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General Tutoring PolicyAll non-employee tutors who meet students on campus must register with theBusiness Office and be fingerprinted. Each time the tutor is on campus, thetutor must check in and out with the Main Office.need time to practice organizational and study techniques. The study skillsteacher will review, if necessary, curriculum content with the students. The classwill also provide time for students to complete tests and assignments if theyqualify for extended time, as stated in their educational evaluation. Study skillswill be taken in lieu of a foreign language.It is part of every teacher’s job to help students in her own classes, and parentsshould not compensate faculty in any way for such help. However, facultymembers may NOT tutor (for pay) any student in the grade level which theyteach, and may not tutor any student whom they have a chance of teaching inthe future at SHS. This includes summer reviews that at teacher may conduct.Learning Services ProgramTutoringIf a teacher observes a student struggling with the curriculum, he or shewill begin collecting work samples and conduct informal assessments togain a better understanding of the student’s performance difficulties. Thisinformation will then be brought to the attention of the appropriate level Deanand the Director of Learning Services. If necessary, the Director will contactthe student’s parents to discuss the concerns. Tutors will be chosen by theparents and will see the students after school. If the tutor would like to comeon campus after school, then he or she will need to contact the Director ofLearning Services to see if the appropriate arrangements can be made.LaptopsIf a student requires a technological device for personal word processing inclass as noted in his or her educational testing recommendations, then theparents should contact the Director of Learning Services. Once the use of atechnological device is approved by the school, the student may bring an AlphaSmart or Neo into the classroom for note taking and writing assignments.These are solely word processing machines, as the school does not permit anypersonal technological devices with internet access, electronic games, etc., in theclassrooms. The student and the student’s family will be responsible for the cost,security and maintenance of the device.Extended Time on TestsThe school offers 50 percent extra time on tests for students with an up-todateeducational evaluation that shows specific evidence of a need for thisadjustment. Students who have been tested do not automatically receiveaccommodations. Only after the school has reviewed the testing and it hasagreed to the recommendations can accommodations be granted.Effects of Absences on Academic PerformanceIf a student has an up-to-date educational evaluation (no more than three yearsParents are strongly discouraged from scheduling vacations at times other thanold) and needs tutoring during class time, there will be a meeting with thedesignated school holidays. While the school realizes that some situations areparents, the Director, the appropriate level Dean and the teacher to determineunavoidable, parents should consider seriously the effects such absences havethe best pull-out time and to approve an on or off campus tutor.on their children’s academic performance.• Students who are absent have the same number of days or class periods asALL tutors coming on to campus MUST contact the Human Resourcesthey missed to make up work. It is the student’s responsibility to make upDepartment to obtain fingerprinting information and all other necessarywork missed due to illness or other reasons, and Middle School students arepaperwork. In addition, parents must sign a Tutor Information and Releaseexpected to use the teacher websites to keep up with work when they areform required by the school. These documents must be completed before theabsent, and communicate with teachers.tutor begins work with the student on campus. Once the tutoring is in place,• Classroom teachers and administrators must be given 10 days writtentutors must sign in at the main office each day and wear a name badge when onadvance notice of planned classroom absences; teachers are not obligatedcampus.to give homework/class work and may use personal discretion in assigningalternate requirements for time missed.If parents choose to obtain tutoring for their student without the schools’• The classroom teacher schedules regular exams. If a student misses an examrecommendation, then the tutoring must occur after school and off campus.review day, he/she is still expected to take the exam on the scheduled date.• Trimester Exams are scheduled on the calendar and must be taken on theErskine Stuart Program (Grades 4-8)day assigned except in cases of extreme emergency. The administrationThe program is for those students with up-to-date educational evaluations who28 29