OUR PROGRAM
The New Jersey Tutoring Corps provides high-impact tutoring services to scholars in grades PreK-8 throughout the state. We began offering services in the summer of 2021, by partnering with Boys and Girls Clubs of NJ and the Y Alliance of NJ, offering tutoring services during an eight-week summer program onsite at clubs or at the schools with which they partner for summer programs.
OUR IMPACT
Read the Summer 2023 Impact Report
STAFF TRAINING
Our tutors and field leaders – Site Coordinators and Instructional Coaches – are extensively trained prior to working with scholars. Training typically involves the following components, over a 1-2 week period, with scheduling flexibility.
- Curricular Training in iReady Math and Literacy
- Role Based Training
- Social Justice Skills
- Social and Emotional Learning Skills
- Professionalism
- Asset-Based Mindset
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Operational logistics
- Knowtion- professional learning community
We are growing a pipeline of educators and leaders
Our high-impact tutoring model produces statistically significant results in content knowledge and scholar attitudes towards learning. In addition, it grows the practice of educators – providing teacher leadership experience to those certified educators who choose a leadership role as either a Site Coordinator or Instructional Coach. It also offers clinical experience to those pursuing teacher certification.
PROGRAM EVALUATIONS
In addition to our data exports from curricula used in our program, we conduct surveys of all field staff and scholars in grades 3-5. We shared these data points with an external evaluator in the case of our first summer program, and with an external researcher in subsequent programs. Using our data, and data that they collected about our program, external evaluation reports are produced by our research partners. Those reports are linked under each program cycle description below.
At the end of each program cycle, an independent analysis of program efficacy is conducted by external evaluators or researchers. We collect data from our curricula and conduct surveys with field staff and scholars in grades 3-5. This data, along with additional data collected by external evaluators, is used to produce evaluation reports. Each report for each described program cycle is linked below, providing a comprehensive view of our impact data.