Describes the inservice teacher training program developed by the Lennox School District for first- and second-year teachers and experienced teachers new to the district. It combines training workshops with a continuing teacher/coach relationship emphasizing positive reinforcement. (MD)

This article pinpoints eight specific areas where tutors of adult beginning readers need support. It describes the background related to each need or concern, clarifies these needs and concerns, and identifies related potential solutions. The eight areas include tutor isolation, leadership, matching tutor and learner, social network, and lack of…

Reports on a study of writing apprehension in writing center tutors, results of which indicated a strong correspondence between various dimensions of writing apprehension and specific teaching behaviors that do not aid the student in problem detection or writing improvement. (HTH)

Discusses the role and activities of student tutors in an undergraduate organic chemistry course. Points out that such tutors must be used as a complement to the classroom lecturer, not as a substitute. (JN)

Outlines four elements of reading theory every volunteer tutor in an adult program should know, including the importance of material selection and of understanding the processes good readers use to gain meaning. (HOD)

Highlights concerns reading professionals might have regarding the use of volunteer tutors to attack the problem of adult illiteracy in a modern industrial nation. (HOD)

A new type of student-teacher supervision, the tutor-supervisor concept, has been initiated at Murdoch University in Australia. (SK)

A school district located in the southern region of the United States is implementing the Reading Recovery (RR) Program in 10 elementary schools. The RR program is an initiative to help elementary schools improve student learning, especially in the area of reading. A broad literature review framed this quantitative investigation. The overall…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess and evaluate the grant selection process for reading excellence program in Ohio. School districts in Ohio were given the opportunity to apply for funding to support district based reading programs through a request for proposal procedures. An effort was made to reliably and equitably score the…

Written for both new and experienced tutors at the Washburn University Writing Center, this handbook describes procedures, presents guidelines, and discusses writing center resources for the student writing consultants. After describing the writing center and its mission, the handbook offers a job description for writing consultants. The handbook…

For a variety of reasons, the writing center conference is a site where difficult interpersonal negotiations must be made. Despite the idealized notion of equality between tutors and students during a session, tutors are in charge, and as such, they must plan and run the session so that it best meets the needs of the student. Tutors must do this…

We have built several multimedia tutors for science and engineering education. This paper discusses Design for Manufacturing tutors and an electronic homework systems used by over 2000 students daily. The engineering tutors instruct students on efficient procedures for designing parts for manufacture. The goal is to support a deeper understanding…

Volunteers can be an invaluable resource for teachers who are willing to take the time and energy necessary to train them. Guidelines for using volunteers as research aides, sources of special talent or experiences, links to the community, managers of classroom centers, and tutors are offered. (PP)

Discusses current research on behavior in organizations as it relates to building group cohesiveness in a writing lab staff and describes the operation of the writing lab at the University of Central Arkansas. (AEA)

Describes three tutoring centers--two in churches, one in an office building--where adults from the community provide voluntary after-school help to children from Chicago's disadvantaged Cabrini Green housing project. (SJL)