Partnership for Student Success

High-impact tutoring has the power to transform student learning, but schools often face challenges in tutor recruitment and logistics. Live-online tutoring can offer a scalable, cost-effective solution to these barriers—helping more students access the support they need. Saga Education’s latest paper, Best Practices for Implementing Live-Online Tutoring, provides: ?? Insights into the transformative potential of live-online tutoring ?? Strategies for building strong student-tutor relationships ?? Actionable steps for successful implementation Learn how to create engaging, personalized online learning environments and leverage live-online tutoring to drive student success. Read the full guide: https://lnkd.in/djHmEk4c? #Tutoring #K12 #StudentSuccess

Measuring Impact: The Return on Investment of AmeriCorps Programs AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers significantly impact students, families, and communities across the country. From FY20 to FY23, AmeriCorps has produced 16 ROI assessments, helping to quantify the value these programs generate. To explore key insights, check out the ROI Studies Fact Sheet and see how AmeriCorps delivers real impact. ?? View the fact sheet: https://lnkd.in/gKDHiwas #AmeriCorps #Impact #ROI #ServiceMatters

Join MENTOR for the Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series #1: Engaging Families in Mentoring! ?? This 3-part series offers mentoring professionals a valuable opportunity to dive into the critical role family engagement plays in strengthening #Mentoring programs and fostering long-term success for youth. Webinar Dates & Times: ? Mar 27, 2025 | 1:00pm ET ? Apr 24, 2025 | 1:00pm ET This series will explore insights from parent advocates, identifying and addressing systemic barriers, connecting policy with practice, and key research findings on family engagement in mentoring. ?? These sessions are designed to equip mentoring professionals with practical strategies for working closely with families to enhance the impact of their programs. ?? Register here: https://lnkd.in/eWfY7crY #YouthDevelopment #FamilyEngagement

Calling all organizations serving middle school youth! ?? The New York Life Foundation's 2025 Aim High Grant competition is now open! This year, a total of 30 grants totaling $1.8 million will be awarded to afterschool, summer, or expanded learning programs that support middle school students in under-resourced communities. https://lnkd.in/gUa9xUVW Eligible programs can apply for: ? $100,000 Grants to support initiatives aimed at reducing school absenteeism and boosting educational attainment. (2-year, $50,000/year) ? $20,000 Grants for programs demonstrating strong student engagement and impactful outcomes. (2-year, $50,000/year) ???????????????? ???? ??????????: ?????????? ??, ???????? ???? ?????? ???? If your program helps youth transition successfully to ninth grade and provides this could be a great opportunity for you. For more details on eligibility and how to apply, check out the full application info here. Feel free to reach out to the Afterschool Alliance at [email protected] with any questions. #YouthDevelopment #CommunityImpact New York Life Insurance Company

Collaboration is key to expanding and sustaining high-impact tutoring. At the Deans for Impact (DFI) Aspiring Teachers as Tutors Network Convening last week, Mariko Yoshisato Cavey, Director of Higher Education Partnerships at the Partnership for Student Success, joined Liz Cohen from FutureEd to discuss strategies for mobilizing aspiring teachers as tutors. The conversation highlighted how Federal Work-Study funding and college-district partnerships can strengthen tutoring initiatives, while also addressing the role of schools of education in sustaining tutoring. As the tutoring landscape evolves, partnerships like these are critical in ensuring students receive the support they need. Thank you to Deans for Impact for convening such an important discussion and to all who are working to scale high-impact tutoring for student success. #Tutoring #HigherEd #K12 #StudentSuccess

?? How do #collegesanduniversities prepare future teachers and fuel #K12 academic success at the same time? By connecting preservice teachers with local K-5 students via high-impact tutoring! This hands-on approach accelerates student learning in reading and math while building future educators' skills: One preservice teacher from Wittenberg University named Jackie tutored a 4th grade girl Ana at Lagonda Elementary School. “It helps her and it helps me, because I’m planning on being a teacher,” says Jackie about the program and her experience. “Tutoring helps because sometimes [students] may be discouraged just because they don’t understand or can’t get someone to answer their questions. ???????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ?????????????? ???????? ???? ????????.” When the semester closed, Ana’s teacher told Jackie that Ana took a benchmark test, and though Jackie hadn’t known it, ??????'?? ?????????????? ?????????????????????????? ?????????? ?????? ???????????? ?? ???????? ????????. ?? Read the 2023-2024 Wittenberg University High-Impact Tutoring Program Implementation Report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/dEJrA9wE

