Presentations

Trauma-Informed Tutoring

This is an introductory workshop designed to give tutors practical, trauma-informed skills to use when interacting with their students.

Trauma Training.pptx

Racial Justice Articles

Explore these articles to get a peek at the ways in which SLU and St. Louis has been at the intersection of race and justice throughout history.

Our future: It's time for St. Louis to get behind St. Louis Public Schools - NextSTLOur city. Our schools. Our future. This city’s future is as bright or dark as the quality of its schools. When St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) was founded in the mid-19th century, it quickly rose to prominence as one of the finest school districts in the nation. This contributed to the economic and cultural boom […]

Letter: Children’s education hit hard by housing insecuritySt. Louis city and county received an F in housing options for Black households and renters.

St. Louis tutors work to shore up pandemic learning slideOne-on-one attention helps academically and emotionally, parents say.

Arch Community charter school in north St. Louis loses its sponsor, could closeUMSL pulled its sponsorship of the elementary school that opened in 2017 and has 95 students enrolled this year.

A growing number of Black families are taking education into their own hands by homeschoolingThe U.S. Census Bureau published findings from a survey that found the rate of Black families swapping traditional learning with homeschooling between the spring and fall of 2020 was five times more than any other racial group in the country.

St. Louis Area Schools Face Uphill Battle With Ongoing Staffing and Supply ShortagesSchool districts in the St. Louis Metro are experiencing a staffing, supply and teacher shortage that’s grown with the coronavirus pandemic.

Trauma Training

Take a look at some basics to trauma and the ways it impacts the students we work with.

overground trauma presentation.pptx

CRT.pptx

City Year

This presentation was given by representatives of City Year. It details the importance of cultural responsiveness in the context of tutoring.

Orientation

All tutors are required to attend an orientation meeting for Spring 2022. If you did not attend a meeting, please go to office hours or email us.

Spring 2022 OrientationWatch the Spring 2022 Orientation video and answer the questions on the next page to get orientation attendance credit. There will be no Zoom calls for orientation. Simply watching this video and filling out the correct answers on this form will count as your attendance! There will also be a tutor contract portion of this form that you must fill out too, confirming that you acknowledge your responsibilities as a tutor and as an Overground member! This form is due by Feb 6th 11:59 PM!

Reflection 1

In this reflection meeting, we discussed the importance of early childhood education.

OGGB2/2/22

OGGB-2/16/22

Reflection 2

In this reflection meeting, we discussed book censorship.

Reflection 3

In this reflection meeting, we invited Dr. Huffman - the mot recent recipient of Norm White Community-Engaged Scholar Award! Dr. Huffman discussed the legacy of Norm White, the importance of asking questions, and the value of community engagement. Feel free to email Dr. Huffman or any e-board member for more information on the meeting.