This training develops an understanding of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM), the importance of HQIM and equity, and how to make decisions about instructional delivery based on HQIM. Each module delineates key concepts, instructional tasks, and materials.
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Tutors build their understanding of the history and context of DC public education. This training addresses the history of segregation in DC and how segregation impacts students today. This content is covered as part of a larger training on Learning about CityTutor DC and the Contexts of Students in DC. Specific content on the topic is from slides 9 - 16. This is an example of training that builds historical context to the communities where they are tutoring.
This training introduces tutors to resources to help with lesson planning. The session guides tutors through how to lesson plan, including setting an objective, developing an assessment, creating a warm-up, instruction, and planning practice tasks. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.
This training builds tutor knowledge in high-impact tutoring and potential benefits for students based on research. It includes critical design features of high-impact tutoring. This content is covered in one part of the more extensive training entitled 'Getting Started' Training Module 1. Specific content on the topic is from 1:52 to 5:11. This is a helpful example of providing a rationale for tutors for the tutoring design by sharing the research on high-impact tutoring and how it informs how tutoring is structured.
This is a course for educators to learn about mindfulness to support their well-being. Educators identify factors that affect your personal and professional well-being. While not explicitly designed for tutors, this course is an example of introducing tutors to socio-emotional skills and habits that can be supportive to their overall well-being.
The training is designed for a variety of educator roles. It builds an understanding for tutors about forced migration, toxic stress, and the experience of school and life in a new country. Educators learn about resources available within schools and communities to support students affected by toxic stress.
Learning for Justice’s Culture in the Classroom professional development includes brief videos, reflection questions, and related resources. The resources include how teachers overcome stereotypical notions about students’ cultures, select diverse texts and authors, and honor home languages. These resources are geared toward classroom teachers but are relevant to tutors.
This session builds tutors' understanding of the history and context of DC public education. It introduces the background and type of students they serve, provides a case study on high-impact tutoring practices, self-reflection questions, and examples of affirmation for different age groups. This training is geared toward tutors in the DC area and is a helpful example of building an understanding for tutors of the educational context of where they are tutoring.
This module prepares tutors to define lesson internalization and describe why internalization is essential to supporting student learning. The module requires tutors to practice key steps of the lesson and unit internalization process. This training is part of the more extensive training: HQIM Tutoring Modules Overview. Specific content on topic is on pages 5 and 6.
This module trains tutors on how to maintain high expectations and highlights some common challenges that tutors might face in their tutorials. The module introduces four leadership styles that tutors can adopt and helps them identify when they are in each role. Finally, the module challenges tutors to find the balance of high challenge and high support, which is just what students need to grow and succeed. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.