By Tony Sewell | Project leader
The tutoring project continues to do well.
. Tutoring offers a unique and individualized learning experience. Where else can you get that? Yes in the classroom sometimes, but that’s hard with 30 other students wanting and needing attention. Teachers are awesome, but sometimes kids may need a little bit more one-on-one time outside of the classroom, and tutoring is great for that! Tutors can customize the lessons and activities just for the student.
2. Tutoring can help battle the summer slide. Ever heard of the summer slide? It refers to a learning loss over the summer months. Usually kids are not practicing their skills in the summer, leading to sliding back a few months of learning. Tutoring can help students not fall behind and be ready for the next school year. Check out these articles on the summer slide
3. Tutoring provides a space free of distractions. There are no other students around to be a distraction. It’s just a special space for the student and tutor to focus on learning. Some tutors use their home for tutoring, while others may use the library or the student’s home.
4. It provides more time for practice. Some kids just need more practice, as well as guided practice. If they are practicing their skills in the wrong way and getting wrong answers, they may become even more frustrated. Practicing together with a tutor can really be beneficial.
5. Tutoring allows the student to make progress at his/her own pace. Nothing is timed, there are no tests, and nothing is rushed. Students can review skills and learn new ones at a comfortable pace. Students can have just a few sessions, or have more long term tutoring over a year.
6. It provides review of skills that haven’t been mastered yet. Some students may not have mastered certain skills after the allotted time in the classroom. With tutoring, any skill can be reviewed and practiced so that the student doesn’t fall behind.
7. Tutoring can increase good study habits. Study skills don’t always come quickly or naturally; they have to be learned. A tutor can focus time on study skills – how to take notes, how to make flash cards and study them, play review games, highlight important details, etc. More one-on-one time with practicing study skills can be a life-long benefit!
8. Tutoring can improve grades. More focused practice time and review might just be what it takes to make that C to a B or A.
9. Tutoring can improve a student’s attitude about learning or school in general. Some kids may feel overwhelmed, frustrated, angry, or just not motivated with learning. Tutoring can help make learning more fun, and show things in a different way. Consistent one-on-one praise and encouragement can do wonders for a student’s attitude.
10. Tutoring can provide more challenges for gifted students. Most people think of tutoring as only beneficial for students falling behind. Students who are excelling and are getting bored in class because they need more of a challenge will benefit from tutoring also! Tutors can offer customized lessons and practice that really challenge the student.
The project goals are geared to meet all these needs for students at riask
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