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Viewers observe teaching strategies that effectively support linguistically and culturally diverse children. Helpful for working with emergent readers. Especially relevant to learners of English as a...
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Learn about the process of making mentor-mentee matches and getting them off to a good start. Understand standards for match supervision and monitoring, and hear real life examples of how to...
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There are many ways mentors can interact with youth to encourage and develop the literacy skills crucial for personal and professional success. Join Randi Douglas and Erich Stiefvater of LEARNS for...
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Shows a teacher and third-grade student having a reading comprehension discussion to improve the student's ability to analyze and interpret the characters in a book. Viewers can think about how the...
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Shows the strategies that Lisa, the teacher, uses to help Crystal, a beginning reader, work on developing her reading skills. Viewers can analyze both Crystal's strengths and weaknesses and think...
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Features four tutoring programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Explores five key characteristics of good tutoring programs: community connections, training,...
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Produced for the purpose of training literacy volunteers from local communities, national service, and Federal Work Study programs. Shows a tutoring session and includes examples of various...
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Designed to help train national service members and community volunteers working with children as homework coaches. Provides best practices for program design and implementation by examining an...
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As the school year draws to a close, many national service volunteers are also completing their tutoring and mentoring sessions with students. The end of the year is often a difficult time for...
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This one-hour session is presented by Tina Christensen, program director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (NY), one of the nations leading peer mentoring programs. Tinas peer...
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Review the principles of quality mentoring, including the definition of a mentor, developmental relationships, elements of effective programs, and key resources for program success. Recorded 3/7/08...
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The third of a three-part series, this webinar covers communicating priorities and goals around cultural inclusion to staff and volunteers, and training them to honor and promote a welcoming...
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The second of a three-part series, this webinar provides strategies and tools for mapping the cultures represented in programs and communities. Recorded 9/23/08 by LEARNS, a partnership of Education...
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The first of a three-part series, this webinar discusses the importance of creating culturally welcoming and validating programs. It focuses on envisioning what such programs look like and exploring...
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Understand the guiding principles of volunteer recruitment, learn how to identify a target audience for your recruitment efforts, become familiar with various recruitment strategies, and gain ideas...
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An introduction to and tour of the CNCS/LEARNS Web-Based Tutor Training online course. Designed for new staff members of tutoring, literacy, and homework help programs.
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Learn about resources and services available from LEARNS including print materials, instructional tools, key web resources, and one-on-one assistance. This webinar is designed for new programs or...
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The LEARNS team is pleased to offer this online course for tutoring, mentoring, out-of-school time, and other youth-development programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service....
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This set of three tutorials is designed to introduce national service members and volunteers to effective tutoring strategies. Users interact with virtual tutors and children engaged in a range of...
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It’s never too early to get students thinking about volunteering and service. For many schools, elementary level students begin by participating in age-level appropriate service-learning projects and...
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This effective practice suggests a creative approach for learning the difference between parts of language that is engaging and fun for students. The strategy was contributed by Sarah Bellanger in...
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More and more of the young people programs serve as clients and recruit as volunteers are savvy users of technology. Teens and their younger peers have lived with the Internet most, if not all, of...
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Foster youth may have significant needs and issues that can inhibit the successful development of mentoring relationships. Many have experienced separation and loss in their lives, making it...
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Understand the guiding principles of volunteer recruitment, learn how to identify a target audience for their recruitment efforts, become familiar with various recruitment strategies, and gain ideas...
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For years, the field of youth development has stressed the benefit of cultivating leadership skills in teens — oftentimes among those that are already excelling. However, with appropriate...
