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Field Goals, a manual for tutors

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Field Goals, a manual for tutors

(Field Goals is sold through and endorsed by the National Center for Training and Educational Assistance. The excerpts below are reprinted with permission.)

Summary:

Field Goals is a manual for tutors that provides a collection of goals and objectives that will help tutors establish effective tutoring plans for students.  The manual lists the broad skill areas necessary to master reading and math; long-term goals, and the corresponding short-term objectives that must be fulfilled to accomplish those goals, are included within each broad skill area. The goals and objectives are designed to assist the tutor in determining the specific tasks to be mastered by the tutored student, as well as the best methods to help the student master the tasks.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Using Field Goals, a tutor or program director of a tutoring program will have a practical guide for identifying the reading and math skills a student needs to master, and establishing an individualized plan aimed at helping the student to succeed.




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The Tutor Newsletter

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The Tutor Newsletter

Read a Sample

Visit This Site for More Issues

 

Summary:

 

The Tutor Newsletter is produced by the LEARNS partnership, a collaboration between Northwest Regional Educational Library (NWREL) and the Bank Street College of Education.

 

Scroll down NWREL’s home page to find bi-annual newsletters beginning in 1998 and running through the present.  Many of the newsletters provide practical information geared toward helping tutors to help struggling students more effectively.  The newsletters address a wide range of topics, including:

 

  • “Now I get it!”:  Homework Help Strategies for Volunteers
  • Savvy Traveling:  Volunteers Engaging with School Culture
  • Reading for Meaning:  Tutoring Elementary Students to Enhance Understanding
  • The Power of Story Retelling
  • Room for One More?  Strategies for Small-Group Tutoring
  • Family Literacy:  Tapping into the Power of Family

 

 

Other newsletters are helpful to program directors, including topics such as:

 

  • Real Answers for Established Education Programs
  • Back to School:  Getting New Programs Started and Improving Existing Programs
  • Resources:  Using National, Regional, and Local Resources to Strengthen Your Program
  • Partnerships:  Building Partnerships With Teachers and Parents

 

 

Each newsletter contains not only information about the types of skills struggling students need to develop, but also specific information about how to assist them to develop those skills.  The Tutor provides illustrations regarding how the information contained in it may be effectively applied, often by providing examples of exchanges between fictional tutors and tutees.  Similarly, newsletters addressing program directors provide equally practical information presented in a way that makes its implementation easier.

 

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

 

Tutoring programs encounter many challenges as they work to help children who are struggling in school.  The Tutor Newsletter provides practical advice and information that will enhance a tutoring program’s ability to not only successfully assist these students to improve their academic performance, but to be a blessing in their lives, increasing their sense of self worth and hope for the future.
 

 

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Youth Tutoring: Coopersville Reformed Church

 

YOUTH TUTORING

Coopersville Reformed Church “Kids Hope” (Coopersville, MI)

Who They Serve : At-risk public elementary school students

What They Do : Recruit, train, match and supervise church members to tutor/mentor at-risk kids for one hour per week in the school

Brief Description :

Kids Hope recruits, trains, matches, and supervises church members to mentor at-risk children for one hour each week, working on academic subjects as well as emotional and spiritual issues. Approximately 80% of children in the program have increased their positive behavior, self-regulation, self-control, and academic skills. The program's motto is "One Child – One Hour – One Church – One School ." Using this as a model for the program, church volunteers find a productive way to serve at-risk children, the schools see an improvement in children's behavior and grades, and the children themselves begin to see themselves as worthy of receiving attention and love from a caring adult.

The Coopersville project is part of the national Kids Hope USA model. It has helped churches in 26 states to set up one church-one school partnerships through which over 3800 children are being mentored.

Tip : Check out FASTEN’s Tutoring Toolkit for more program ideas and helpful start-up resources.

 
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Responsibilities of Tutors (Catherine Moore 05-06)

Member Name: Catherine Moore

Service Site: Twelfth Baptist Church

Location: Roxbury, MA

Project Focus:

In this presentation, Catherine Moore briefly goes over the responsibilities of tutors at an after-school program and describes how they fit into the "big picture" of program services.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

 

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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

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Summary:

This site contains a listing of resources, available either on-line or to order, which will help program coordinators start up and successfully run a volunteer tutoring program.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

This comprehensive listing of volunteer tutoring resources is a well-rounded starting tool for nonprofit tutoring program coordinators. A star feature of the site is the on-line LEARNS partnership newsletter, The Tutor, which is issued quarterly. Additional related materials and links are also available.



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Possible Interview Questions for Volunteer Tutors
Potential Training Topics for Volunteer Tutors
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Field Goals, a manual for tutors

      RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Field Goals, a manual for tutors

(Field Goals is sold through and endorsed by the National Center for Training and Educational Assistance. The excerpts below are reprinted with permission.)

