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De Pillis, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1982
Describes how a senior citizen volunteer tutor program at Emerson Elementary School in Riverside (California) achieved success through careful preparation, staff and student cooperation, extra effort to find interested senior citizens, and continual expression of appreciation to volunteers. Presents 17 hints on starting a grandpeople project. (RW)
Descriptors: Affection, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Development
Dale, Mary E. – Exceptional Parent, 1979
The article describes a program implemented in an elementary school in which normal children tutored their disabled peers. Among suggestions given for developing peer tutoring programs are the careful selection of participants, administration of pre-post achievement tests, and development of individualized objectives and activities. (SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions
Hall, Lee E. – 1980
To provide assistance to South Carolina schools in developing volunteer tutorial programs, the Competency Testing Project at Winthrop College created this manual on program development. This manual is designed to be duplicated and disseminated to coordinators and tutors; and although designed for an elementary school program, it can be used as a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Program Development, Remedial Programs
Download full textOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Right to Read Program. – 1974
The intent of this handbook is to provide guidelines for tutor-trainers, reading directors, and the community coordinators who need help in organizing programs for training reading tutors. The handbook is divided into three parts. "Reading Directors' Organizational Guidelines" is intended to give direction necessary to form the support…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Lovelace, Terry – 1980
Potential sources of volunteers over the age of 65 for tutoring in remedial or compensatory reading programs include retired teacher associations, local councils on aging, and local chapters of the American Association for Retired People. Personal contact is generally responsible for volunteers' participation in a tutorial program. When addressing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Older Adults, Participation, Program Development
Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Right to Read Program. – 1974
Designed for use by teachers participating in the Right-to-Read volunteer tutor-training program and by those who wish to develop and conduct such a program, this handbook is intended to provide a starting point for teachers and trainers of teachers to aid them in developing their own tutoring programs. The handbook provides information on the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Program Development
Peer reviewedJackson, Vivian Copeland; Riessman, Frank – Theory Into Practice, 1977
The author describes an elementary school "each one teach one" tutoring program in Harlem, New York. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of establishing acceptance and credibility before full program implementation can be successful. (MJB)
Descriptors: Credibility, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Inner City
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Highway One, 1984
Offers advice and guidance to those wishing to develop a volunteer tutoring program that costs little and helps many children in need of tutorial assistance in reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Development, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reviews ERIC materials dealing with effective tutoring programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Banta, Trudy W.; Lawson, Sandra S. – 1980
In September 1978, the Lenoir City (Tennessee) school system initiated in two elementary schools a volunteer tutoring program called the Retirement Power in Education Project (RPIE). Fourteen volunteers, including twelve retirees, were trained to use Laubach reading materials in tutoring fourth and seventh graders. In evaluating the project one…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Development
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1975
The Senior Aide Volunteer Educator (SAVE) project in Tigard School District 23J, Tigard, Oregon, was initiated in 1971 under ESEA Title III funding to provide additional instruction to selected students from the first six grades in the areas of reading, mathematics, and elementary science. Examples from this project are often cited, but this…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Content
Peer reviewedRaim, Joan – Reading Teacher, 1973
Stresses the importance of developing the tutoring programs in remedial reading and suggests a program of inservice education for reading tutors. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedFulton, Louise; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1994
The Peer Education Program (PEP) of Hillside University Demonstration School in California gives typical intermediate-level students and students with intensive needs mutually beneficial experiences as they learn, work, and play together. PEP leaders work with younger students on reading, math, art, physical education, and computer skills. The…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship
Crow, Ann H.; Miller, David P. – 1979
The manual describes the Maximize Talent program, a low budget offering for elementary gifted students. The program is said to rely on community tutors to provide creativity and problem solving experiences. Sections focus on the background (issues and problems in gifted education); program development (including sample budgets and job…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Creativity, Elementary Education, Gifted
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