
{"id":87,"date":"2007-04-05T06:26:58","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T14:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/04\/05\/tutoring-101-one-on-one\/"},"modified":"2007-04-05T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T15:57:01","slug":"tutoring-101-one-on-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/04\/05\/tutoring-101-one-on-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutoring 101: one-on-one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/tutor-allison_parker_a.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00c2\u00a0Nicole Atwater, 10 years old, completes a writing assignment with her tutor.\u00c2\u00a0 Photo by Allison Parker<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Allison Parker<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons<\/p>\n<p><em>McDougle program helps UNC students learn as well<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Coplin, a 10-year-old fourth grader at McDougle Elementary School, says he wants to build things just like his father.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My dad wants me to follow his dream,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the building genes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nMatthew looks up to his dad as his role model.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, he busts out in a song about multiplication. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have trouble memorizing my timetables,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he explains. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But I have cool rhymes that I use to make me learn them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He says tutoring allows him to learn from past mistakes. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like to be tutored in writing because the tutors can help you spell words,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They tell you to read words, like, 100 times, so you can memorize them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Why does he like reading? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Reading is cool because you get hooked on the beginning,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If the book is magical or mysterious, you want to read more.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutoring 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After-school programs, student tutoring sessions and parent-volunteer programs are just a few of the tutoring options available throughout the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system to help students like Matthew.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Through the Parent Teacher Association, parents can sign up to be a tutor,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Kathie Guild, McDougle school counselor. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The recruits in the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s district office also advertise in the retirement community and recruit retired teachers to tutor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Students at UNC are also doing their part to educate younger kids. Through an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Education In American Society\u00e2\u20ac\u009d class taught by professor Gerald Unks, college students tutor at the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s elementary schools for an hour twice a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The young kids really like the college students,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Guild says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They work really well with the kids, and some, such as athletes, are recognized by the kids.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Angela Alcala, a junior at UNC from UNC-Charlotte and student in Unks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 class, says she enjoys the one-on-one interaction tutoring allows.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interesting to watch the children develop, especially since I tutor the same child every week,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eye on the prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What times what gives you 64? What two numbers?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d asks fourth-grade teacher Diana Barefoot during her daily math lesson. About 15 hands shoot into the air as each child competes for her attention. Like with Matthew, multiplication seems to be a popular, sometimes troublesome, subject among elementary school students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like math because I like doing multiplication problems,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says 9-year-old Brittney Gardinier. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I grow up I want to be an eye doctor, so I want to do the best that I can in school.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Reading is another one of her favorite activities. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like reading different book series to see which I like the best,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tutoring gives me good reading experience.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>High-stakes testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the new rules of accountability in North Carolina, children that move from other areas sometimes struggle to keep up in the classroom, Guild says. After-school programs provide students with the help they need to stay on track.<\/p>\n<p>Tutoring sessions held after school are taught by teachers. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The program is meant to support kids that have a hard time with the End-of-Grade Test in May,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Guild says.<\/p>\n<p>She says the after-school program focuses on students who are caught in the achievement gap. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153English as a Second Language students and students with learning disabilities have the hardest time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Guild says tutoring helps students grasp the material necessary for them to pass the tests: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kids that move around from school to school and are in transition need continual exposure to the material.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Carrboro Commons is a joint project of Jock Lauterer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Community Journalism class and Andy Bechtel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Advanced Editing class in the UNC School of Journalism.  The Commons is an online publication and is posted biweekly during the fall and spring semesters. Visit carrborocommons.org to see all their stories.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Nicole Atwater, 10 years old, completes a writing assignment with her tutor.\u00c2\u00a0 Photo by Allison Parker By Allison Parker Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons McDougle program helps UNC students learn as well Matthew Coplin, a 10-year-old fourth grader at McDougle Elementary School, says he wants to build things just like his father. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My dad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}