![]() ![]() Through the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program, each tutor will work with groups of three to four students in one-hour sessions, meeting three times per week. “The learning gaps among New Jersey students are not new, but the disparities have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This model creates a tutoring program that can be embedded in established networks of community-based organizations in high-need communities, providing access to tutoring for the families and children who need it most.” ![]() “New Jersey’s reputation as having one of the strongest public school systems in the nation can obscure the fact that some of our youth have always been left behind,” said Suzanne McCotter, dean of TCNJ’s School of Education. It is expected to reach over 2,000 students during Summer 2021. The NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program is made possible through a combined $2.4 million grant from the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund and John and Laura Overdeck. TCNJ will take on all program management, including hiring tutors, selecting the curriculum, training tutors, and evaluating the program’s success. ELA instruction could be added in the future. Tutors will be matched with children attending summer programming at Boys and Girls Clubs in New Jersey, YMCAs, and other community organizations for eight weeks of mathematics instruction. The program will recruit tutors from teacher preparation programs at TCNJ and other New Jersey universities, as well as substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and community members with the appropriate background. “TCNJ’s incredible history in training the next generation of New Jersey educators makes them the perfect partner and facilitator for this crucial program.” ![]() “NJPRF is proud to collaborate with Overdeck Family Foundation and TCNJ to help New Jersey’s students bridge the learning gap created by the COVID pandemic,” said New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, Founding Chair of the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. TCNJ designed the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program based on best practices from other statewide initiatives and research that has consistently demonstrated the power of small-group tutoring to address students’ academic and social-emotional needs and the potential of summer to offer extended learning time. The program will provide tutoring this summer for thousands of K–5 students who have experienced pandemic-related learning loss. To accelerate student learning and address COVID-related learning loss, TCNJ’s School of Education announced today it will partner with the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, in conjunction with Overdeck Family Foundation, to launch the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program in late June. ![]()
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