Teach Tutors™
Quality Training is Essential to Success
Tutors and classroom instructional aides/paraprofessionals provide critical learning support to students and assist teachers in delivering quality instruction. They are valued members of the educational team; yet often, they are expected to perform their duties with very little training. The research, however, has clearly identified that explicit training is essential in order for tutors and classroom aides to serve students effectively.
Building Student Success: A Training Workbook for Tutors and Instructional Aides is a 48-page, research-based workbook designed to teach individuals to serve as effective peer tutors and classroom aides. The topics contained in this curriculum have been carefully selected to address the key elements identified by research as being critical to quality tutor and paraprofessional instruction. These essential topics include utilizing effective strategies to deliver direct instruction, providing positive reinforcement and appropriate feedback, developing supportive relationships with students and maintaining professionalism.
This workbook is practical, easy to use and delivers information in a user-friendly manner. It can be used by educators as a training tool and curriculum for preparing individuals to serve as peer tutors, cross-age tutors, and instructional aides or it can be used by individuals who wish to serve as tutors or instructional aides as a self-study course.
Building Student Success: A Training Workbook for Tutors and Instructional Aides is a 48-page, research-based workbook designed to teach individuals to serve as effective peer tutors and classroom aides. The topics contained in this curriculum have been carefully selected to address the key elements identified by research as being critical to quality tutor and paraprofessional instruction. These essential topics include utilizing effective strategies to deliver direct instruction, providing positive reinforcement and appropriate feedback, developing supportive relationships with students and maintaining professionalism.
This workbook is practical, easy to use and delivers information in a user-friendly manner. It can be used by educators as a training tool and curriculum for preparing individuals to serve as peer tutors, cross-age tutors, and instructional aides or it can be used by individuals who wish to serve as tutors or instructional aides as a self-study course.
Using the workbook, tutors and instructional aides will learn to:
- Create and maintain positive rapport based upon respect
- Improve reading, writing and math skills
- Work effectively with students of varying abilities
- Keep students focused and attentive
- Ask questions that stimulate creative thinking, problem-solving and deeper learning
- Motivate, encourage and support students
- Provide students with clear and appropriate feedback
- Incorporate direct teaching of study skills into sessions
- Interact in a positive manner with students from diverse backgrounds including those who are second language learners and those with disabilities or special needs
- Foster a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students
- Maintain appropriate boundaries and confidentiality
- Adhere to a tutor/instructional aide code of ethics
Study questions are provided at the end of each section to review content and encourage reflection. The peer tutoring and instructional aide training workbook also contains an assessment or skills inventory tool, goal development sheet and suggested group activities to assist peer tutors and school paraprofessionals in improving their skills. This material is appropriate for secondary students and adults including middle school, high school, and college students as well as instructional aides and paraprofessionals. Also included with the purchase of the digital workbook is an 18-page supplemental Users Guide designed especially for teachers and program facilitators containing helpful tips, notes and suggested lesson plans that correspond to the material in the workbook.
Look Inside the Workbook
Look Inside the Workbook
The topics included in the peer tutoring, cross-age tutoring and classroom aide training workbook can be viewed in the Table of Contents shown below. I have also included the handout “Dos and Don’ts for Peer Tutors & Instructional Aides” and the “Tutor & Aide Code of Ethics and Commitment Form”. Both are contained in the workbook and will give you an idea of its contents.
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Table of
Contents
Contents
Tutor & Aide Code of Ethics
and Commitment Form
and Commitment Form
Do's & Don'ts for
Peer Tutors & Aides
Peer Tutors & Aides
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$65 for single site use such as a High School or Middle School
$179 for use at a College, University, organization or at multiple locations
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This workbook is provided to you digitally as it is quick and cost effective. Receive the workbook by email within 24 hours of completing your purchase. Included with all digital workbook purchases is a supplemental, 18-page Teacher's Guide containing training tips, notes, strategies and suggestions for using the curriculum with your tutors and instructional aides. An answer key for the study questions as well as activities and lesson plans to use during group training sessions is included.
This workbook is provided to you digitally as it is quick and cost effective. Receive the workbook by email within 24 hours of completing your purchase. Included with all digital workbook purchases is a supplemental, 18-page Teacher's Guide containing training tips, notes, strategies and suggestions for using the curriculum with your tutors and instructional aides. An answer key for the study questions as well as activities and lesson plans to use during group training sessions is included.
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Purchase orders are accepted for orders of the organization/District license of the digital PDF file only. Please email to request P.O. information.
Purchase orders are accepted for orders of the organization/District license of the digital PDF file only. Please email to request P.O. information.
International Website visitors: You may quickly and easily obtain the PDF version of the workbook through Paypal with no shipping fees joining other educators who are already using the material in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa and Australia.
If you have any further questions, please contact me at DanaMonaghanSLP@gmail.com.
If you have any further questions, please contact me at DanaMonaghanSLP@gmail.com.
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Single site use: For $65, you receive authorization to make as many copies as you need for program participants at your specific K-12 school or location for educational purposes. The material can be duplicated and used year after year at a single site. This option is appropriate for a single middle school, high school, or charter school. You will receive the bonus material; however, I am unable to accept POs. Please make your purchase online by clicking the "add to cart" button below.
College, University, school district, organization, or multiple site use: For $179, you receive an organization or district license authorizing you to copy and distribute the material to program participants within your organization or at all of your locations for one, affordable price. This option is appropriate for a school district, college, or university. Although purchasing on the website using Paypal is preferred as it is the fastest and most convenient option, I am able to accept POs for PDF orders for college, agency/organization or multiple site use. The 18-page bonus material is included.
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