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Community Tutoring Program
The MountainServe Community Tutoring Program (MCTP) was created during the spring of 2004 to bring tutoring and mentoring services to Clinton County’s young people. As originally envisioned, the program was to serve primarily school aged youth in Lock Haven and the surrounding areas. Since that time agreements with additional community partners has lead to adult tutoring and working with toddlers and preschoolers as well.
In order to most effectively meet the needs of Clinton County, the program is designed to facilitate both tutoring and mentoring services to varying degrees. MCTP is first a tutoring program that is intended to assist young people and adults with academic learning. However, many of Clinton County’s young people are in dire need of positive role models, and we believe that mature college students with the proper training and professionalism can serve that purpose.
The sheer number of age groups served, the variety of tutoring sites as well as the dual tutor/mentor role of many tutors creates some difficulty in providing effective tutor training. We believe that in order to effectively meet the demands of tutoring such a vast range of individuals that we should strive to instill in our tutors a sense of the importance of being reliable, flexible, professional, and well prepared. We want our tutors to exude confidence and poise. We believe that tutors can only serve as positive role models and be effective aids to learning if they receive an abundance of training and understand their roles.
In order to fulfill these objectives, we require that all tutors receive an hour of training prior to entering a tutoring site. During that time, a lot of ground is covered, and it is essential that the facilitator of training be prepared, organized, and energetic enough to maintain the tutors’ attention. It is also important to make sure that all facets of the training are covered in detail so that the tutors may enter their sites confident and ready for their new positions. Best of luck!
If you are interested in applying for a tutoring position please fill in the attachment at the bottom of this page and bring it into the MountainServe office located in Raub 103. If have any questions please do not hesitate to post a comment at the bottom of this page, be sure to add your name, email and a brief message as to your interest.
Melissa Novak
Tutor Coordinator, MountainServe
mnovak1@lhup.edu
For more information please post your interests or questions in the threaded link below or email Melissa Novak at mnovak1@lhup.edu.
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| mkolb922 | Questions about tutoring | 2 | Feb 16 2008, 4:26 PM EST by Peacefulteri | |
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I am interested in volunteering for this program. I was wondering what time the tutoring is and how many hours a week are needed to be a tutor? I need to complete 25 hours for one of my classes this semester and was wondering if I could complete them by being a tutor. If someone could please let me know I would appreciate it. Thank you. |
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