The program coordinator provides enrollment forms for the program as part of the new student packets distributed through the school counselor's office. The program staff integrates educational opportunities that support and enrich classroom-based instruction through tutoring. Classroom teachers refer students for tutoring and teachers give students extra credit for their participation in related activities. Tutors meet regularly with classroom teachers to design tutoring plans for individual students based on student need and local standards in core academic subjects, such as reading, math, and science. Classroom teachers provide tutoring activities that reinforce and enrich classroom activities.
Tutors provide feedback to teachers on their tutoring experiences.
The program staff integrates educational opportunities that support and enrich classroom-based instruction through an extension of classroom instruction. Community volunteers staff the school library for extended hours. An artist sits in on social studies classes and designs related art projects for the after-school program. The program coordinator plans field trips to cultural institutions with curriculum-related exhibitions. A local computer storeowner teaches a class on using the Internet for research for eighth graders writing their first research paper.