Thank you to Mariko Yoshisato Cavey from the Partnership for Student Success and Liz Cohen from FutureEd at Georgetown for speaking to our #AspiringTeachersAsTutors Network last week! Mariko kicked off our discussion by sharing insights and resources for how Federal Work Study funding can be used to bolster efforts to mobilize aspiring teachers as tutors, leveraging her insights gained from supporting programs across the nation tap into and strategically leverage this funding. If you want to learn more, check out the Partnership for Student Success’ website: https://lnkd.in/gWj7AJEW Liz then shared about emerging evidence demonstrating that high-impact tutoring has on student attendance. Pointing to the hypothesis that a meaningful relationship with an adult can be an important factor in a student’s decision to come to school, she highlighted how recent research finds that students were more likely to attend school on days that they had a tutoring session, especially those with a history of chronic absence. Our network of leaders are continuing to invest in the win-win opportunity for teacher preparation and schools to mobilize aspiring teachers to serve as tutors. Learn more about this network at our website: https://lnkd.in/dZ4awAjF?

There's nothing better than seeing first-hand the incredible work happening on the ground in our #schools. We hope the pictures and success story from Harrison School District 2 warm your hearts as much as they did for us! The High-Impact Tutoring program manager for this district in Colorado is on our Educator Advisory Group, and she invited us to a site visit to see #highimpacttutoring in action! Here are our takeaways: ?? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ??????????: This district is in their second year of literacy tutoring for K-3 students. Working in six schools, the?tutors are #paraeducators?who follow the research-based ECRI (enhanced core reading instruction) program developed at Boston University. Students receive tutoring either... ?? 5x/week, 30 minutes a day OR ?? 4x/week, 40 minutes a day ... in groups of 4 students or less for 10-12 week cycles. ?? ????????????????????: Tutoring takes place during a set intervention block. All students have core reading instruction and then either go to ECRI high-impact tutoring, or they do a WIN intervention block. (A spillover effect?we heard is that, with some students now in High-Impact Tutoring, the WIN intervention blocks became smaller, making those more effective — essentially raising all boats). ?? ?? ???????????????? ?????? ?????????????? ??????????????: The tutors receive lots of training and support from the High-Impact Tutoring program manager, underscoring the?importance of a central program manager?as well as?the district’s strong commitment to professional development. ?? ?? ?????? ?????????? ???? ??????????????????????????: It was very?evident how much the paras were valued as team members. They are hired for tutoring and we did not observe them being pulled in other directions. One tutor recently became a teacher! ?? ?? ????????, ????????, ????????: Data usage, dosage and ratio are on point!?The students are selected into tutoring based on DIBELS data and data is monitored throughout tutoring cycles. ?? ?? ???????????????????????? ?????? ??????: The program is funded by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) which in turn gets funding from Accelerate’s States Leading Recovery grant. Researchers from Boston University provide ongoing professional development around ECRI. But the district?faces funding challenges?due to the timing of the CDE grant cycle. ?? ?? ??????????????!?In 10-12 weeks, all 6 schools saw progress. One school saw 62% of tutored students move to benchmark or above benchmark and graduate out of High-Impact Tutoring! The other 5 schools had large percentages of students making above average or well above average?growth?(meaning students are getting closer to benchmark). ?? Feeling inspired? Early literacy one-pager: https://lnkd.in/e9syD6Vx Paraprofessionals one-pager: https://lnkd.in/eQckcnE3

Join MENTOR for the Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series #1: Engaging Families in Mentoring! ?? This 3-part series offers mentoring professionals a valuable opportunity to dive into the critical role family engagement plays in strengthening #Mentoring programs and fostering long-term success for youth. Webinar Dates & Times: ? Feb 27, 2025 | 1:00pm ET ? Mar 27, 2025 | 1:00pm ET ? Apr 24, 2025 | 1:00pm ET This series will explore insights from parent advocates, identifying and addressing systemic barriers, connecting policy with practice, and key research findings on family engagement in mentoring. ?? These sessions are designed to equip mentoring professionals with practical strategies for working closely with families to enhance the impact of their programs. ?? Register here: https://lnkd.in/eWfY7crY #YouthDevelopment #FamilyEngagement

Calling all Service Year Alliance alums! ?? Participate in the first national survey of service year alums to share about your service year experiences supporting children, youth, and communities. Service Year Alliance aims to better understand and amplify the transformative power of service—for individuals, communities, and our nation. Participate by February 26, and be entered to win a $100 gift card as a thank-you for taking the survey. ?? Visit: https://lnkd.in/gPU9RVTD #ServiceYearAlumsSurvey