A website which will list ttrainings, programs, and resources available to tutors and tutor coordinators throughout the City of Seattle. A data base to disseminate literacy information and training schedules to all tutor coordinators and ultimately tutors, throughout the greater Seattle area. This project will serve an estimated 1,600 students from diverse Seattle neighborhoods-focusing on thirteen schools targeted for their need for academic assistance. Seventy-one percent of students in these schools are eligible for free and reduced lunches. The majority of students in these schools are young people of color.
Extensive data is available on students' academic needs throughout the district.
The State of Washington has set Essential Learning objectives for each grade level, against which a student's performance can be measured and recommendations made for academic assistance in specific areas of need. Each AmeriCorps tutor is expected to provide at least 30 hours of tutoring per week, as well as helping to recruit and train additional community volunteers. While several tutor training models are already in place, the purpose of this project will be to take best ideas, practices, and resources from each and develop these into an optimal training program and resource manual. While the final tutoring model will be established through a collaborative process of all participating tutor training programs, the current plan is to develop a model as follows below. Best Tutoring Practices, Impact of Culture on Learning Styles, etc.