The biggest challenge for the director of the Campus Writing Center at Marietta College is to provide and deliver a "credit-free" tutor-training curriculum that voluntarily draws students out to constructively reflect on and refine their practice. The use of video as a means for tutors to conduct self-reflection, as well as a means for…

Supported by the Corporation for National Service, AmeriCorps' members serve with local and national organizations to meet community needs while earning education awards to help finance college or training. This report is the final product of the "AmeriCorps Tutoring Outcomes Study" of the AmeriCorps State/National Literacy Programs. The…

With a continuing emphasis on improving student reading achievement across the nation, many elementary educators are exploring the idea of initiating a volunteer reading tutoring program. Although individuals associated with tutoring programs may think about implementation issues, often the focus is on program location, the recruitment and…

A study examined how college tutors make sense of tutoring sessions and how their analysis in turn influences their subsequent decisions and actions. Subjects were two tutors who were asked five questions over a period of two sequential tutoring sessions. One tutor realized that her goal was to help students earn better grades, that she managed…

This fastback document examines small education businesses that provide direct and personal instructional service to clients. Although education private-practice enterprises have not received the attention that high-profile companies have commanded, there are thousands of such one- and two-person enterprises. These practices work with and support…

The article discusses the Learning Center and its peer tutorial program at Bainbridge College (Georgia). With diverse roles and obligations overarching students' college experience, fostering leadership and building campus involvement in student organizations is a challenge. Some of the challenges for the Bainbridge Learning Center and its peer…

The tables in this publication summarize learning assistance/tutorial (LAT) programs and services, LAT personnel information, and resources and expenditures for LAT programs in California colleges and universities as of 1997-98. Highlights include: (1) 78 colleges and universities in California indicated that in the year ending June 30, 1998, they…

This article presents summaries of research on 13 core understandings about learning to read, from "Building a Knowledge Base in Reading" (Jane Braunger and Jan Patricia Lewis). In the article, each core understanding is followed by activity ideas and strategies useful for tutors--these activities were created with one-on-one tutoring in…

What are some of the things we can do to create meaningful field experiences prior to student teaching? An attempt to cater to career-changers with day jobs led to the creation of a small tutor seminar group. The students tutored secondary mathematics students, met monthly as a group, and communicated with the instructor weekly through e-mail.…

Responding to the America Reads Challenge and the increasing emphasis on using volunteer tutors to help all children learn to read, the activities and suggestions in this easy-to-use book are from the journal "The Reading Teacher" and are classroom tested. It provides instructional tips for teachers and tutors who are collaboratively…

This report describes the 1999-2000 work of the Omaha Public School Tutoring Program, one recipient of a Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) grant to support the Department of Education's America Reads Challenge Initiative. McREL was charged with issuing and monitoring four subcontracts with tutoring partnerships to provide…

This 12 minute videotape presents the stories of young children and adolescents who have experienced difficulty in learning to read. The three children and the adolescent featured in the video tell in their own words of the pain they felt by not being able to learn to read and the effect on their self esteem. The video consists of these children's…

Success for All is the most extensively researched of all comprehensive reform models for Title I elementary schools. It incorporates scientifically based principles of reading, cooperative learning, professional development, tutoring, and family support. This document lists the particular schools in Florida that made outstanding gains on the…

A 2-year individual instructional program succeeded in giving a 7 1/2-year-old dyslexic boy both good reading skills and a love of reading. (DB)

Co-ordinated teacher in-service is missing in Canada - and so is help for the probationary teacher. Here's how a professional tutor could help. (Editor)