TUTORS FOR ALL IS:
WHAT ARE TUTORIALS?
Tutorials are not:
What kind of tutorials has Tutors for All successfully run?
1. Skills tutorials (grades 4-9):
2. MCAS Prep (10th grade)
3. Exam preparation/remediation
Codman Academy Charter Public School
MCAS performance
In 2008-2009 school year, 87% of students scored proficient or advanced on ELA (as compared to 60% reaching this level in previous years), 79% of students scoring proficient or advanced on math (as opposed to 45% in pre-tutorial years).
MCAS Growth
In 2011, Codman Achieved the highest combined MGSP (median student growth percentile) of any district in the state: 82 math, 78 ELA.
City on a Hill Public Charter School
In 2006-2007 school year, 100% of CoaH students passed the exam (first time ever) and 75% of students scored proficient or advanced in ELA and math (45% reaching proficient and advanced in best pre-tutorial year).
MCAS Growth:
In first year of Student Growth Percentiles (2009), CoaH achieved the highest combined MGSP (median student growth percentile) of any district in the state: 94.5 math, 86 ELA.
The MATCH Charter Public School
Summer 2003 Reading Tutorials
Students in program showed average reading gains of .9 grade levels between May and September (students not in program showed a loss of .2 years).
Summer 2004 Reading Tutorials
Students in program showed average reading gains of 1 year between May and September (no comparison group, all students were in program).
Boston District (BPS) School Results
Dever-McCormack School
2011 Cohort math MGSP was 72 (vs. 56 for unserved students)
Maurice Tobin School
2011 Math MGSP was 72 (all students were served).
Young Achievers Pilot School of Math and Science
2011 Math MGSP of students served was 62 (vs 41 for other )
Other Charter Public School Results
Smith Leadership Academy
2009-2010 Cohort math MSGP was 69 (all kids served)
Prospect Hill Academy
2009-2010 Cohort MSG was 78.5 (vs. 64.5 for unserved students)
Conservatory Lab Charter School
2010-2011 math cohort MGSP was 69 (vs. 56 for unserved kids).
Entitlements:
Tutors for All programs are shovel-ready for ARRA - TI and a host of other DESE-administered entitlements:
Competitive Grants:
Tutors for All programs applied for and received over $150,000 in competitive grants in FY08, including:
Executive Director and Founder Mark Destler oversees Tutors for All's programs, staff, and relationships with client schools. In the summer of 2000, he left his job teaching 8th grade English and reading to join the MATCH School as a founding teacher and administrator. Inspired by the power of individualized instruction, he left MATCH in June 2004 to found Tutors for All. As consultant and then as Director of Title One and Tutorial at City on a Hill, he built Tutors for All programs that closed the achievement gap between African-American students at CoaH and Caucasian students state-wide. For this work he was named Boston Partners in Educations Educator of the Year in June 2007.
Director of Programs Courtney McSparron joined Tutors for All in July of 2009 after spending a year as the Corps Administrative Coordinator at MATCH high school, where she scheduled, managed, and evaluated the tutoring corps. Before her time as Administrative Coordinator, Courtney served as a tutor herself in a wide range of math, English, and history courses as a member of the MATCH Corps. She concentrates on preparing the tutorial curriculum to meet the needs of each partner school. The Director prepares the syllabus for each school, and each grade level based on the required set of math and literacy skills improvement needed.
Program Manager Christopher Baginski began his career at Tutors for All in the fall of 2009 as a Program Coordinator. He was promoted to Program Manager in the Spring of 2010 taking over at the Smith Leadership Academy Program. Before working with Tutors for All, Chris attained his Masters of Arts in International Relations from the University of Nottingham and worked as an ESL Teacher in Russia. In 2010-11 Chris handled grant writing and fundraising in conjunction with Executive Director Mark Destler. Together they successfully raised over $90,000 in operational funding through competitive grants and private donations.
Program Manager Aimee Mott joined the team in June of 2011. Aimee received a B.A. in English and a B.S. in English Education at Boston University, and has since spent her professional life serving urban public schools. Aimee began her career as a high school English teacher at Hayward High School in California, where she also coordinated the schools AVID program. She then spent three years at the Pioneer Charter School of Science in Everett, MA, where she worked as an English teacher and served as the head of the English department. She spent her final year at Pioneer Charter School of Science working as the Director of Development and Outreach Coordinator.
Program Manager Kate Gannon began her career at Tutors for All in fall 2010 as a Program Coordinator at Codman Academy. In spring 2010, she joined the team full time as a Program Manager. Kate received a B.S. in Social Work and Public Health from the University of New Hampshire. She has spent the last three years as a community organizer for political campaigns and local non-profits.
Tutor Recruitment Coordinator Howard Fisher graduated from Boston University in 2010 with a B.A. in English and German. His foci in Gender Studies and Queer Theory ignited his passion for social justice, and he had a chance to apply this passion to nonprofit work during his year of AmeriCorps*VISTA service with an organization that built the capacity of media and technology organizations that serve communities in poverty. He continues this work in his second year of VISTA service with Tutors for All.
Assistant to the Director of Programs Annie Cervin is a native of Cape Cod and spent the past four years in Worcester at the College of the Holy Cross. While there, she volunteered in schools as a math tutor. She had an internship with Worcester Education Collaborative her senior year where she advocated for high school students to have better resources for college preparation. Annie is joining Tutors for All through Life Together, a partner project of the Episcopal Service Corps.
Our Mission:
Tutors for All bridges the achievement gap one student at a time. Through the creation of partnerships between colleges, public schools, and community agencies, we offer underserved students the systematic one-on-one instruction they need in order to thrive.
Tutors for All Presents:
Tutoring 101
Tutoring101.ppt
Originally presented at the MCCPSE Learning Forum
