson, a senior at Carroll High School � is in more than 25 schools in the Metroplex. Ian Anderson wants to change the education system in America. Instead of just talking about it, the Carroll High School senior has launched a Metroplex-wide peer tutoring service.�I think there are so many problems with education,� Anderson said. �So many students fall through the cracks and don�t get the chances they should get. They are not connecting with the information for some reason, and I want to do my part to make sure that doesn�t happen.� Anderson is one of the co-founders of Dallas Peer Tutors, which officially launched Monday. The idea was born in 2006 when Vic Ramon, then a senior at Highland Park High School, started Highland Park Tutors. After speaking with Ramon, Anderson started Carroll Tutors last year. They are now taking the service to more than 25 schools across North Texas, with the possibility of additional expansion. As of now, high schools in The Colony, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Coppell, Plano, Allen and Frisco are all taking part in the program.�We�re excited to bring peer-tutoring to more communities � it�s a truly unique and valuable addition to education,� Ramon said in a press release. �It�s just one of those things that should exist, and we just happen to be the people doing it.� The program features peer tutors at each of the schools that are serviced. Anderson said one of the advantages of this system is that the tutors are in the same classes as the clients, meaning that they are both familiar with the teachers and the material. �This program works,� he said. �It is students teaching students. The tutors know how to get an �A� in the class, and that is taught to the client. Once we got our feet underneath us at Carroll, we realized the potential in this business. We saw expansion potential and saw that we had something incredibly powerful.� Anderson and Ramon spent this past summer interviewing and hiring more than 200 tutors. Tutoring is available for almost all classes, from basic classes such as geometry and Texas history, to advanced college-level classes such as calculus. Scheduling an appointment is as simple as visiting the company�s website and selecting a subject, as well as a date and time for the tutoring. �It is very simple to book a tutor,� Anderson said. �Once a client logs on to the website and submits a session, it goes to a giant pool of tutors who decide which tutor will handle that appointment. The tutoring happens in the home of the client or another predetermined location. Sessions last about an hour, but double sessions can also be booked.� The rates for Dallas Peer Tutors are $35 an hour for a one-on-one session, with the price going down to $30 if two or more people will receive tutoring. This is cheaper than some other tutoring companies, which can charge $50 or more per hour and require the purchase of a minimum number of hours. At Dallas Peer Tutors, there is no minimum amount of hours that must be purchased. �It is not a package deal where you have to buy a certain amount of hours,� Anderson said. �We are also not selling you our curriculum; we are just going over what they are teaching you in school.� When it comes to changing education in America, this is just the first step for Anderson. After graduation from Carroll, Anderson said he hopes to have a career as an education reform lobbyist. �I want to make education something that works for everyone, not just some people,� he said. �It seems that each school almost operates as a business, and I don�t think that should happen. A school shouldn�t be so much like a business that students slip through the cracks and no one notices.� For information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.dallaspeertutors.com. The following are comments from the readers. You must register with a valid email to post comments. Registered users sign in here: 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 |
| Tutoring center opens a San Bernardino spot Posted: 17 Sep 2010 06:58 PM PDT SAN BERNARDINO - A Redlands group's seed has been planted in San Bernardino. Mustard Seed Tutorial Center celebrated the opening of a new center in San Bernardino on Friday. The center, which started operating Wednesday, is a partnership between Mustard Seed, San Bernardino's Operation Phoenix and SOAR Charter Academy. "It's been a dream for us at Mustard Seed to come to San Bernardino," Mustard Seed executive director Eric Goddard said at the center's open house at First Church of the Nazarene. "We've been very well taken care of by the city of Redlands." Mustard Seed, based at Redlands First Baptist Church, started in 1994 and has grown since. The center offers tutoring for students in kindergarten through 12th grade a year or more behind, in seminars, one-on-one meetings and small-group homework help. The center received a $200,000 grant from Bank of America in October, which allowed for expansion, Goddard said. The center and Operation Phoenix both applied for funds for tutoring services, and were awarded $68,000 - $50,000 of it from Verizon for the year, he said. "Kids