Reading for Meaning: Good Practice in Volunteer Tutoring
The latest in the series of LEARNS Tutor Training Videos, this 22-minute video is designed to help train volunteers working with children who struggle to read fluently. The video introduces you to Emily, a second-grader, whose lack of fluency interferes with her reading comprehension, and includes a discussion guide with suggestions and tips for using the video to train tutors. The guide elaborates on the issues Emily has with fluency and comprehension and the multiple ways the tutor works to help her overcome these challenges.
Reading for Meaning is available free of charge to programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service. To order your free copy, e-mail nsrc-shipping@etr.org.
Built for Success: Good Practice in Volunteer Tutor Programs
This 30-minute documentary features four tutoring projects that include community and national service volunteers from National Senior Service Corps, AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps*VISTA and Learn and Serve America. Video portraits highlight characteristics of program success, identified through existing research and supported by professional wisdom from practitioners.
Projects funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service can order a free copy of Built for Success from the National Service Resource Center, at: nsrc-shipping@etr.org.
Download the Viewer's Guide and Worksheets here. (pdf format)
Training Videos
The LEARNS partners at Bank Street College of Education offer a series of videos and companion guides designed to enhance training for national service tutors. The following videos are available to preview:
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Note: To watch the videos you need to have Quicktime installed in your computer. You can download Quicktime for free at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/. The download and installation is very simple and will take only few minutes. |
If you are a national service program staff member, you can order the complete video(s) by e-mailing nsrc-shipping@etr.org or by calling 1-800-860-2684 ext. 142. |
