Is your church or civic organization seeking an outreach opportunity that offers unique challenges and rewards?
Are you searching for ways to help economically disadvantaged youth? In The Neighborhood Tutoring Program, author Duane M. Miller, an award-winning educator with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience, presents a guidebook to assist in the combination of those goals through the establishment of an on-site, neighborhood tutoring center.
The Neighborhood Tutoring Program has successfully established on-site tutoring programs in the Northern Virginia area for the past several years and has validated the model laid out in this guide. Offering numerous, ready-to-use tools, this guide
provides detailed guidance for establishing a faith-based, on-site, all-volunteer tutoring center;discusses how to help students achieve within their regular public or private school setting;addresses motivational and self-esteem needs of students;stresses one-on-one assistance employing a variety of curricula and electronic resources; andshows how the model can be easily tailored to address specific needs of individual organizations.
Providing a clear, concise blueprint, The Neighborhood Tutoring Program offers step-by-step guidance that can easily be tailored to fit your specific needs and environment so you can begin helping underprivileged youth to succeed.
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Duane M. Miller earned an education degree in 1966 and served in the US Air Force for twenty-two years. After retiring from the USAF, Miller taught in a variety of capacities while formulating his model for neighborhood tutoring programs, which got their start in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. He currently lives in Virginia.