Tools & Tips for Tutors

Tutor Newsletters

2013
November
January
February

2012
January
February
March
April
May

2011
January
March
May
October

2010
January
February
November
December

Tutor Trainings and Workshops

We offer training workshops to returning tutors on the following topics. See the documents below for more information from these trainings to use in your tutoring sessions with your student.

Supporting Your Student with Writing:
             -Elementary students
             -Middle and High School students

writing_in_middle_and_high_school.docx
File Size:	238 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

---

writing_strategies_for_cp.docx
File Size:	20 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

---

tutor_strategies_motivation_and_management.docx
File Size:	18 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

---

Children's Program Tutor Tools & Tips

Tutor training sessions will begin at the end of September.  This year we will have ongoing training opportunities for tutors.  Please email Laura at laura@tetonliteracy.org with any training topics or ideas.

Helpful Websites:

• Read Write Think

• Reading Rockets: ABC's of Teaching Reading - What you should know about print awareness, the sounds of speech, phonemic awareness, phonics, informal assessment, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, writing and text comprehension
• International Reading Association - Provides after-school resources, parent resources and professional development links
• Read Works - Reading comprehension activity ideas
• Don't forget about all the strategies and resources on our America Learns network.  www.americalearns.net/tetonliteracy
  
  

---

Youth Program Tutor Tools & Tips

Helpful websites:

• Ed Helper Graphic Organizers- Excellent handouts to help students organize ideas (notes, lessons, HW assignments, pre-writing essays, etc).
• Khan Academy- Over 2,600 video lessons on common topics in middle and high school classes.  Are you and your student stuck?  Start with the textbook, then try Khan Academy.
• For more helpful websites, please click here

---

Newsletter Sign-Up

Email Marketing You Can Trust