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Tutor Training Manual

This handbook was written for program coordinators and tutors interested in starting or participating in a literacy tutorial program in public schools. Based on interviews with educators, observations of tutorial sessions, and secondary educational research, this manual was designed to guide you through issues you might consider while developing, running, or participating in a literacy tutorial program.

We know from experience that such literacy programs can require much start-up energy, so it is our hope that this handbook will make both tutoring children and administering tutorial programs easier and more enjoyable. The first two parts describe program administration issues for literacy program coordinators and walk you through suggestions for

• working on a mission statement
• contacting a public school partner
• clarifying each participant's role
• training tutors
• maintaining communication with public school teachers and administrators
• evaluating progress towards desired outcomes

The third part offers tutors ideas for one-on-one and small-group literacy instruction by providing you with guidelines for:

• defining the content matter (in this case literacy)
• establishing goals and creating corresponding lesson plans
• building a repertoire of tutoring strategies

Literacy program coordinators and tutors, though, should be aware of each other's issues, and both groups will benefit from reading the entire handbook. Tutors need to know the program's larger mission in order to offer insights on the program's progress and direction and to keep their tutoring practices consistent with program philosophy. Likewise, administration should be aware of tutoring strategies for the sake of evaluation, training, and redesign of the literacy program.

We hope that you'll take the lessons we've learned in order to form and re-form a literacy program that meets your mission and contexts. Best of luck in this worthy project!

Preview Our Manual Online

Want to know more about what's inside our Tutor Training Manual? Coming soon, you will be able to view the entire manual online. Right now, you can click the links below to see selections.

• See the introduction and complete table of contents [PDF]
• See selections from Chapter 3: Ideas for Literacy Tutoring [PDF]

If you are interested in ordering a paper copy of the complete manual, contact us via email: outreachcstw@osu.edu or phone: (614) 292-9246

Other Outreach Resource Groups

The OSU Office of Outreach and Engagement fosters and enables dialogue in the university community related to outreach and engagement, and provides opportunities for members of the university community to strengthen their skills in conducting scholarly outreach and engagement.

The OSU P-12 Database is exclusively designed to connect the P-12 Educators in the community with the Ohio State University through various programs and projects in the State. There are approximately 700 outreach and engagement programs in the P-12 Database that are occurring throughout Ohio.

The Service-Learning Initiative (SLI) leads efforts to integrate service with learning in the eighteen colleges of the university while improving the success of local schools and agencies in meeting the needs of community residents.

Developed collaboratively by The Ohio State University's Service Learning Initiative, Project Community and P-12 Project, the Community Connection's main goal is to assist with the recruitment, training, placement, and support of students as volunteers in the local neighborhood communities.

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