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07/24/2021. Tool
Overview: Where should you start?
Filling out the Pre-Assessment Checklist below can help you identify what content in this Playbook will be most helpful based on where you are in the process of establishing a tutoring program. If planning hasn’t started, this Pre-Assessment can help build consensus about the steps needed to plan a High-Impact Tutoring program and ensure that your district’s stakeholders are willing and able to implement it successfully.
07/24/2021. Tool
How does this playbook work?
Who is the intended audience for the Playbook?
This Playbook is designed for school district staff interested in implementing High-Impact Tutoring in their districts. While district staff members are the primary audience, state educational officials and school administrators will also be able to leverage many of the resources in the Playbook.
How was the Playbook designed?
07/24/2021. Tool
What is High-Impact Tutoring?
This Playbook describes how to implement a High-Impact Tutoring program in your district or school and why it is worthwhile to do so. First, though, it is important to define what High-Impact Tutoring is and how it differs from other less effective types of tutoring.
07/22/2021. Tool
Research shows that High-Impact Tutoring is unusually effective for accelerating student learning. In fact it is more effective than other interventions that have been tested and is effective across grade and content levels.
06/30/2021. Organization
TutorMe provides 24/7 high-impact online tutoring to students ranging from kindergarten through graduate school. We work with thousands of schools, districts, higher ed institutions, and other partners to empower students with online tutoring. In seconds, we connect students with tutors who are highly qualified to provide one-on-one support in 300+ subjects.
05/28/2021. Organization
Frequency: TbT tutoring programs will meet for 2-4 60-minute sessions per week.
Group Size: Consistent, leveled small groups are limited to 5 students with similar academic needs.
Personnel: Small groups are led by the same Teacher Tutor for the duration of the program, allowing for relationship building and responsive instruction. All Teacher Tutors are credentialed or experienced, professional educators with extensive classroom teaching experience, related degrees, and training in culturally responsive instruction.
05/05/2021. Article
Saga Education, the national nonprofit behind one of the most studied personalized tutoring programs in the country, today announced the launch of Saga Coach, a free, self-paced online training portal that covers the essential components of effective tutoring. The training is based on Saga's experience as a proven implementer of high-dosage, high-impact tutoring programs serving thousands of students in major U.S. school districts like Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C. and Broward County, Fla.
04/30/2021. Tool
Cohesion
Tutoring Program Model Dimensions Planning Tool
Developing a Value Proposition
Logic Model Guidance and Template
Webinar: Safety, Expectations, Accessibility, and Evaluation
04/30/2021. Tool
Safety
Data Use: Student Data Privacy Guidance
Tutors: Pre-Service Background Check Guidances
Tutors: Setting Expectations with Tutors
Instruction: Choosing and Using Virtual
04/30/2021. Tool
Equity
Webinar: Cultural Awareness
Conducting a Community Landscape Analysis
Tutor Job Description Guidance
Tutor Recruitment Strategy
Tutor Selection Strategy
04/30/2021. Tool
Learning Integration
Tutor-Family Communication: Crafting an Introductory Statement for Families
Parent Permission Slip for In-School Tutoring: English and Spanish
04/26/2021. Organization
Connect Me provides free online tutoring and mentoring services to students who fit at least one of these criteria:
1) They are in a low income family (less than $60,000 yearly household income)
2) At least one parent/guardian of the student is an essential worker (as defined by the NCSL)
3) The student is in virtual/hybrid school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students meet with their tutor at least once per week on a secured and monitored Zoom link, and have access to additional resources such as office hours.
04/26/2021. Organization
eTutorWorld offers one-to-one, and small group, online tutoring in math, science, English, and test prep for students in grades K-12. Tutors are carefully selected subject matter experts with college degree, often Masters, teaching experience, and go through extensive tutor training with ongoing coaching. Students are thoughtfully matched with a dedicated tutor for optimal personalized learning experience and mentoring relationship. Customized curriculum based on school and state standards, regular diagnostic assessments and Learn by Design teaching methodology to track progress.
03/23/2021. Organization
HeyTutor's program vets, screens, and trains tutors directly from a district's community to serve students live, and in-person on their campus. Our inclusive Learning Gap Curriculum embraces extensive academic standards to provide students with a solid foundation across subjects. It often involves diagnostic assessments to identify learning gaps, followed by resources and activities aimed at closing those gaps and ensuring that all students can achieve the expected learning outcomes.
03/23/2021. Organization
Students in K-12 are paired with high school students who excel in math and English; they meet on a fixed weekly basis, with students meeting with the same tutor each time, ensuring that the student and tutor are able to build meaningful, high-impact relationships with one another.
03/16/2021. Organization
For 21 years and 20 million tutoring sessions, Tutor.com has been partnering with K–12 schools, higher education institutions, libraries, organizations, associations, and the U.S. military to provide learners from elementary school through college, graduate school, and beyond with highly effective, 1-to-1 academic and professional support. Tutor.com is easy to use (no apps to download) and robust enough to provide sophisticated functionality. Through our partner institutions, tens of millions of learners can readily access:
03/16/2021. Organization
Higher Achievement offers small-group academic mentoring in math and humanities/ELA for middle grade students. It has been the subject of two randomized controlled trial studies by MDRC, both of which demonstrated positive academic effects.
03/03/2021. Organization
Yup is a math teacher multiplier. We provide secure access to expert math tutors 24/7, powering High-Dosage Tutoring in and out of the classroom. Our "Math Learning Support System" gives teachers extra capacity, actionable data, and is like having a teaching assistant in every classroom.
03/03/2021. Organization
Online software that serves as tutor list/marketplace/lesson space for tutors, connects specifically with college students.
03/03/2021. Organization
SuccessMaker is a learning program that functions much like a personal tutor for students. It has a reading and a math component. Your school could be using reading or math or both.
03/03/2021. Organization
Visual math program that builds a deep conceptual understanding of math through rigorous learning and creative problem solving.
03/03/2021. Organization
Small group tutoring program for 1st graders in math, targeted at students at risk of falling behind.
03/03/2021. Organization
Highly trained tutors work with pairs of students in grades 4-8, using evidence-based math interventions created by experts.
03/03/2021. Organization
LEAP engages undergraduates in helping kindergarten through fourth grade students develop the language, literacy, math, and social skills necessary to succeed in school.
03/03/2021. Organization
Huntington Learning provides individualized tutoring from certified teachers to build and enhance the skills needed for school success and help children get the best grades possible on quizzes, tests, and report cards.
03/03/2021. Organization
Series of 30-minute math worksheets that students complete at Kumon centers and at home.