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Walker, Barbara J.; Scherry, Ronald; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1999
This book provides guidance and practical information for the organization of a volunteer tutoring program. Three sections take supervisors through each step of the program, including: publicizing, obtaining funding, establishing roles of each team member, training volunteers in effective tutoring, and assessing each student's and tutor's…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Wright, Madeleine E. – 1997
This book is a comprehensive guide to the philosophy, organization, and management of a mentoring program for African American girls. It is based on a program sponsored by the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston (Texas). This program matches between 25 and 50 young women with Christian women mentors. The program emphasizes Christian values,…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Church Programs, Church Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Reglin, Gary – 1998
Research has shown mentoring to be a powerful alternative education and dropout prevention strategy for students at risk. This book is designed to help teachers, school administrators, case managers in the juvenile justice system, and others who work with at-risk students develop mentoring programs. Chapter 1, "Teachers Can Restructure Education…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Interpersonal Relationship
A City Year. On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers.
Goldsmith, Suzanne – 1993
City Year is a community-service program based in Boston (Massachusetts) that has frequently been praised as a model for other service programs. In City Year, young people of all races and from differing backgrounds work together for 9 months on public service programs ranging from physical labor to tutoring. Volunteers receive a small stipend and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Dynamics
Topping, Keith – 1988
A practical guide is presented to peer tutoring for teachers and others with an interest in promoting cooperative learning. It includes a guide to organizing peer tutoring, as well as a review of research on the effects of peer tutoring, and evidence for social and academic gains for the student and the tutor. The perspective is international,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Jason, Leonard A.; Weine, Andrew M.; Johnson, Joseph H.; Warren-Sohlberg, Luann; Filippelli, Laura Ann; Turner, Elizabeth Y.; Lardon, Cecile – 1992
Every year, approximately six million children transfer to new schools, leaving them vulnerable to social, behavioral, and academic problems. This book provides a look at this stressful and frequent life event for children, and offers practical strategies for easing the transition and helping children adjust to new environments. Research has…
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Behavior Problems, Catholic Schools, Coping
