Time for tutoring and mentoring
School schedules can include tutoring, peer tutoring, and mentoring opportunities during the school day, before, or after school.
In the Spotlight
John Glenn Middle School of International Studies, Desert Sands Unified School District, a 2004 Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage model school
The ASAP (All Student Academic Prep) program provides students with guided study and tutoring time daily (except Tuesday) from 11:30 to 12:45 p.m.
Richard Henry Dana Middle School, Wiseburn Elementary School District, a 2006 Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage model school
Dana students receive mentoring during their lunch break. Local mathematicians, engineers, and scientists employed by various businesses within the attendance area meet with students. .
The related section in Recommendation 2—Instruction, Assessment, and Intervention discusses how before- or after-school tutoring or mentoring centers provide skilled teachers to help students learn skills and concepts they have not mastered, work on missed assignments, do homework, or analyze test problems they did not understand.
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