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NW Regional Educational Laboratory | 
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Bank Street College of
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T/TA
Focus: Educational Success and Mentoring |
The following effective practices have been provided by LEARNS, an important partner in the network of training and technical assistance providers maintained by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Anticipating outcomes when designing a tutoring program
Building a support system for tutors
Building partnerships to form strong literacy projects
Connecting incarcerated parents and their children through inmates' recorded readings of books
Designing programs to increase tutoring effectiveness
Developing curricula and tutoring strategies to meet grant guidelines
Expanding youth employment opportunities with an entrepreneurial endeavor
Finding free or inexpensive books
Finding tutor trainers
Getting parents involved with tutoring efforts
Identifying features of high-performing after-school programs
Incorporating ten strategies to achieve a balanced approach to tutoring
Increasing awareness of local RSVP and recruitment of 50+ adult volunteers with RSVP ambassadors
Motivating reluctant adolescent readers
Partnering with county extension agents to train mentors
Planning annual Foster Grandparent in-service training
Preventing common adolescent at-risk behaviors with early intervention
Providing ongoing tutor training and support
Putting research about young readers into practice
Recruiting diverse seniors as tutors
Selecting appropriate books to read with children
Setting standards for tutors in literacy programs
Streamlining program management and reporting with informational packets for site coordinators
Suggesting ideas to families to encourage reading and writing at home
Training literacy tutors
Training parents and volunteers in storytelling
Tutoring English language learners
Using a website to recruit and hire tutors
Using an observation period to train new tutors
Using hands-on project-based learning to build intergenerational relationships
Using high school students as tutors in a service-learning project
Using teams of senior volunteers for literacy tutoring
Using the school calendar to connect tutors and parents
Additional effective practices related to educational success and mentoring...
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