Provide tutors 20 hours of pre-service training plus ongoing weekly coaching and professional development¶

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Description¶

OnYourMark prepares its tutors with "20 hours of training prior to tutoring start" and sustains quality through "ongoing weekly coaching and professional development throughout the school year". This staffing and development model underpins delivery of the foundational literacy curriculum in virtual sessions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• OnYourMark recruits and hires tutors and provides the initial tutoring training and ongoing professional development

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• tutors of K-2 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• tutor content knowledge, relationship building, and effective delivery of the intervention

Related Strategies¶

• Certify tutors before tutoring begins and provide professional development to supervising school staff
• Sustain tutor quality through layered professional development: live and asynchronous learning, observations, coaching, and weekly office hours
• Train tutors in academic strategies through supervised practice with ongoing professional development across the year
• Provide at least 25 hours of targeted volunteer training, with at least half pre-service and the remainder throughout the year
• Select tutoring providers that tailor professional development to tutor experience levels and invest in student-tutor relationship building
• Build local capacity by recruiting and training staff from the schools' rural zones
• Tiered training and ongoing supervision for volunteer tutors and AmeriCorps members
• Select tutors with adequate content expertise and prepare all tutors in cognitive and social congruence, on the job

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• OnYourMark. (2023). OnYourMark program description and evaluation summary. https://www.onyourmark.education