Summary:

Field Goals is a manual for tutors that provides a collection of goals and objectives that will help tutors establish effective tutoring plans for students.  The manual lists the broad skill areas necessary to master reading and math; long-term goals, and the corresponding short-term objectives that must be fulfilled to accomplish those goals, are included within each broad skill area. The goals and objectives are designed to assist the tutor in determining the specific tasks to be mastered by the tutored student, as well as the best methods to help the student master the tasks.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Using Field Goals, a tutor or program director of a tutoring program will have a practical guide for identifying the reading and math skills a student needs to master, and establishing an individualized plan aimed at helping the student to succeed.




Related Articles
What Are We Trying to Achieve?: Bloom's Six Levels of Intellectual Skill Building
Possible Interview Questions for Volunteer Tutors
Potential Training Topics for Volunteer Tutors
Relationship Building Tips for Tutors and Tutees
Tutoring Toolkit: Tools to Strengthen Your Tutoring Program

News
Conference Calendar
Forum
Find Others
Ask a Specialist


 

Read more

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

 

      RELATED LINK - DETAIL  

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Visit this site

Summary:

This site contains a listing of resources, available either on-line or to order, which will help program coordinators start up and successfully run a volunteer tutoring program.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

This comprehensive listing of volunteer tutoring resources is a well-rounded starting tool for nonprofit tutoring program coordinators. A star feature of the site is the on-line LEARNS partnership newsletter, The Tutor, which is issued quarterly. Additional related materials and links are also available.



Related Articles
Possible Interview Questions for Volunteer Tutors
Potential Training Topics for Volunteer Tutors
Teen Vocational Development Toolkit
Related Books
Job Shadow Guide: For Staff

News
Conference Calendar
Forum
Find Others
Ask a Specialist
Read more

The Tutor Newsletter

RECOMMENDED BOOKS  

The Tutor Newsletter

Read a Sample

Visit This Site for More Issues

 

Summary:

 

The Tutor Newsletter is produced by the LEARNS partnership, a collaboration between Northwest Regional Educational Library (NWREL) and the Bank Street College of Education.

 

Scroll down NWREL’s home page to find bi-annual newsletters beginning in 1998 and running through the present.  Many of the newsletters provide practical information geared toward helping tutors to help struggling students more effectively.  The newsletters address a wide range of topics, including:

 

  • “Now I get it!”:  Homework Help Strategies for Volunteers
  • Savvy Traveling:  Volunteers Engaging with School Culture
  • Reading for Meaning:  Tutoring Elementary Students to Enhance Understanding
  • The Power of Story Retelling
  • Room for One More?  Strategies for Small-Group Tutoring
  • Family Literacy:  Tapping into the Power of Family

 

 

Other newsletters are helpful to program directors, including topics such as:

 

  • Real Answers for Established Education Programs
  • Back to School:  Getting New Programs Started and Improving Existing Programs
  • Resources:  Using National, Regional, and Local Resources to Strengthen Your Program
  • Partnerships:  Building Partnerships With Teachers and Parents

 

 

Each newsletter contains not only information about the types of skills struggling students need to develop, but also specific information about how to assist them to develop those skills.  The Tutor provides illustrations regarding how the information contained in it may be effectively applied, often by providing examples of exchanges between fictional tutors and tutees.  Similarly, newsletters addressing program directors provide equally practical information presented in a way that makes its implementation easier.

 

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

 

Tutoring programs encounter many challenges as they work to help children who are struggling in school.  The Tutor Newsletter provides practical advice and information that will enhance a tutoring program’s ability to not only successfully assist these students to improve their academic performance, but to be a blessing in their lives, increasing their sense of self worth and hope for the future.
 

 

News
Conference Calendar
Forum
Find Others
Ask a Specialist
Read more

Youth Tutoring: Coopersville Reformed Church

 

YOUTH TUTORING

Coopersville Reformed Church “Kids Hope” (Coopersville, MI)

Who They Serve : At-risk public elementary school students

What They Do : Recruit, train, match and supervise church members to tutor/mentor at-risk kids for one hour per week in the school

Brief Description :

Kids Hope recruits, trains, matches, and supervises church members to mentor at-risk children for one hour each week, working on academic subjects as well as emotional and spiritual issues. Approximately 80% of children in the program have increased their positive behavior, self-regulation, self-control, and academic skills. The program's motto is "One Child – One Hour – One Church – One School ." Using this as a model for the program, church volunteers find a productive way to serve at-risk children, the schools see an improvement in children's behavior and grades, and the children themselves begin to see themselves as worthy of receiving attention and love from a caring adult.

The Coopersville project is part of the national Kids Hope USA model. It has helped churches in 26 states to set up one church-one school partnerships through which over 3800 children are being mentored.

Tip : Check out FASTEN’s Tutoring Toolkit for more program ideas and helpful start-up resources.

 
About FASTEN
Contact Us
E-Newsletter Sign-Up
Privacy Policy/Disclaimer

 
 
Read more

Responsibilities of Tutors (Catherine Moore 05-06)

Member Name: Catherine Moore

Service Site: Twelfth Baptist Church

Location: Roxbury, MA

Project Focus:

In this presentation, Catherine Moore briefly goes over the responsibilities of tutors at an after-school program and describes how they fit into the "big picture" of program services.

Volunteer Opportunities: tutoring

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