By Janet Menosky Smith
Anna: A Student's Story
Welcome to the space where I hope to share with you helpful tips and tools to help you start teaching online or to make your online tutoring experience more effective and engaging!
I'm excited to share with you a little glimpse into The Reading Outreach Tutoring Program - a volunteer-led tutoring intervention that is supported by The Online Tutor Toolkit. Here is one student's story...meet Anna...
Anna joined our Reading Outreach tutoring program in October of 2021, when she was starting second grade.
Her First Day of School picture from that year shows her clutching her mask with a hopeful smile, after 2 years of disrupted and at-home school during the COVID epidemic.
When we first assessed Anna, she was reading at the mid-first grade level, perhaps thanks to her less-than-ideal academic start.
Anna's mom Alaina* brought her faithfully to the after-school reading program twice a week, for two program semesters: from October through December, and January through April of that school year.
She worked 1-on-1 with a trained volunteer tutor, using a structured reading intervention. She was also receiving consistent reading instruction five days a week at her school for the first time.
When we checked Anna's progress again in March, she had gained over 1.5 years of progress and was reading at the independent level for her grade!
Thanks to her hard work, and some extra support, she is now in 4th grade and a high honor roll student.
Great job, Anna!!
Janet
Anna: A Student's Story
Welcome to the space where I hope to share with you helpful tips and tools to help you start teaching online or to make your online tutoring experience more effective and engaging!
I'm excited to share with you a little glimpse into The Reading Outreach Tutoring Program - a volunteer-led tutoring intervention that is supported by The Online Tutor Toolkit. Here is one student's story...meet Anna...
Anna joined our Reading Outreach tutoring program in October of 2021, when she was starting second grade.
Her First Day of School picture from that year shows her clutching her mask with a hopeful smile, after 2 years of disrupted and at-home school during the COVID epidemic.
When we first assessed Anna, she was reading at the mid-first grade level, perhaps thanks to her less-than-ideal academic start.
Anna's mom Alaina* brought her faithfully to the after-school reading program twice a week, for two program semesters: from October through December, and January through April of that school year.
She worked 1-on-1 with a trained volunteer tutor, using a structured reading intervention. She was also receiving consistent reading instruction five days a week at her school for the first time.
When we checked Anna's progress again in March, she had gained over 1.5 years of progress and was reading at the independent level for her grade!
Thanks to her hard work, and some extra support, she is now in 4th grade and a high honor roll student.
Great job, Anna!!
Janet
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