need great after-school tutoring programs," said San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris, who spearheads Operation Phoenix, a crime fighting initiative in San Bernardino. He credited Goddard's persistence and vision for the center. A core of the initiative is academic services for at-risk children. Mustard Seed began talks with Operation Phoenix about providing tutoring services at their central location, according to Goddard."This is a big deal for Mustard Seed," Goddard wrote in an e-mail. "We have been hoping to open a center in San Bernardino for more than five years." Each year, Mustard Seed provides more than 2,600 tutoring sessions to low- and moderate-income families in Redlands and the surrounding area. Goddard, a University of Redlands alum, stressed Mustard Seed is not leaving Redlands - the center is expanding. The center is seeking funds to open another tutoring site on the north side of Redlands, he said. The site would rotate between Lugonia and Franklin elementary schools. "We then hope to expand further to Victoria, Bryn Mawr and Mentone," he wrote. Operations at First Baptist are expected to be the largest ever in the coming year, he said. An operations director was hired through the Bank of America grant and has connected with the University of Redlands, the University of California, Riverside, and Cal State San Bernardino. "These relationships are yielding significant tutors, which allow us to admit more students," Goddard wrote. "What this means is that our year-to-date attendance in Redlands has been a whopping 75 percent higher than average for the year. "If we're able to continue that rate, and we believe we will be able to, we will be serving nearly twice as many children in Redlands as we have in past years." The Bank of America grant also bought administrative office space and a revamp of information technology systems, Goddard said. At the open house Friday afternoon, Morris thanked the children present for their patience and "quietude." Mustard Seed Tutorial Center • 51 W. Olive Ave., Redlands • 1671 N. Sierra Way, San Bernardino 909-335-8678 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 |
| Thousands of Knox County students not taking advantage of free tutoring Posted: 18 Sep 2010 03:37 AM PDT By ERICA ESTEP KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Thousands of East Tennessee students have access to free tutoring, but they aren't taking advantage of it. The government provides free money as part of No Child Left Behind. Eligible students must attend a high priority school and receive free or reduced lunch. In Knox County, there are about 9,000 eligible students. Last year, only 735 received the free tutoring services. The unused funds are funneled back into the school system, and sent to Title One schools that decide how to spend the money. Psychologist Dr. Christy Sorrell is trained to offer after school tutoring and mental health evaluations for students in high priority schools that have failed to meet state benchmarks for at least two years in a row. In Knox County, only seven percent of eligible students are getting the help."It just kills me because this is a good service," Sorrell said. "I think parents just need to know about it." Dr. Sorrell is just one of about 30 providers who are trained to teach reading and math in Knox County, but that's not all. "Beyond the tutoring program, we also do small group with anger management, and critical thinking skills," she explained. "Right now, we're really doing a lot of those classes to have students stop and think before acting." Kelly Johnson is the supplemental educational services supervisor for Knox County Schools. She realizes the lack of participation is a problem. "We want parents to take advantage of this because the service is free for them to take advantage of for their students. Even though Knox County is a little bit above the national average, that's still not good enough," Johnson said. A total of $1,318 in federal money is set aside for each eligible student. In Knox County last year, roughly $500,000 was funneled back to the title one schools. "Ultimately it still impacts student instruction because that money is being spent at the school level to benefit all students within the building," Johnson explained. Each vendor provides tutoring in its own way. Some offer one-on-one instruction, small group classes or even online services. "The teachers or tutors create what's called and individual learning plan for the students," Johnson added. "They do pre-test assessments and then write individual goals for what they think they can accomplish with a student." If you have an eligible child in the Knox County School System, you can learn more about the free tutoring program and meet the providers at a meeting on Thursday, September 16. The SES vender fair is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sarah Simpson Professional Development Center on Tipton Avenue, next to Dogwood Elementary School. There are 12 high priority schools in Knox County which offer the supplemental programs:
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