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Differentiation is a powerful strategy for helping all students make progress. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is where tutors want their students to be, balancing that fine line between challenging and not to the point of frustrating. In this module, tutors learn how to use these two strategies to help all students maximize their learning in tutorials. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

 

This video addresses how the MNPS tutoring sessions build a foundation of early literacy. The videos build an understanding for tutors of the Tennessee Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement's “sounds first” approach that tutors will use, where tutors can access materials, and how they can plan for sessions. Starting at 29:30, it goes more into the materials they will use. This is an example of orienting tutors to the expected structure of tutoring sessions and walking them through the various materials tutors should use for planning and implementing tutoring.

Early Literacy: Print Awareness, Phonological Awareness, and Alphabet Knowledge is a 2.5-hour online course for educators working with K-2 students. This course trains educators on print, phonological, and alphabet awareness skills to apply these skills to their teaching practice. This session requires users to create a free account to access the training module.

The Early Reading Accelerators training explains securing foundational skills and building knowledge and vocabulary. By watching foundational skills and building knowledge in action, observers have a better understanding of how to implement these practices strategically.

This module builds tutors' understanding of how people learn and remember information; the importance of effortful thinking, and distinguishing between elaborative and non-elaborative questions in HQIM. Tutors practice anticipating student misconceptions and responding to student thinking with prompts that support learners in thinking effortfully. This training is part of the more extensive training: HQIM Tutoring Modules Overview. Specific content on this topic is on pages 7 and 8.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining and applying effective strategies to engage families and caregivers and ensure two-way communication to support a child. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining when students understand a topic in Math conceptually and how to ensure students conceptually understand the material by assessing students' reasoning and explaining why Math shortcuts work. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training builds tutors' understanding of the importance of establishing norms and builds skill in how to create norms for a successful tutoring session. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This module builds tutors' understanding of the underlying skills necessary for executive functioning (EF). The content includes a reflection rubric, a video on the foundations of EF, check-for-understanding questions for tutors, and scenarios to apply their learning.

This session builds an understanding for tutors of the elements of explicit instruction and how to give effective feedback to students

This training builds tutors' understanding of implicit or conscious bias. Tutors apply strategies to mitigate the impact of their own implicit bias. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This video looks into what reading fluently means in kindergarten. Fluent kindergarten readers can accurately read simple words and follow the punctuation marks like comma and period.

This training builds tutors' knowledge and understanding of how younger students learn to read. The content includes Scarborough's Reading Rope and three code complexities.

This training is designed for Teachers and Families of Preschool and Pre-K children. Cox Campus’ Foundations of Learning to Read is a 5-hour online course that teaches educators to formulate a three-part teaching strategy for teaching children specific skills; builds understanding of the components of phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and concepts of prints; and build judgment about how to teach those concepts at different development stages. This session requires users to create a free account to access the training module.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining ways to generate trust with students and use strategies to foster trust, laying the groundwork for building student relationships. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

Provides an introduction to the MNPS tutoring model, types of tutoring, and what a tutor can expect when matched to a school for tutoring as well as the training and support opportunities; tutor expectations, the role of support from the program (tutor leads); and overview of the session flow (from 18:00-19:00). Goes over important info on tutoring (tutor talk time); resources for tutors; FAQs. This is a helpful example of setting expectations and ensuring tutors understand their role and how they will be supported.

This training builds tutors' understanding of knowing students and gives tutors the opportunity to apply strategies to get to know students. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training session builds tutors' skills in determining features of effective praise and describing how to motivate students by offering praise. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This module addresses how to cultivate a growth mindset in students and tutors and why that is critical to tapping into each person’s capacity to learn. Tutors examine the hallmarks of a fixed mindset versus those of a growth mindset. Moreover, they learn to identify the actions, beliefs, and assumptions that might hold their students back - and even hold themselves back. Lastly, tutors will learn to recognize when a fixed mindset appears when responding to feedback. Note: To access the training you will need to log into the Saga TrainingSite (you can make a free profile). Saga's modules are sequential so you will not be able to access this specific training until you have gone through the prior modules. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

 

This session builds tutors' ability to identify when students are experiencing inequity and provide strategies to help students advocate for themselves. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.