Tutors follow a sequence of core activities planned by the reading coordinators in a four-part lesson plan. Describe the tutor training model. Once they begin to tutor children, each lesson they deliver is monitored and supervised. The tutors received 9 hours of intensive training prior to tutoring children. This training included modeled portions of the lesson plan, role-playing of each component, and quizzes on presented information.
Tutors receive formal and informal in-service training throughout the year.
UVA provided the tutor training and design of the tutor training. The TTC, a Ph.D. trained at UVA, is responsible for the implementation. The TTC is on-site and monitors each tutoring lesson. She provides feedback to each tutor, and is an active participant in the tutoring session. Monitoring each lesson provides the TTC an opportunity to determine a tutor's in-service training needs.