Implementation

Comprehensive programs with flexible implementation

Learning Together’s structure allows your district to put the power of tutoring to work when it fits your schedule, with the children who need it most. Coordinator training, tutor preparation and prescriptive lessons ensure that each program maintains its integrity, whatever implementation model you select. Read more... We provide highly qualified trainers to prepare your program coordinators, who then provide training for tutors. Each coordinator works with a team of up to 15 tutors, and coordinators may run several programs concurrently. Through direct instruction and role play, tutors learn literacy and math skills and practice applying appropriate strategies, giving them the skills and confidence to lead their tutees through each lesson.Districts throughout the country have used Reading Together and Math Together with a variety of models:

Before school
	Cross-age programs:
	One Texas site makes use of the time before class even begins. Tutor preparation begins over breakfast and the tutorial extends into the first class period.
	Adult mentor programs:
	GRAND Pals, NC
During School
	Cross-age programs:
	Because each of the participating campuses in a Texas district had unique needs, different schedules were implemented: before, during or afterschool. For example, one site uses the lunch period to begin tutorials, while another holds preparation and tutorials afterschool. As an extention of the Title I program, a North Carolina school implemented Reading Together to specifically target qualifying students. Tutor preparation and tutoring sessions are conducted first thing in the morning so that students start their day ready to learn. Barnardsville Elementary School, NC Cabell County, WV
	Adult mentor programs:
	Schools in Iowa made a connection with senior citizens and retired teachers. These tutors developed an excellent rapport and were very effective working with their second-grade tutees. Carrollton-Farmers Branch, TX
Afterschool
	Cross-age programs:
	Both traditional and year-round schools are participating in Reading Together in Nevada. Therefore, depending on the site, different implementations were employed. The year-round schools chose tutor/tutee pairs from the same tracks to avoid having one or the other out on track break and chose coordinators who tracked with the pairs. Another school used the program after school four days per week and chose two site coordinators so that one could work with the tutors to prepare while the other worked with tutees on reading strategies. J. Glenn Edwards Elementary School, NC East Lee Middle School, NC
	Adult mentor programs:
	GRAND Pals

Learning Together provides everything needed for success:

Tutor/tutee materials
Coordinator materials
Onsite professional development training
Ongoing support

Put the power of tutoring to work in your district.

In addition to cross-age tutors, our schools have used a variety of tutor models. One has involved high school seniors as tutors, thereby allowing them to earn community service credit towards graduation. Another primary campus benefited from the volunteer efforts of a corporate group of employees who used this experience to demonstrate leadership. A newly opened elementary campus, rather than tap into its small fifth-grade population, recruited a cadre of retired teachers who also worked out a job share arrangement regarding tutorials.
—At-risk facilitator

Pick the times and tutors that work best in your schools.