Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 1:36 PM -0500 wrote:
>Does your school have a policy about allowing private tutors to work with
>students on campus?
We do allow it - families contract with the tutors, we provide space. Our
reading tutor is an invaluable resource, coordinating effectively with
advisors and classroom teachers to help form a unified and intentional
plan to support her tutees.
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>Are private tutors screened (CORI check or other)?
I imagine so, as we CORI-check host families for vacation periods.
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>Any sense (estimate/guess) of how many students have private tutors?
Just one in our middle school (out of 22 kids). I'm not sure about the
upper school.
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>For what subject/reasons do your students seek private tutors?
Mostly reading - students who have severe needs in terms of decoding,
reading speed, and other basic skills normally acquired in elementary
school. Extra support for international students is probably the number
two reason, math a distant third.
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>Does you school have an academic support center/learning center? If so,
>how many students are seen for tutoring "in house"?
Yes. Two in the middle school; I don't know about the upper school. We
also have a schoolwide peer tutoring system, which four middle school
students are using (ESL kids who need extra support with their science
homework).
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>Does your school have part time/full time tutors on the faculty?
Not per se, though on occasion, especially in math or in ESL, an informal
arrangement will be set up.
>Why might students seek private tutoring as opposed to using their
>school's in house learning center?
Usually if their needs are more than can reasonably be met within our
standard program, e.g. severe reading deficits. Sometimes, tutoring isn't
absolutely necessary but families will insist on it, and when this happens
we will generally make our position clear but ultimately respect their
wishes. Unless a kid is being over-tutored and has no time left for
homework or to "be a kid," we figure, it isn't likely to hurt her.
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
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