Tutor Training Library

This training builds tutors' understanding of microaggressions. Tutors will be able to determine microaggressions if they were to happen in classrooms and implement equity-centered strategies to help students address microaggressions. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training builds tutors' skills in identifying ways to adjust the difficulty level of a lesson to tailor learning for each student and apply strategies to change the difficulty of a task during instruction. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

Analyzing student work during a tutorial helps tutors determine student understandings or missteps. This module trains tutors to quickly assess their students' work to identify their strengths while continually stretching their students to achieve at the next level. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

Cox Campus’ Assessing Our Students is a 1.5-hour online course that equips educators to define the five components of reading, compose a drill-down method to identify growth areas, and learn to backfill for students who need foundational skill development. This session requires users to create a free account to access the training module.

This training builds tutors' understanding of how to identify unconscious assumptions. In the module, tutors apply strategies to avoid making unconscious assumptions while tutoring. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This is a video developed by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness and used in the training provided by MNPS. The video develops an understanding of blending and explains blending with compound words and how teachers can model blending through hand motions like chopping hand motions. This is an example of developing specific instructional skills that tutors will use with students.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining when students have different cultural backgrounds than their own and provides tutors with strategies to create culturally competent and supportive tutoring experience. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

Cox Campus’ Building World Knowledge is a 3-hour online course that will help learners choose REAL-Time topics, identify the components of informational texts, and choose appropriate informational texts to use with their children. This session requires users to create a free account to access the training module.

This training builds an understanding of the concept of "blind spots" and why understanding one's blind spots is vital to tutoring. Tutors walk away with tools and resources to help them become more aware of possible blindspots and how to address them. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

This module introduces tutors to Checks for Understanding (CFUs). Once tutors complete this module, they will understand how to implement CFUs to ask the right questions at the right time. With the data they gather, tutors can proactively assess their students’ understanding and adjust their instruction based on that insight. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

Webinar on Math Talk for tutors to build skills in helping students think and talk about the Math they are learning in their classrooms. It includes successful collaborative learning ideas and how to address common challenges when facilitating student-to-student collaboration. The webinar applies to K-12 grade tutors, teachers, district and school leaders, coaches, and specialists.

This module dives into the how of collaborative learning and provides tutors with practical tips for managing the classroom to ensure everyone is participating and maximizing their experience in the tutorials. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

This training builds tutors' skills in effectively identifying what students know, determining features of effective responses, and implementing strategies to determine if students have the necessary Math prior knowledge. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

Differentiation is a powerful strategy for helping all students make progress. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is where tutors want their students to be, balancing that fine line between challenging and not to the point of frustrating. In this module, tutors learn how to use these two strategies to help all students maximize their learning in tutorials. This session requires users to create an account to access the training module.

This video addresses how the MNPS tutoring sessions build a foundation of early literacy. The videos build an understanding for tutors of the Tennessee Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement's “sounds first” approach that tutors will use, where tutors can access materials, and how they can plan for sessions. Starting at 29:30, it goes more into the materials they will use. This is an example of orienting tutors to the expected structure of tutoring sessions and walking them through the various materials tutors should use for planning and implementing tutoring.

Early Literacy: Print Awareness, Phonological Awareness, and Alphabet Knowledge is a 2.5-hour online course for educators working with K-2 students. This course trains educators on print, phonological, and alphabet awareness skills to apply these skills to their teaching practice. This session requires users to create a free account to access the training module.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining and applying effective strategies to engage families and caregivers and ensure two-way communication to support a child. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training builds tutors' skills in determining when students understand a topic in Math conceptually and how to ensure students conceptually understand the material by assessing students' reasoning and explaining why Math shortcuts work. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training builds tutors' understanding of the importance of establishing norms and builds skill in how to create norms for a successful tutoring session. This session requires users to either continue with a Google account or log in with Clever to access the training module. If none of the above applies, users can access through the demo.

This training consists of four bundles: Math and Learning, Numbers and Operations in Fractions, Numbers and Operations in Base 10, and Operations and Algebraic Thinking. This training is for tutors to learn about how to tutor math content and review foundational mathematical concepts.

To access the training, users are required to create an account. To create a free account, please go to this page: Tutor Training and Credentialing. Click the “Access the courses” button in the middle of the page. Once you fill out the information and click the register button, your account will be created.

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